An early surprise and a visit from afar (another one!)

So we have visitors from afar, well, we sort of do... this time the lovely visitors are staying nearby, but we get the joy of seeing them as often as possible. :)
Here we are flying kites and enjoying quiet conversation on the lawn...... the wind was a little erratic, but we managed to keep the kites up most of the time. :)




I was silly and planned a surprise bday party of dave three weeks before his actual bday.... let me tell ya, that's ONE way to have the birthday person TOTALLY surprised.. haha. we had a lot of fun, well i know i did. heehee. i tried to make all of dave's 'favorites' : homemade iced tea (mamanaus style), homemade caramel corn, nachos (dave style), wings (thanks to mom), a DragonBallZ Cake (thanks to dave and janie!!) and other munchies. We surprised Dave by having the group of guys and family members at the park waiting to play a game of ultimate frisbee or football when we walked over. :) it was awesome for me to see the group all come together and play. I love when guys can have good guy time, it is hard to find when you are a daddy.

Sam liked the dragonball cake. :)