Birthday Time!

Last night we celebrated Dad's 55th birthday along with Nate's 21st birthday! We brought a bakery red velvet cake--both Dad and Nate's favorite--that everyone loved. (If you know my family at all, you know that we all LOVE good bakery cake!! My dad was even successful in sneaking extra pieces when my mom wasn't noticing!)
My grandma crocheted Nate an afghan in his UNT school colors, and Nate also got some useful presents for living on his own in his new apartment.
Dad had a LOT of fun opening his presents--an adorable photo book and poem by my mom about their cruise to Alaska, a fridge stocked with steaks (because all my parents eat is chicken!), a new Mannheim Steamroller CD (his favorite, and he always plays it on maximum volume), and a new game from us, Ticket to Ride. We all were having so much fun with Ticket to Ride that we played until 11:30 last night! I think it might be our new favorite, second only to Settlers of Catan!