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Dad’s seventieth Birthday Weekend • Kath Eats


We celebrated my dad’s seventieth birthday in Charlottesville this weekend. Right here is the recap of his basketball themed get together, mountaineering journey, and extra. 

Household pictures by Cramer Photograph

Blissful seventieth Dad!

This previous weekend the Youthful fam got here up for a go to and we celebrated dad’s seventieth birthday with all of his favourite issues: a basketball pizza get together (full with a Duke cake!), Chinese language meals, mountaineering, a winery afternoon, and his grandchildren throughout him. We had Sarah Cramer Shields come take household portraits to recollect the weekend by. A priceless reminiscence! I’ll be sharing loads of the pics later this week.

Dad wasn’t the one one getting items upon arrival – Gus received a brand new lobster from Grammie!

Friday: Dinner at Peter Chang’s

On Friday everybody drove up, and we piled into our automobile to move to Peter Chang’s for dinner. Dad LOVES Chinese language meals, so we stunned him with this dinner by telling him we have been going to a really costly farm-to-table restaurant. He was very happy!

Thomas went to see a couple of birthday dessert, they usually got here out with a clementine as the best choice. Our server mentioned it represented good luck! 

Saturday Hike

Saturday morning we fueled up for a hike! 

Ellen, an avid hiker, was our information and helped us select a path. Whereas we might have appreciated to drive as much as the mountains, the Ragged Mountain path was our choose for its proximity to downtown and scenic reservoir lake. It was gorgeous! Thanks Ellen for serving to set up! 

The little youngsters stayed again with mother on the home, and we hiked about 4 miles in good climate. 

Sandwiches from Bellair

On our method house we picked up an order of Bellair Market sandwiches. All the time so good after a hike!

Women Afternoon

The boys had plans for golf within the morning, so the ladies headed out for some purchasing! We went to J Crew Manufacturing facility the place I received this costume. 

After which to make use of our time properly, we sipped coffees and teas at Greenberry’s! 

Be aware the position of tattoos the day earlier than household pictures 😉

Downtime <3 

Basketball Pizza Occasion

On Saturday evening we had a basketball themed pizza get together for dad.

Whereas UVA may need been the beer theme, the cake theme was only for dad! Caked Up Cville made us an epic Duke cake! All of us raved about how good it was for dad who was a Duke bball season ticket holder my entire childhood. For those who didn’t know, my dad and mom met at Duke. 

It was a slam dunk!

We had a number of video games deliberate: Cliff Trivia, Identify That Tune from his favourite songs, and charades. He additionally was gifted many tins of blended nuts – his favourite! 

Sunday

On Sunday morning, the younger dads performed golf, and the Youthful dad and firm went to the playground! 

Household Pics

We had our session with Sarah at 1:00 and love all of the pics she captured! 

Sunday Funday

We ended the day at King Household Vineyards with cheese, wine, and video games. 

Everybody was full and drained after we retired with a film for the evening. We had simple quiche, soup, and pot pies for dinner. 

The youngsters spent a lot time on the trampoline! We’re lacking them. Sarah captured these nice photographs!

It was an incredible family-filled weekend!



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