Barrett's 20th (17th) birthday!

Barrett put up a Facebook post a few days ago that he didn't want to turn 20 so he was going to celebrate his 17th again. He is a funny boy....Peter Pan :)

He didn't want anything except money...ha ha.....so we went for Japanese food and then called his friends to meet us at Baskin Robbins for the $1 scoop night. Unlimited scoops. It seems like the perfect quirky thing to do for Barrett.

Trying to decide what to eat. Seth playing with the chopsticks. Opening presents....Grandma Kay obliged by actually giving him cash. Seth on the phone with....Hannah?

Dad's gift...wrapped in a Placerville News Company bag....we go all out at the Hamp household :)

Barrett received an antique book by Rudyard Kipling. They (Owen and Barrett) thought it was cool.

Seth gave Barrett a symbolic gift...bag of dirt with a bandage, and other trinkets that have significance and meaning to them. I missed most of the explanation. Ask them. (Side note: Barrett gave Melissa a bucket of dirt for her birthday one year)

At BR eating ice cream and other's brought gifts...given they had six hours notice and no expectation to bring something, it was very sweet. Although they were joke gifts though the actual joke was lost on me. Here is a wolf shirt from Lauren.

An action hero shirt from April. I got this one....he is a nerd and yes he does know all of the names of the characters. I mean nerd in the most endearing sense of the word. Spencer gave him a 4 X 4 Rubics Cube. That was cool...not a joke. He almost has it figured out. It wasn't until I had kids that grew up and could do a Rubics that I even realized there was a pattern to it...I was such a dumb kid.

Barrett, Seth, Greg

April, Lauren, Brandon, Spencer, Barrett, Seth, Greg.

Placerville Ward Hoedown and Chili cook off

Placerville Ward had a ward activity...the Hoedown, Chili cook-off and line dancing. It was action packed. The Activities Committee always does such a good job! Here are the great decorations on the stage...I am sure we have George Strayer to thank for the animal cutouts :)
...and this great outhouse. Its perfect!?! (Thanks for posing Barrett)

Greg won the chili cook off with his original creation that he made around the Saturday events which included April's birthday...Pizza party and Monster golf. With the brief intermission of the Hoedown, April's birthday picked up again at our house with a viewing of Baby Mama.

However, she didn't get away from the Hoedown without the entire room singing "Happy Birthday!" Good job boys!

The boys took off before the line dancing. Honestly, they were good sports to show. I love that they support ward activities even when they think they are a little hokey. Owen got through one half of a line dance, I got through two. It was a bit of a workout.

Brandon's birthday dinner

Brandon turned 19 last week and we usually have a birthday dinner on the Sunday following the birthday but last week was Break the Fast at the church so we put it off until this Sunday. His requested dinner menu was Teriaki Salmon.


He said he didn't care what kind of cake we had....I picked angel food cake with blueberry sauce. We didn't have candles but we sang "Happy Birthday" everyone thought it was great fun for him to "blow out the candles" which were really two forks used to split the cake.