On Friday, Karl came over and stayed the night, so that on Saturday we could have a birthday party! He even got to play some football with Michael and other friends of a friend. I made him a special chocolate cake with buttercream frosting. I know I’m not even close to becoming a professional cake decorator, but at least I’m improving!

He originally asked for a New York Giants cake, since that’s his favorite team, but this was as close as I got. We also didn’t have any candles… Oops.

This was the first birthday I was able to celebrate with my brother in about 6 years, so I’m really glad he came over.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARL!!!!

After the party, he asked us if we could drop him off to visit with some of his friends. Michael willingly took him, and he knew he was responsible for getting on the bus that would take him back home. About an hour later, he called and admitted he was lost while trying to find the bus that was leaving in under ten minutes! Lelia yelled “Get in the car!”, and out we went to rescue him from his wandering. When we found him, we had two minutes to make it to the bus stop. And, of course, once we got there, the bus was pulling away! Karl insisted that we chase it down, so we did! After he had run out of the car twice on Main Street in an attempt to get on, the bus driver finally stopped one last time and he made it! It was crazy, and so many people were staring. I sure wish I had thought to take video of all that insanity!