August Birthday's Dinner

Because all four of us kids are all born in August, it makes celebrating our birthdays a bit of a juggling act.  Not to mention, with all the added family over the years, it’s gotten to be astronomically expensive.  Forget trying to go out to dinner.  Just our immediate family is 15 people.

 

The solution we came up with is to have a big birthday dinner once a year at Stellagio to celebrate all four birthdays in one night.  Mom makes something delicious to eat, Dad has plenty of alcohol on hand and we always have a great time.

I always get excited when we have a big family get together.  I don’t get to hang out with Lexi as much as I’d like too, so I look forward to seeing her and having some good laughs.  We always have tons of photos from these birthday dinner because, well, we’re all photo whoresJ

This year was a bit challenging finding a date that worked for everyone, so it didn’t actually happen until last night!  Yes, the August birthdays dinner was actually in September.    Can you believe that?  But what is important to me, and I think the other kids, is that we keep this tradition alive.  It’s important to us and we always make it work.

Because it was still extremely warm outside, Mom and Dad set up the tables outside.  Mom made her famous spaghetti and it was delicious!  After we had dinner, cake, presents and some good hang time, some of us headed out to Garf’s for a night cap.

I’m so thankful to have family that I truly love and enjoy their company.  I know it’s going to be a good night when we’re all together!