Monday, June 4, 2007

Results of Gretchen's birthday cake

We all started out at Como Lake for Gretchen's 1st Birthday. Everyone was there except for Kyle and Tiffany. I played croquet with Andrew and Brandon and we played Jeff's game. All the while we were there, we heard distant thunder. Brett said that it would start raining at 2:45, Jeff said 3:00 and I (the experienced weather forecaster) said 3:30. Well the thunder got louder and louder and at 2:44:30 it started to rain. It didn't just start out with a little sprinkle, it poured. It dumped on us. I grabbed our chairs and ran 100 yards to the car and I was soaked all the way through by the time I got to the car. Matt was just ahead of me and had to put the top up on his sports car. I couldn't get any wetter so I basically walked back to get more stuff. We had three babies to get to safety. Judy grabbed Gretchen and got into the Explorer. Then she made me get out to help with the dudes. They were in their stroller, covered with a blanket. It was good fun for them. It was like camping out in the tent. Well then it started to hail and I got pelted with 1/2 inch hail. Kirstin and Jeff were next to me so I guess they must have got hit with the hail too (even though they didn't say they did). We got the dudes into the car and we decided to go to our house to finish the party with cake - we opened the presents first at the lake. Well, it looked like I just took a dip in the lake and since I sat on cloth seated, the water transferred to the seats, but I could not tell.
Well back to the party. Gretchen basically squished the cupcake and finally tasted it. But she was watching her figure and didn't eat much.
Logan was hesitant at first but eventually he and Liam devoured it in no time. But Gretchen was really tired and almost fell asleep in the cupcake.
After everyone left, Judy and I went out to to get something to eat. Remember the wet driver's seat? Well I sat on it with dry pants. They didn't stay dry for long. I went to Target and Culver's with a wet butt (sorry no pictures).
















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