Happy birthday, Paw Paw!

This past Tuesday, August 16th, Heath's dad, Marlo, a.k.a. Paw Paw, celebrated his 67th birthday. How exciting! He had always wanted to eat at Cherokee Steak House down on the lake in Lebanon, TN, so Valerie made reservations and the entire crew met down there to spend some time together and enjoy a yummy meal.

The boys were complete troopers on the ride down. I had been worried that they would get hungry on the way down and then be cranky (reservations were at 6:30), but we had a good snack before we left, sang songs all the way down, and were ready to see everyone with smiles on their faces when we arrived.

Like I said, Cherokee Steak House is on the lake, and when we got there, we were greeted by lots of ducks in the parking lot (and a few geese). The boys had a blast chasing them. Thankfully, none of them chased back. 

Here are the boys checking out the ducks for the first time. Hmmm... I knew then exactly what they were thinking.

We snapped this picture in between supper and cake time. We tried to get Nick in on this picture, but he was busy running from the ducks.

This cake was super delicious. Valerie bought it at a Publix. I sure do wish we had one of those in Bowling Green.

Paw Paw with all three of this grandboys. What a happy looking fellow!

And of course, only Paw Paw would let three little boys stick their fingers in his birthday cake.

Baylen would poke his finger all the way into the cake and then sit and suck on it and lick it all off. Then he would go back for more. Geez.

When I finally pulled him out of Paw Paw's lap, Baylen said, "Mess, mess." And he was right!

Here's the crew, minus Valerie (she took the picture). It was the first time in a long, long time that we had all been together. Hopefully, we'll be able to do it again real soon.

Happy birthday, Paw Paw! Hope it was special!