Yesterday we had quite the birthday party for our little guy. Around 25 to 30 people were able to stop by and wish him a happy birthday. We had Hickory Park cater most of the food (Saucy Southerners, mashed potatoes and gravy, pasta salad, and cinnamon apple sauce. I also made a pot of BBQ baked beans, and Amy made cupcakes and a smash cake for Nolan. We also had a lot of soda and beer for refreshments. There were lawn games set up (bags, ladder golf, croquet) for entertainment along with the bubble fogger machine.
Let's see if I can remember who was at the party: all four cousins (Seth, Sullivan, Paige, Evan), aunt Rachael, aunt & uncle Amy & Brandon Shostak, grandma Becky, grandpa & grandma Eben & Lynn, my cousin David Langner, Erick Ude, Dan & Ann Becker along with their baby Sebastian, Patrick & Shantelle Owens and their kids Emmet and Peyton, Jamie & Mike O'Donnell and their daughter Maddie, Tara Fisher, Lydia Metzger & Tim Nevins, and Caleb & Kristina Carroll. If you count Elizabeth, myself, and Nolan that makes 30 people!
The party mainly lasted from 11:00 until 2:00 in the afternoon. Most of the people were leaving around then when it started to rain really hard. It was a good thing the rain didn't come down an hour earlier!
Amy & Brandon advertising his birthday with chalk in the driveway.
Nolan and daddy!
All of the food: bottom row pasta salad, pulled pork, mashed potatoes, gravy, and apple sauce. On the top of the table BBQ beans. Upper right you can see soda in the red wagon and coolers with beer.
Nolan with Elizabeth and Erick. He is trying to get Erick's beer!
Nolan looked like he was going to destroy the smash cake... but really he just poked at it a little and then tried to crawl away and get a balloon.
Nolan & aunt Rachael
All 5 cousins together and looking at the camera!
Nolan & Amy
Another thing that is too cute to leave out of his birthday blog... on Saturday Nolan spent a long time blowing raspberries on my stomach!
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