Our friend Brian had a birthday last week! And we had a party. Birthdays have been happening like crazy over the past month, by the way. Both Isaac's dad and my dad, Molly, Alexandra, Morgs, Tommy, Kristina (whom I never called to wish happy birthday, by the way...sorry, friend), and now Brian. Isaac made a feast of Pad Thai and the friends rolled in. Brian's the one on the left, by the way, in the picture with Isaac. This was the first time we've had that large of a crowd over to our little apartment, but it turned out to be the perfect blend of size and coziness. The first couple of hours were filled with our friends from college, old roommates, fellow youth workers, and just about the time that group was heading out, our old small group kiddos (who aren't kiddos anymore) were heading in. For those of you who don't know, I used to lead a small group with Brian and his older brother Stephen a couple years ago through our church. We took over the group when the students were sophomores and juniors and saw them through graduation, so as you can imagine, we're pretty fond of them. We lived a lot of life together and were a pretty tight knit group. Now they're almost sophomores and juniors in college, and a lot of them stayed around here to go to school so we still get to see them around. As the sappy girl leader, I can say that I'll love those kids forever, even if they have grown up to become adults now. Anyway, about 8:30 or so our old small group rolled in and we had ourselves a hilarious evening of craziness and laughter. We played this game that's a mix of Taboo and Guestures, and oh did it bring me back to Monday nights at the Conovers. Here's a little slice of our life...





Jake Carlson, ladies and gentlemen...








This is Becky, the other Becky, whom I love...








And Katy, spelled with a 'y,' whom I also love. Little known fact: Katy knows every Starbucks barista in our town. Every single one.







Dustin exists to prove that white men can dance....








Remember that one time you guys put the sardine's in Becky's car??




The photoshoot ended after this one because Jake split Dustin's lip open with this move. And Nat's the guy in between Jake and Brian, in case you were wondering.


Happy Birthday, dear Brian!