Patrick's Visit

I know, I'm late again! I told Patrick I'd have a blog post about his visit a couple weeks ago, and I STILL haven't gotten it done. The draft has been sitting in cyberspace for over two weeks. Where does the time go?!

So let's just jump right in. Patrick's birthday was in June. I failed to send him a gift, so upon his visit, I made sure we had a fun little birthday party for him. It wasn't really anything spectacular, but a party is a party, right?

My kids just adore Cousin Patrick, so having a party to celebrate his 15th birthday was great fun for them. Merrilee and I got a yummy chocolate cake, decorated the dining room, and tried to make a bit of a surprise out of it. But who can really hide anything from a 15 year old? But even if he wasn't surprised, the smile on his face was fabulous! It was such a joy to celebrate a birthday with this kid.

We got him some cool sunglasses, and they certainly gave him an air of coolness. Not a bad lookin' young man, eh?

The birthday party was fun, but I think he really enjoyed the pool. He spent a lot of time at my folks house this summer and got to use their community pool, but it doesn't have a very deep deep end. Our pool is deep enough for a diving board, so he got to try one out for the first time. He was a little hesitant at first, but with just enough jeering and taunting by his Aunt Petrie, he took the plunge!

Not to let anyone show her up, Merrilee also did some diving board tricks.

And in typical Katie Mei fasion, she also had to get in on the action.

It didn't take too many jumps, or too many belly flops, before Patrick was flying through the air. I think he had a great time; I know we sure did!

Thanks for sharing some of your summer with us, Kiddo! We're looking forward to having you come back again.

Love,

Aunt Petrie