Birthdays and Anniversary's

In the month of August we are always SO BROKE. It is Roger's brother Anthony's birthday on August 13th (1st photo). Roger's birthday on August 24th (last photo) Katherine's birthday is on August 25th (2nd photo) and our anniversary is on August 27th (no photo). The kids are also going back to school and I have to renew the tags on my van.
Remember how I said that we always get our favorite meal on our birthday? Well Anthony came over and got barbecued ribs and chicken. I made him a yellow cake with chocolate icing, which he likes so much that he eats the leftovers for breakfast. Roger got Lasagna and homemade carrot cake. Katherine got steak, potatoes and asparagus but got jipped this year on cake 'cause I was over it already. She got a store bought cookies and cream ice cream cake instead.
Gabriel calls ALL cakes "HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAKE". He can see one at the store and say, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAKE?" Do you see him in photo number 3? This is what he will do if you invite us to YOUR party. You have been warned in advance. Look how long his tongue looks! I swear I did not photoshop it. He could win a contest for a Gene Simons (KISS) look-a-like contest if we added a little make-up.
We had Roger's cake pretty late because he got home late from work. We called him on his cell phone when we cut into the lasagna. We put the phone on speaker and we all made moaning noises over how good his birthday dinner was to make him hungry. He got home and took a quick shower so we could light the cake, blow-out the candles and eat a slice before the kids went to bed. I was pretty sleepy -hence that way I strategically placed him where you could see the unfinished wall that we added to our den 3 weeks ago. There was a large opening that we (UH... Roger) enclosed and put in French doors. Makes for a great picture- doesn't it? NOT!
We went out on our anniversary on the 27th, this past Sunday. We have been married 16 years now. Can you believe it? I CAN'T. The urge to hurt him hasn't mellowed yet. (Any old-timers out there -30 years or more- can email me and tell me when that urge goes away) We went to Carrabba's and it was great. You know I love SANGRIA!... and I can go years without a drink until someone offers me that! Wouldn't you know they were advertising them AND it was happy hour! I had the 2 and they were okay. My favorite SANGRIA was still from the Quinceanera. Roger said it was the cheap stuff. Now why did he have to go and tell me that? We left there and at the end of the evening ended up at The Cheesecake Factory. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THEIR DESSERTS! I tried something new and even though I can't remember how to pronounce the name IT WAS DARN GOOD! Roger had his old stand-by, brownie's with fudge and ice cream. It was not so stand-by-ish though. They made TOWERS of brownies with all the goodies holding them up. I think from now on on our "dates" we will do dessert instead of dinner.
Tomorrow I head out to get the tags for my van. I procrastinated till the last minute and I'll bet half of Tampa (the weird ones) did too which means if you need me for anything tomorrow- I'll be at Waters Ave near Target ...sitting....waiting...