Birthday Weekend Begins

Austin blows out the candles on our "family" before real birthday night...
Yay!!!! My last day of my summer job! Got some more stuff for the party...Nick wants to do fajitas for the "after party"...close friends and family that will be staying beyond the 7:00 time. He found some cushions for the backyard chairs--not the cheapest but not horrible either... I was cleaning, decorating, getting gift bags ready, and now I just have a little bit left to do...mop floor, little decorating in kitchen nook, food prep, double-check cleaning upstairs bathroom, and after getting cake--place the "figures" on it. So, it is late--almost 2 a.m., and I want to end by saying "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WONDERFUL MOTHER-IN-LAW--NICK'S MOM!!!" Can't wait to hang out and go shopping and eat Chinese with her again...