Birthdays and big families

Today is Abe's birthday! He is my youngest brother and hard as it is for me to admit it, he turned 15 today and can get his drivers permit.

Tomorrow is Mom's birthday and then next Thursday is my oldest brother's... When you are in a big family someone is bound to be celebrating a birthday every few weeks.

One would be tempted to think that that would make our times of celebration less important but it is quite the opposite. Most birthday's are spent with family with the occasional HUGE friend party thrown in for good measure!

I remember lots of birthday parties growing up. There was my carnival party where we could use our tickets to kiss the monster (all of us girls were excited to do that since the monster was none other than David Pendergrass!!!!). There was the motorcycle party and the one where we got dressed up fancy, went to the Muny and then came back for a slumber party. Last year for a "milestone" birthday my parents outdid themselves with a wonderful surprise party and even flew an old friend in from the east coast it was AMAZING!!! But all of those fun parties do not hold a "birthday candle" to the family dinner birthday parties I have had. The ones where I got to either plan the menu or do the cooking. On more birthdays than I care to count we have had "Andrea Roasts" ~ the funny part about these is that we end up having these even when it's someone elses birthday.

So Happy Birthday Abe, Mom and Jos... It won't be long before it's time to celebrate again!