Birthdays & Mother’s Day Weekend Extravaganza!

The Mother’s Day weekend is traditionally a big one in our families. Not only was it Mother’s Day, but it was also my mother-in-laws birthday on Saturday, my brother-in-laws birthday on Sunday and my own birthday on Monday. So we had a lot to celebrate, and we did, with three days of fun with family and friends! It all started off on Friday night as my good buddy Daniel and his wife Anna Maria invited us over for a great birthday meal! Anybody who knows me knows I love a good home-cooked meal, and Dan & Anna Maria gave me a yummy B-day gift with a great Italian-style lasagna (complete with bechamel sauce!!!) preceded by an entrée of lobster with marinated artichoke hearts. A nice salad and two types of cakes for dessert later, I was stuffed silly. Sam, while enjoying his bottle-o-milk, was a good boy being pretty quiet all evening while Mom and Dad played with Dan & Anna Maria’s two kids, Christopher and Amanda! After a meal like that, Melissa, Sam and I slept like babies… well for Sam that’s not much of a stretch, but you get the idea.

Saturday was a crazy, hectic day so the good nights sleep was, in retrospect, perfect timing. We had decided to have Melissa’s whole family over for the aforementioned birthdays/Mother’s Day mash-up and we had lots to do! As I try to do every year for my mother-in-law, I made some homemade spring rolls! They are always a big hit, so I enjoy making them, and I will most likely post the recipe in the near future. It was a BYOB party and we all had a great time with the last of the guests leaving around midnight. Sam was exhausted as he was passed around more than a 2 dollar joint. Check the link below for some pics of that day.

Sunday was my family turn as Melissa, Sam and I packed up the car and header to my parents place for the day. And what a beautiful day it was as we spent most of the day outside in the sun playing all kinds of sports with my 5 year old niece Meghan. We had some great salmon on a plank cooked on the BBQ (again, I’ll post this recipe too) and some Nanny-made apple crisp for dessert. Following supper, we gave Sammy-boy a bath/bottle combination which is a sure knock out for him. It’s was another great day with family that I live for. It was not perfect, however, as my sister and her family couldn’t be there with us , but we thought of them the whole day.

Getting home Sunday night and seeing my bed was a welcome sight. All that fun and my 30th birthday still hadn’t passed yet! I still had a couple hours left to say goodbye to my twenties, but I ended up sleeping them off and dreaming of what the next decade would bring with Melissa and Sam…

Sam starting off the weekend right! ;)

Most of the gang eatin' spring roles on Saturday

My God son Jeremy and Myriam (Melissa's sister) having a strawberry daquiri

Melissa, Sam and Me mugging for the camera on Staurday

My brother-in-law Norm opening a card full of money!

Sam and his GodMother Sandrine on Saturday

Jeremy and me fighting for my new video game birthday gift!

Melissa's Mom happy about her mommy's day gift!

Sam with his new buddy Iggy the Inch worm.

Nanny holding Sam. My parent fought all day to hold him!

Grandpa with Sam watching the action.

Meghan about to score, I had no chance on that goal I tells ya!!!

Meghan about to score with a little "illegal" inteference help from Dad

Grandpa taking care of Sam(again!) while we played outside

Mike and Meghan playing catch

Melissa about to crank my brothers wiffle ball pitch to the other side of the yard!

Sunday night and were finally able to relax! Sam accurately portrayed how we all felt.

Nanny giving Sam a bath. He wouldn't take his eyes off her!