The Surprise Party

Last night we celebrated Brian's 40th Birthday. We threw him a surprise party at the Grange Hall. Believe it or not, it stayed a surprise right up until the time Brian walked through the door. That was quite a shock since the kids knew...Will kept saying things like "Isn't this party really for Daddy, not Poppy Lee". Luckily Brian didn't notice.

How did we get him there? We told him it was a party for his Dad (whose birthday happens to be today). We had about 40 people, great food, great cake, and a DJ.

A special thanks to Peggy and Robin - I couldn't have pulled this off without them. They were the real reason the party went off without a hitch.

Here are some pictures. Enjoy...

Brian, right after we yelled surprise...

Mr. Chip and Mags dancing

John and Sissy dancing - I've told John girls like boys who can dance.

The song "Brown Eyed Girl" was playing and Brian danced with his Brown Eyed Girl.

Bubba and Brandy and Shawn came all the way from Augusta. Thanks for coming - they look like they are having a good time.

The Girls

Brian blowing out his candles. Luckily we only put a 4 candle and a 0 candle on it, so he only had 2 to blow out, not 40!

We limboed...Peggy going under the bar.

Sarah Grace and Rose

Here is the cake Brian's Mom made - it was great! Read the numbers...10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80...OLD!

Here is a video of Charles and John (and a little bit of Peggy) dancing. Sorry it's sideways - you know I can't fix that. I think they both had a good time, too...

Dancing daddy

This isn't our Daddy dancing (but he did dance), it's Marc. This is from Christmas Day - the kids got a Wii and High School Musical Dance-off as a game. Of course, we all played and Marc and Brian got the highest scores. What is that??? I got kicked off the dance floor by the GAME because I was so bad. It made me think of when I was little and we got our first Atari. Everyone in the neighborhood wanted to play against my Mom, because she couldn't play very well and everyone always beat her...we'll it's official, I've become my mother - everyone wants to play against me on the Wii because I"m so bad at it....

Here is Marc bustin' a move...sorry it's sideways - I don't know how to fix that yet...

Here is a picture of Marc, resting after all that dancing. Our kids are so lucky to have such fun, involved daddys!

New Years Eve - the Party

We (all 6 of us) went to the Cromer's house for a New Year's Eve party. There were about 15 adults there and more than 15 kids (they outnumbered us).

We had a great time. Click above to see the fireworks show we had. Our friends Charles and Christa Clinemyer brought fireworks - tons of them. Charles put on quite a show. As you can see, all the kids loved it - so did all the adults. It was a super fun way to ring in the new year.

We also had Karaoke. You know how much I love music - so Karaoke was lots of fun. You can see from the video below, that Magpie is a star in the making. Listen closely and you can hear here her joining in.

Here is a picture of Charles - he's quite the singer. It's his voice you hear in the video of Mags singing.

At the Park

We went to the park on New Years Eve day. The weather was 60ish and sunny. The kids got to run and play and I got to try out my new camera. Here are some of the pictures from the park. We had a great new years - I'll put out a blog about the new years party soon.

HAPPY NEW YEARS TO YOU AND YOURS FROM THE MOORES!

I don't know how Sarah Grace balances and runs!

John on the Monkey Bars Fireman Will to the rescue.

Maggie was very cautious - she wanted to look at everything but not really slide or climb.

Will having a great time SG just a swingin'.................

Finally Mags went down a slide with John holding her - she liked it.

John getting ready to drop down the slide Magpie looking on

One, two, three....jump Smile for the camera....