We were fortunate enough to have Jarrod and Stephanie come up and stay with us the night before they made their trip to Maine and Kentucky. Since they would be traveling on Jarrod's actual birthday, I thought it would be nice to celebrate it the night before. We had a fabulous dinner cooked by my husband that consisted of beef kabobs, grilled veggies, bread, baked beans and strawberries and bananas. After dinner, the guys went out and set up Ladder Golf, a great yard game and practiced while I put the baby to bed, then challenged Steph and I to play them. They won~ of course, since they had been practicing ;) and then we switched it up a little and in a grueling match of husbands and wives, Peter and I pulled out the victory (nice to do to the birthday boy, right?)
After that, we headed inside and sung happy birthday over the ice cream cake Steph special ordered from her favorite cake decorator~ ME! It was a layer of white cake, icing, cookie dough ice cream in the middle (Jarrod's favorite), then another layer of cake with chocolate frosting on the top. It was my first attempt at this kind of cake and I am happy to say that it got great reviews~ so much so that my husband has now requested a similar cake for his birthday! Anyway, after cake we hung out for a little while longer then decided to turn in because Steph and Jarrod had to leave for the airport at O Dark Thirty (4:30) in the morning. Since today is Jarrod's actual birthday, we once again want to wish him a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
thanks for a great time- and making it special for jarrod! - steph
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