Birthdays!

In the Baumgartner Family (my original family . . . ) January is the birthday month. The rest of our birthdays are pretty spread out, but Dad and Allie's are only a couple weeks apart in January. We a had a great time celebrating both of them; and as a huge plus Allie has come home every weekend since Christmas because of birthdays or holidays!

Allie brought her good friend Becka home with her from Montreat












19 candles . . . next year there will be no more teenagers in the B's house












Anyone who knows Allie knows that she is pretty much addicted to ice cream . . . Mom made the 7 layer ice cream cake for her

























Mom and Dad got her tickets to see Celtic Women in March . . . she started crying












This year Dad turned 50! Mom had to put his candles on 2 cakes . . . he still blew them all out with one breath. That can happen when you have 50 years to practice =)

To celebrate, Mom hosted a dinner for 15 at their house, but I forgot to take a group picture.







Right after Dad blew out the candles, Allie threw one of the cakes into our friend Gisele's back . . . ok, she tripped and it fell, but it sounds better the other way . . .
























Loss of Control Kit . . . one of the many very practical gifts Dad received!