Father's Day and Family Birthday Celebrations

My birthday and Father's Day usually get lumped together in my family.  I was born the day before Father's Day, and my birthday has been on Father's Day at least twice in my life.  This past weekend we celebrated Father's Day on Saturday and my birthday on Sunday.

Saturday evening my parents, brothers, aunt and uncle, and Tad and I met at my grandpa's retirement home to have dinner in the dining room and attend a barbershop quartet concert.  Dinner was nice.  They had done the place settings to look like a suit and tie in honor of Father's Day.  They had a salad bar, tomota soup and rolls, and an option of prime rib or fried shrimp.  The fried shrimp was delicious!  They ran out of cheesecake before we got to dessert, but the brownies and petite fours were very good.  It was a bit of a strange meal thanks to the uninvited guest, a flie that my uncle eventually killed.

The concert was pretty good.  One of the members is a resident.  There were several songs I recognized, and overall I enjoyed it.  Following the concert, my dad and grandpa opened their gifts, and then everybody poofed.

Sunday Tad and I experienced our first Father's Day at Las Flores (we were already attending last year, but were out of town Father's Day weekend.)  They call it "Dadfest".  It is a day complete with classic cars, trucks, and motorcycles, raffle prizes in church, trophies for the vehicles (given out in church), and a barbeque.  A very festive day.

Following the bbq, Tad and I came home for a little bit before setting off for my parents' house.  Since my parents will be out of town this coming weekend (and thus missing my birthday on Friday) they asked if we could count Sunday as my family party.  I said sure. :)  The weather was perfect to have the inaugural swim in my parents' pool.  My dad grilled up kabobs with fantastic steak, tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, and onions.  Tad made an angel food cake (with strawberries and cool whip) for dessert.  We also opened both my dad's and grandpa's Father's Day gifts: trivial pursuit and a bottle of chocolate wine, respectively.  The game was fun, and the wine was tasty.

It was a great weekend!  My birthday festivities continued today with my Red Robin birthday burger and sundae.  Tad and I met Raelene at NCF for lunch and did some shopping afterwards.  Ah, the fun days of summer!