Who's Special Day Is It?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN!

I LOVE YOU!

SLUMBER PARTY!

HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY RACHEL!  HOPE YOU HAD A FUN SLUMBER PARTY!


"I'm difficult" with "Most difficult."  Only a matter of time before the apprentice becomes the master...


MEER MEER ME MEER!  You mean we're going to eat pizza and play board games!  Beeker is excited

Bonfire means one thing, Aunt Megan has S'more supplies!


Rachel ponders the deer and two fawn she just saw.  Wonders if the fawn would be willing to join the slumber party and snuggle.




Nothing like a little Palace, Garbage, and Go Fish card games before going to bed.


CHOCOLATE JELLY WAFFLES!  Some little girl really loves her Aunt Meg



Aunt Meg and Rachel working on their arts and crafts project


A skeleton vase!


Even the garbage is art!  We hope you had a lot of fun with us Rachel.  We hope you had fun on your really belated b-day slumber party!


On another note, when did Megan and I buy a boat?

The gang's all here.  Nothing like walking along the Erie Canal in Fairport and finding a fun pontoon boat.  I'd like to take this ship from Buffalo to NYC.  


Cap'n of da ship! 



YEAH!  FRIED TURKEY!  Or, someone is starting a meth lab...  This is you start thinking when you watch Breaking Bad.  

Random Indoor Activities

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL!!!!  CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE OUR PARTY!!!


NINE YEARS!  That's a lot of candles!


Bella loves to party



More cupcakes from Karen's daughter.  Karen, give me the word and we'll pull Jenny out of college and start a bakery.  Warning: I'll eat all the profits...


Crazy weather.  It's either nice and warm like this down at Canandaigua Lake or...



Nasty like this thunder, rain, and hail the other day.  It seems like we've had about 2-3 weeks of straight rain.  

Nothing else too much to report.  Kind of been cooped up in the house with the weather and all.  

When Wishes Come True!

Celebrating Megan and Dave's birthdays!  So many cakes, so little time.


Cabin Fever maple flavored whisky.  The question is this a small bottle or a really large hand?


She'll never look this new or shiny again.  Broke out the Honda HRX217HZA lawnmower and took it out for a test drive.  See what it could do.  Lots of child safety features.  Never thought I'd have to read an instruction manual on how to pour gas from a gas can before.  Some trial and error on the multiple levers and buttons on the mower itself.  The kids may be safe, but the adult driving the mower is in way more danger just keeping track of all the switches...



Choose your own adventure: Honey I Shrunk the Kids or Mike's Front Lawn?  HERE COMES THE MOWER!


The lawn is even.  My life is now complete...


Getting ready for Mike and Rosie's wedding at the cabin...

Detroit Red Wings vs. the Chicago Blackhawks starts tonight.  Megan's trying to convince me that "playoff beard" isn't as effective as "playoff clean-shaven."  But, I think she has motives other than hockey...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

LEAPIN' LEMURS!!!

For my birthday, my beautiful wife brought me to the Seneca Park Zoo!  http://www.senecaparkzoo.org/


I should have known that we were going since there was a theme to my breakfast...


Spoonbill


Sloth!


This rhino is in lockdown.  Look at those bars






It's a good thing I can't get a Meerkat as a pet.


Bald Eagle just chillin' in the park


Who will win in snake vs. Hulk.  Also, I should note that it is an awesome time to go to the zoo because it is the Zoo Boo.  Kids get to trick or treat with the animals.


A hyena getting a pumpkin for a halloween treat


And now to hide it somewhere good


Tiger


His name is Justin Verlander and he will be taking the game tonight against the Yankees in game 3.

 
I <3 bugs="">


Totem poll from the old Midtown Plaza Mall.


PENGUINS!


Seal


These guys really ham it up for the camera





Most awkward Polar Bear ever...




The Step Into Africa just opened!  I've been wanting to go to the zoo since we moved to Rochester, but we've been waiting until this opened.  Then, we just got busy since it's been open for a while.  YEAH!


Masai huts.


LOOK AT ME GOAT!  LOOK!!!


I'll have to ask Dick and Marianne about these items in the Masai hut.  Especially the chair and digital screen in a weird wood frame...


The lions really liked watching all the kids in costumes.  










Mr. Baboon did not like his magazine




Elephant.  I really like the kid in yellow because he's The Man in the Yellow Hat from Curious George.  


For some reason, this elephant spent a lot of time eating a chain.


MORE AWKWARD POLAR BEAR!


Bird


Rachel's favorite animals at the zoo, which are Raccoons.  


This rhino did not like one of the zookeepers.  


Meerkat Me


Megan in her Wonder Woman pose showing off her fried chicken dinner at Trata Restaurant at the Armory http://www.tratarochester.com/


Mmmmmm...  Giant American Cheeseburger.  So good and so much that there was no birthday cake necessary afterwards.  Highly suggested


Mmmmmm...  Fries too!  The red pepper and artichoke dip was really good too.  Great place for people watching.  

First, thanks to all my friends and family for the birthday wishes.  I really appreciate it.  Especially to Megan for showering me with attention for a full day.  And, to Derek Jeter for breaking his leg so the Detroit Tigers can have a fair shot at going to the World Series...