Mark Turned 70! – Southern Hospitality

It’s been a milestone birthday week for my candy hubby, Mark! He turned 70 on August twenty second and we celebrated the weekend earlier than with a household pool celebration. We’ve talked about how briskly life appears to be transferring nowadays and the way it’s exhausting to consider it was time for an additional birthday ending in 0. However, as a lot as we don’t want for the years to fly, they appear to be and we’re grateful for the life we’ve got collectively. I’m so glad we discovered one another and at this stage of our lives, we’ve got one another to lean on and have fun life with. So very grateful we discovered one another after we did!

I don’t typically share household pics from Mark’s facet of the household, however I assumed you all would take pleasure in seeing these as we speak. Three of Mark’s 4 women came to visit for a household pool celebration and I smoked a pork butt and turkey breast they usually introduced sides. We had a ravishing day trip by the pool and naturally, the children cherished that. It was an ideal summer time day!

I purchased a couple of decorations to have fun the birthday boy and had the whole lot arrange earlier than the children came to visit. It was enjoyable to have fun Mark, since he’s exhausting to purchase for and shock. It wasn’t a shock, however I did get the decorations up earlier than he went out to see them.

That large balloon says Aged to Perfection, which was excellent for him.

I all the time arrange drinks on this little facet desk and it really works out completely for that. An ice bucket and candy tea within the dispenser made for a festive day.

The children all arrived and naturally, the little ones needed to get within the pool immediately. They love our pool. That’s Hendrix, who’s 5 years previous, our little redhead. He began kindergarten this yr.

That’s his mother, Kelly, with child sister, Reese. These infants are rising so quick, 2 of them are 9 months and Reese is 8 months now. They are going to be turning one earlier than an excessive amount of longer.

Rose is 5 too and loves to come back over to Pop’s pool to swim. She’s been over loads this summer time and she simply began kindergarten too.

Daisy loves the children and has enjoyable when they’re right here. She particularly loves the infants and needs to lick them and be near them. That’s Patrick and McKenzie with their large boy, Logan, however you may’t see him, since he’s behind Reese. He favored the water too.

And there’s Traci, mother to Rose and Ivy, holding Ivy. You possibly can see all three infants right here. I couldn’t wait til they had been all enjoying on the ledge within the pool and right here they’re, so enjoyable to see.

Mark is such a very good Pop and people infants all actually take to him.

Logan’s daddy may be very tall (6’5″) and he has the tall genes already. At 9 months previous, he’s already sporting 18 to 24 month clothes, so he’s going to be an enormous boy for certain. He’s such a cutie along with his bald head and blue eyes.

That’s his mother, McKenzie holding him and Daisy needed to be near him. She’s such a child licker!

I had a jar of pickles and the women fed pickles to the 2 women and it was so humorous seeing their faces after taking a chunk. They each favored them and needed extra, extra, extra. They don’t have tooth but, however there was a number of nubbin’ happening.

It was so cute! All of us loved the infants and watching them play.

It was then time for dessert, so I introduced out the coconut cake and strawberry cake I get from native bakery, McIntyre’s in Smyrna. They’ve a satellite tv for pc location at Crossroads Gallery in West Cobb the place we decide up our desserts. They’re scrumptious in case you’re on the lookout for a bakery. All of us sang glad birthday and loved cake for dessert! Mark dearly loves their coconut cake.

It was a ravishing day for a birthday celebration and I’m glad we acquired to do all of it collectively. He loves having his women and grandkids round and it made for a festive day. Our out of doors patio is the proper place to collect for a celebration like this and we take pleasure in having this area a lot. I needed to share this with you all as we have fun Mark’s seventieth birthday. We’re grateful for him and we want him many extra glad wholesome years!