In our family, the celebrant chooses a favorite meal and type of cake. We celebrated over the weekend with meatballs with gravy, mashed potatoes, twice baked squash, and Grandmother’s 1-2-3-4 cake with chocolate frosting. Cake first. Dinner later. Shenanigans throughout. Sledding to lull the wee ones to sleep on the car rides home.

This is a bonus photo of garage maintenance. Eighteen inches of snow removed and shoveled away from the edge in an attempt to keep our garage from becoming a stream bed this spring. Pretty spry for an old guy!

Cheers to the vintner. The apple wine turned out well. Bottled on his birthday proper!