Family Dinner for Steven's Birthday

Well he's almost 11. We had dinner to celebrate his upcoming birthday last night. In attendance were the Begley's (Brian, Cyn, Ciera and Logan), Grandma and Papa, Aunt Marisa and Iain and Grandma Pat. Steven was happy to have everyone over, even if he had to help clean up the house beforehand....

We had a dinner of Steven's choosing: hot dogs with buns, mac & cheese and a Sam's Club veggie tray. Everyone seemed happy with his choice. For desert we made our own ice cream sandwiches from brownies or chocolate chip cookies and vanilla caramel or cookies and cream ice cream. If you haven't heard of it --Pampered Chef makes a great ice cream sandwich maker -- http://pamperedchef.com/our_products/catalog/product.jsp?productId=10441&categoryCode=BK.

He got a bunch of great presents .. a new baseball glove, cash, movie tickets, a game for his ds, high school musical 2 board game, and an action replay for his ds. After opening the action replay --he immediately grabbed Logan for a hug (see blurry picture) which I was lucky enough to catch on film --the joy comes thru! He really wanted that!

Steven has grown up so much in the last few months... it is hard to believe he is 11.