Happy Birthday Hailey!

Today was Hailey's 9th birthday, and we hope that she had a great day!

We had an intimate family gathering at Andy and Carole's since her First Holy Communion and party is coming at the beginning of May, and one major party a year per kid is probably enough for her parents. Unfortunately, we missed Alex's 6th birthday because we were in Florida for the last several days (I'll post more about that later), but he was happy to get his present today. Dad and Melva just got back from Florida yesterday too, so we were all on hand for the wonderful London Broil and Ice Cream Cake dinner (not to mention the smoked salmon which always gets devoured).

We bought Hailey the movie, Happy Feet, and specifically told Drew (several times) not to tell her anything except "Happy Birthday" when we got to their house. Of course, the first thing he said when he saw Hailey was "Hailey! We got you Happy Feet!" Oh well, at least we know he won't be keeping secrets from us either.

We had to make our usual hasty exit as soon as the cake was eaten, but it was a lovely evening, and Hailey seemed to enjoy herself.