Gavin's Birthday Party

Boy, time is sure flying between these blog posts. My apologies to those of you that still check back on a regular basis for not posting new material more frequently. But, ya know. Life happens.

We hosted Gavin's 5th birthday party on Sunday. It was a much smaller crowd than usual, with the Posadni's out of town, Scott and Jessica attending a Hewitson family birthday, and all of the Schreiner Goons grown up and out of the nest. A mere 14 people in attendance. Minimal numbers by Welch standards.

The numbers didn't matter. What did matter was that the birthday boy (Gavin) had his cousin Ryan there, along with Mema, Papa, Gramma, Grandpa, and lots of Star Wars stuff! The makings of a perfect party. Not to offend the rest of those in attendance, but you know the priorities of a 5 year old. Donna and I appreciate you coming.

This was the first year that the August weather had us huddled in the garage as we dodged periodic raindrops, but noone seemed to mind or let it dampen any of the fun.

The feared Darth Gavin made an appearance, along with his apprentice Darth Izzy. The loyal guests weren't scared off, and those that stuck around got to enjoy the Darth Vader pinata.

Editorial Note: When did they start making pinatas with pull strings? Talk about a disappointment. I was so looking forward to some dizzy kids with a wiffle-ball bat. Pulling strings one by one to see who gets the lucky string that opens the pinata is so anti-climactic. Anyway, back to the blog....

The evening was topped off the presentation of the donut cake (5 dozen donuts). A special request of the guest of honor. I stuck with the Star Wars theme, and made a valiant effort to recreate R2-D2 in pastry. I'll let you be the judge as to my success. The good news was, that whatever it looked like had nothing to do with how good it tasted. Yummy!!
Another great family gathering, and another birthday into the books. Gavin spent the following day in a "new toy" after-glow, so I will take that as a definite sign of a good birthday. Now, we are off for a weekend camping, then kindergarten starts on Wednesday. Where did this summer go?!?!