40/40/80 Party

We just got back from Arizona celebrating our families birthdays. Joe's sister Sue and Steve's partner Ben put together a fabulous party for Hub, Mark and Pops. Hub turned 40, Mark 40 and Pops 80! How ironic is that! I can't take credit for the details but it was given by all the Dahlstrom children at our club, Western Skies, in Gilbert, AZ. We had an AWESOME time. There were casino poker tables, bouncy houses, snow cone machine, cotton candy machine....great food, a DJ and lots of FUN, FAMILY and FRIENDS!

Parker, definitely has to be the winner of the dance competion! So the "BEST DANCER" award would go to him. That boy has some skills and I am proud to say he is my child. He had a blast showing off!!!

The "Movie Star" award goes to Bailey and Addi (Bailey's BFF). It was great having little Miss Addi there. She became part of the family! The girls are both 12 years old but were the beverage cart girls for the golf tournament that weekend. They couldn't stop talking about it. It was funny too. We had gotten two suites at Tapitio cliffs and they had claimed one of the suites as there own. Of course it was connected to ours but they felt all grown up!

The Dave and Buster's official winner's were Mark, Susan, Ben, Nancy and Kaley. The MVP of that group goes to Ben. At the end of the tournament Ben pulled out not 1, not 2, but 3 stuffed animals out of the Claw machine....IS that even possible....I guess so cause it happened!!! They split $120 dollars. If you don't know the Dahlstrom family yet, EVERYTHING is a competion!!!

Here is a picture of most of the girls that played in the competion. From left to right, Nancy, Susan, Me, MaryBeth and Joe's sister Sue. We had a lot of fun. Not very sure if we even know how to play pool that well but I guess we all look good doing it!

Here is the "WHOLE GANG"! When we get together it is definitely going to be a great time! This family is competive, loving, hilarious (Steve), sweet and welcoming and I am so grateful to be a part!

I wanted to also share a picture of "THE ORIGINALS"! From left to right Mikey, my husband Joe, Sue, Steve and Mark. What a great looking group of kids. Joanie and Pops you did a great job raising these knuckle heads....ha ha! Just kidding, they are beautiful people with big hearts and I am proud to say that I was lucky enough to call one of them mine!! A BIG thank you goes out to All of them for making me a part of their family!!!

I wanted to share one last picture. This is Susan (Ben's cousin), I was fortunate to spend some more time with her this trip and I have to say that she is one of the most caring individuals I have ever met! She played with my children all weekend, she ran to Walmart to get me medicine for my very nasty infection that was going on on my lip, she and Ben treated Bailey and Addi to pedicures. Susan thank you from the bottom of my heart for being sooooo sweet! It was a joy spending more time with you and look forward to future visits.