i'm old

on july 10th dave planned a little birthday bash for me. jenn and rainah came into town and don was even able to make the dinner portion of the evening.
the family all headed to mongolian bbq for some dinner and then headed to paradise park. dave decided we would all putt-putt since he assumed it was something mom and dad would do too. but, as old as i am, they are even older and they refused to play. LAME.
i wondered if hayden would want to hurry with the game so he could move on to the trampoline and go-karts, but he ended up LOVING it. he has asked me, almost every day since, if he can go back and play more putt-putt.
after the game (dave won with jessica coming in second, me in third...despite my hole in one, jenn fourth and hayden last) we let hayden (and rainah!) jump on the trampoline. and right before it started to rain, hayden was able to drive his very own go-kart as they just opened the little kid track. he did a GREAT job and was heard trash talking the little girl that was on the track with him. at one point, when trying to beat her, he got all the way over to the inside of the track. dave said between going on the go-karts with us and playing all the racing video games he does, he knows how it works. he made his mama proud.
right when his time was up, it started pouring. we all headed back to our place where tina joined us for some cake and ice cream.
i hate having birthdays, but technically, it wasn't really my birthday. and we all had fun anyway.

this is how you golf, right?:
nice job, jessica!:
actually taking a little direction:
and not doing too bad:
rainah (now somehow almost as blond as talan) taunting talan:
a quick session of drivers ed:
and he's off:
where are the windshield wipers on this thing?!: