On Saturday, we celebrated Michael’s birthday with a BIG party! I knew that I wanted to do an ice-cream-themed party for a while, and when I mentioned it to Michael, he was all for it, of course! (You have to be an ice cream junkie to be part of this family… no joke!)

When I originally planned the party, I didn’t realize that Michael’s whole family would be here for it, but I’m so glad they were- it was a lot more fun with them (of course!) and my mom-in-law helped me a whole lot with the cake and cupcakes. I don’t think I could’ve finished all of it without her!

We made “hot fudge sundae” cupcakes, inspired by these. And yeah… I think they tasted even better than they looked!

We also made this ice cream cake (based on the design of this cake here). It was double fudge brownie and mint chocolate chip with homemade whipped cream on top; dyed blue. The bits around the edges are crushed up waffle cones, and the three “ice creams” are actually just cupcakes jammed into cones with buttercream frosting on top!

I think he was pretty surprised with all of it!

I think this party was even better than last year’s- more friends showed up, and everyone stayed a lot longer this time, too! We took a group photo, of course.

And there had to be a silly one, too! There are a lot of weird hand motions going on in this one and I’m not sure what that’s all about…

I’m glad we have such fun friends! Happy birthday Michael!