Visit with Andrew, Andrea and Joseph plus Some Birthday Fun

Andrew, Andrea and Joseph came to NY to visit us, along with some friends and to take Joseph to see some things he really enjoyed last time he was here as well as some new things. We really enjoyed seeing them and had a lot of fun! Gavin loved having them around. He loved how Andrew and Andrea made him the center of attention and he loved Joseph doing all kinds of crazy things to entertain him.


Unfortunately, I need to be better about getting pictures of everything (and making sure the pictures I take are clear and framed well) so I missed a lot of the silly things Joseph was doing. Trust me it was fun to watch all the silly faces, sounds, dances, etc. What a great cousin he is! His Aunt and Uncle were great also because they also were so great with entertaining Gavin. I love entertaining him, but it is nice when I get a break because others want to spend time with him and have some fun. Too bad I didn't get any pictures of this... I promise to be better about it and get more pictures next time!

We really enjoyed having all three over a few times while they were here visiting. They even came over on my birthday to hang out and we had some good food (lasagna - our way - and rolls). Andrew and Andrea even went out and got a fancy cake from the Culinary bakery - Apple Pie Bakery. It was SO good! It was a shame to cut into it because it looked so fancy:


But I got over that because who wouldn't want to eat a dark chocolate and mousse layered cake! Absolutely delicious! Thanks again Andrew, Andrea and Joseph!!!

The following night (Friday) we all met at Max's BBQ for dinner. It is such a great local restaurant with really good food! Despite Gavin being a little cranky, we had a lot of fun! Thanks to the help of Gavin's newest toy:


A Sing-A-Ma-Jig! Thanks to Andrew, Andrea and Joseph, Gavin is the proud owner of the funniest toy I think I have ever seen. I find myself enjoying a lot of Gavin's toys since I end up playing with them to teach him how they work and this is our new favorite!

We also had the "family" celebration of my birthday the following Sunday, one of the benefits of living close to my parents house because we get to see them on a regular basis and have a fun birthday dinner and cake. I am used to it just being Scott and myself with them (and now Gavin) but it was really nice to be able to spend some more time with Andrew, Andrea and Joseph and it was also the biggest birthday gathering here in many years. I really enjoyed it. They all helped out in making a delicious dinner and Mom made a fancy cake (it is called the best chocolate cake for a reason - super chocolately and yummy! I certainly ate way too much of it myself) and she decorated it as well. I wish I had the creative abilities that Mom does but sadly I did not inherit any of her creative abilities!


It was sad to see Andrew, Andrea and Joseph have to go home to Utah, but it was so good to see them so much while they were here. We can't wait to see them again soon!