Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Birthday Celebrations

At the end of March, we celebrated Joe's grandmother's birthday. We drove to his Aunt Mary's place in the city to see family members, many of which we haven't seen since Christmas. Of course it was snowing by the time we left. Joe's poor sister Michelle and niece Alex were traveling from Arizona and got stuck in Kansas City, never making it to Chicago. We are all ready for a real spring around here.

My sister Kate's birthday was April 3 and a group of 8 of us celebrated by donning yellow crowns, eating with our fingers, and cheering on knights at Medieval Times. It was a blast. Even Joe had fun despite harboring negative feelings about the place for the last 16 years, because the year we were suppose to take a field trip there they went bankrupt and apparently stole his $15. Oh Joe, we love you. The place is really a trip. When you first walk in you enter this "grand hall" type room that has two bars, a dance floor, a sword stand, and tons of overpriced, low quality merchandise. (Zac, I saw you eyeing those swords.) Then, we entered the "arena" and watched the battles ensue. As Jessica put it, "It was a magical night." Oh Jessica, we love you.


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