Amy, Braden, Molly, Ellie & Jackson: Happy 60th Birthday Dad!

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Happy 60th Birthday Dad!

For my dad's 60th birthday, we decided to take a road trip out to CA so we could bring Jackson with us and introduce him to the rest of the family. He behaved himself for most of the trip and we got away with just 1 "accident" in the car. He really didn't mean to, he's just trying to do his job of preparing us for parenthood!

We arrived on my dad's actual birthday and celebrated with a bottle of Opus 1 and Silver Oak. The next morning, my dad, uncle, Brady, and brother-in-law, Regi went golfing and I got to spend the day with my sister and new baby niece Ayla. Nicole and I went early to the horse races early to reserve a good spot for the whole family to meet us later. My uncle was the only big winner of the day but we had a great day and it was nice to have everyone together to celebrate the big 6-0!

Overall, I think my mom and dad both enjoyed their new grand-dog. He spent the night with my mom and the whole next day. She took him to the beach and a new dog park where he quickly made himself the most popular dog in the park. He spent Sunday with my dad and they hung out and watched golf together and played catch in the backyard. I prepared everyone for "Marley" behavior, so they were very impressed with how well behaved he was. We managed to escape with just 1 broken screen door...not too bad!

We took a picture in this exact spot, in Utah, 5 years ago on our drive out to CO, so we have decided to make it our new "family tradition." We are going to try to make it back there in another 5 years, so we'll see what new additions to the family we have then!;-)