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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Joel's 32nd Birthday

We spent Labor Day weekend at Aunt Debbie and Uncle Durwood's house on the River. It was a great place to ring in Joel's big Three-Two, and Norman was thrilled to come along. The best surprise came when we arrived on Saturday morning to discover that Joel's brother Blake had secretly flown down from NYC! It was so fun to have him there, and such a great surprise. And our cousin Abigail, her husband Massey, and sweet baby Lydia also came down, so it was a mini family reunion! (I can't believe we got no pictures with Ab, Mass, and Lydie, though). It was a wonderful weekend and we are so appreciative of Debbie and Dur for having us down to their beautiful home!


Taking a sunset cocktail cruise (note my sweet glass of raspberry lemonade) on Aunt Deb's beloved little retro 1950's boat, the Aqua Belva!


We couldn't keep Norman out of the water-- he LOVED it. He met several friends, including this chocolate lab Bailey, who was his swimming buddy.


Norm even went sailing with us.... he was a natural (although did make it a challenge to balance the boat!)


Sweet Aunt Debbie got him a delicious birthday cake.


Joel got lots of great b-day loot. Check out his new humidor on the left-- a gift from Blake and Logan. I got him a gift card to the golf store to pick out a new golf bag... kinda boring, but that's what he wanted!

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