Allan's 85th Birthday - April 12th, 2014
Mavis & Bill are ready to celebrate Allan's 85th birthday
Celebrate at Julie & Todd's house
Love the circular tower with front door arch!
Enter into the family room and join the family
Watch the ongoing 270 image slideshow of Allan & Perle
Covered seating in the backyard for the expected crowd
Lachlan turned 2 only two months ago
Nice patio between the pool and the house
Six tables and chairs under the cover
Backyard backs up into the foothills nearby
Jerry arrives and he and Bill catch up
Watch the large slide show on and off all afternoon
Todd and Claire get the luncheon ready
Lunch is served featuring barbeque and other yummies
Put it on a plate or make it in a sandwich
Family and friends gather and fill their plates
Famous Dave's barbeque sauce? They know me here!
Michael and Nicholas dig into great eats!
David, Bill, Howard, Kyle & Ann grab a seat in the shade
Jerry, Rachel and Geraint sit nearby
Lois, Jerry, Bonnie and Art join them
Lachlan, Matt, Alexa, Kami & Jeff at the next table
Hosts Todd & Julie sit down for a deserved meal
Big crowd enjoys a great meal in the backyard
The cake is out and Uncle Allan is ready
Time to acknowledge the reason we have all gathered
Happy 85th Birthday Uncle Allan
Julie makes the announcements for her dad
We had hoped to also celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary as well today but Perle was unable to attend
Although the joint birthday/anniversary is April 24th
We picked the weekend of Palm Sunday to observe it
So we remember Perle and celebrate with Allan
To 85 past years and many more future years
All join in and sing, "Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday dear Allan, happy birthday to you!
Allan makes a wish and blows out the candles
Jeff gets a couple photos of me at the event, yea!
Rose, the oldest, is now the last Almquist sibling left
Friends and family get back to visiting
Bonnie, Alexa, Lachlan, Geraint, Nathan, Matt & Rachel
Art, Jeff, Kami, Ann and Kyle enjoy the day
The Anderson boys are ready to talk Texas football
Just a beautiful day on the patio by the pool
Old stories are retold to larger audiences
Allan talks with longtime friends
The three brothers tell more stories of long ago
Lachlan is just about ready for his nap
Let's get the family together and take some photos
First photo of the children, grandchildren and great grandchildren of Arthur & Pauline
Then add in the Almquist/Anderson family to the overall family photo
The paparazzi circle around their willing subjects
Allan and Perle's family gather around for a group photo
Allan, Ann, Kyle, Julie, Howard, Garrett, Todd & Claire
The three brothers: Art, Allan, and Jerry
Art is 87, Allan will be 85 and Jerry is 80
Lois, Art, Kami, Jeff (Eric & Drew are at school)
Just missing Andy, Lisa, Alexandra and Ben
Jerry & Mavis clan gather up
We all left our kids at home plus Rhonda and Donna
Sisters Rachel and Alexa represent the Maurers
Larry couldn't travel today and Linda passed in 2010
But we did bring all of our boys along
Geraint, Lachlan & Michael and Matt, Nathan & Nicholas