Happy 60th Birthday to Grandpa Dave!

Hello friends and family! Mommy is letting me tell you about our weekend at Grandpa Dave's house since it was sooo much fun! It was Grandpa Dave's birthday party and the whole family was going to visit him to celebrate. And not just my Kentucky aunts, uncles and cousins -- I had family I didn't even know about from Ohio! There was my great-Grandma Kathy and my great Aunts Becky, Marsha and Michelle and Daddy's cousins and all their kids, too. Mommy helped me count all the people and there were 15 kids and at least 25 grown ups.

Grandpa has a house in Kentucky down some really windy roads with lots and lots of trees and grass. There's a place up the hill that everyone set up tents around a campfire but down by the house is where we spent all our time because there's a swimming pool! You all know how much I love to swim and I got to show off all my tricks. Everyone was so impressed with how I just jump right in the water, hold my breath, and kick to the surface. I even showed off my back dive, too. We spent a lot of time in the pool because it was so hot outside.

Daddy and the big boys spent a lot of time on the big 4-wheelers riding back in the trees and would sometimes come back all muddy. Daddy even took me for a short ride. Then later Grandpa brought out his horses, but when Daddy put me up in the saddle with him all I kept saying was, "nooooooo." I liked the smaller lawnmower to play on better.

There was also this really big bouncy thing called a trampoline. The only one I had ever seen was small but this one was huge and really high off the ground! It was so cool! When the big kids weren't using it I got to go on it. I thought it was so funny to run around in circles on it, and I really really tried to jump up and down. I know it has to do with bending my knees, and I could make it bounce a little. I am sure with some practice on the beds and couch at home I'll get really good at jumping!

When it got dark they lit a big fire outside. We all sat around it talking and the grown-ups looked up at the sky to see all the stars. I never knew there were so many stars! Daddy said he could faintly see the Milky Way and he and Mommy kept looking for things called satellites and shooting stars. I got to stay up really late, too, and when I woke up I was still outside -- in a tent!

It was a fun weekend, and I sure hope Grandpa had fun, too. Happy Birthday!

Carter, Uncle Scott, Uncle Kevin, Alyssa, Matthew, Aunt Jenny, Noah, Mommy, Austin, Channing, Sean, ME!, Daddy, Sara, Nancy, Great Grandma Kathie, Grandpa, Aunt Amy, Aunt Megan, Uncle Daniel, Marsha, Jeff, Brenda, Kristopher and baby Samuel, Gavin, Heather and Liam. And in front -- Michelle, Autumn, Dominick, Stephanie, Becky, Olivia, Amanda, Emma, Sophie and Nicholas. Whew!