Monday, March 9, 2009

Happy Birthday Austin!

Today is my nephew Austin's 17th birthday. We celebrated as a family last night with dinner at Jan's house, as well as the traditional opening of gifts and eating of the cake! Yum!
Gathering in the family room for the opening of presents. (And the airing of grievances... ;) )



Libby looks like she's trying to talk her daddy into something.

Maddy and Tempe making up after a disagreement.

Alex and Helena


Interesting how the candles are reflecting off Austin's forehead!

Maddy gives Austin some help blowing out those candles.

It's Austin's party and Tempe will cry if she wants to. :)

18 comments:

Unknown said...

Looks like the celebration was a success. The last one made me smile.

pat said...

That last shot is a hoot! I noticed the forehead reflections, too. Looks like you all had a lot of fun.

Unknown said...

Looks like a great party! I love the one of the girls hugging...

Rachael said...

What a fun gathering! I love the last shot, too funny!

Anonymous said...

Your son is very handsome! I like the blowing of the candles with "help." So cute.

Jess said...

What a great party! Nothing is better than getting together with family and having CAKE!!!

Steph said...

Love the festivus reference. :)

Christy said...

Great pictures! I love the cake and candles ones.

Meaghan said...

Looks like fun! That last one is so funny. :)

Erika said...

What a fun birthday! I've never seen candles reflected on someone's face like that before! Strange, but it's kind of neat :)

Suzy said...

What a fun family gathering! Looks like the celebrations was fun for all and I just love the shot of the two girls making up! So sweet!

Amy said...

Looks like a fun party! That is cool how the candles are reflecting. :)

Diana said...

Looks like he enjoyed his B-day with all the wonderful family

Mandy said...

OOOO....I just love seeing families get together like this! Its so special.

Reds said...

Happy birthday Austin! So fun that you get all together to celebrate! Love the little hug shot!

Cindi Koceich said...

It looks like you have a sweet and happy family!!
Happy Birthday Austin!

shirley said...

What fun! Such a large family gathering - that is so nice.

Angela2932 said...

I love the blowing out the candles shot, with the little one on the side also getting ready to "blow".