Later last week, we all went to The Jump Off:
Chip doesn't like to run in a straight line, as you can see in the following video. Little did we know that they were closing, until the inflatable on my right collapsed.
Today marks the beginning of the second season of the year (in case you don't know, the other two are "baseball" and "everything else"), and a yearly holiday in our household. It's the start of Michigan Football!!! Here's looking forward to an undefeated year:
This date in 1973 was a big day for the world. A baby boy was born who has made everything around him better everywhere he's gone. Today we celebrated Matty's birthday low-key and low-stress.
It started out late, because M got to sleep in as long as he wanted, and even G stayed out of the bedroom so he could rest. When he got up, he had a Birthday panCake(tm), which was a stack of pancakes with some of that Kranz frosting in between and on top, cut into the shape of a heart, with a candle in the top. Chip helped blow out the candle.
When we got moving, we went to the Cobb County Radio Control Modeler's Club, which is like an airport for RC planes. M was very surprised at our destination, and we had a great time. We watched airplanes the whole time we were there, but as we were leaving, a helicopter started flying. The guy flying it was fantastic! He had that thing flying upside down, doing rolls, and going so fast that it was almost a blur. We pulled over to watch for a few minutes before we went off to explore the big-house neighborhoods nearby.
For dinner, we went to Johnny's New York Style Pizza. We'd never been there before, but there are a lot of them around, so we decided to give it a try. Not only was the food really, really good, but Chip sat in his seat the entire time!!! Now that was a birthday present!
We came home for cake and presents, and when Dad went home and G went to bed, we watched a little Sopranos to wind down. It was a very relaxed, very fun day.
Happy Birthday, my Matty!!!!!
Since Dad K's birthday fell on a Tuesday in a busy week, we celebrated today with barbeque and cake (cake from mix, frosting from Kranz family secret recipe). Gabriel helped blow out the candles.
You can't say you've ever seen a cooler birthday card than this - yes, folks, that is a velvet Elvis!
In other news, a 3 or 4 foot long rat snake came over to the front porch to say hi to us. Gabriel said that it was No Feet from the Little Bear cartoons. We talked to it for a few minutes, and then we went inside (in case it knew how to climb steps!) and No Feet went off in search of a good nest for its eggs.
G got to stay up super late for the festivities, and he still had a lot of energy to burn off before bed. Here is a video that shows only a few circuits; there were many more:
We want to wish a very happy birthday to Dad Kelly! We know that it's hard to turn 40, so thankfully he had the support of his grandson to help him through dinner. We all thank "PawPaw" for his constant generorsity and his nonstop entertaining of our son.
Happy birthday!
