Birthday barbecue for Brady and Luke

Since we went to CA to welcome Luke home, we decided to stay for a few weeks to visit with friends and family and enjoy the warm weather. While there, we had a little birthday barbecue to celebrate Luke and Brady's birthdays, which are just a few weeks apart.  

Playing ball with dad

Papa at the grill

Melissa and David came too, they're pretty much family :)

The Neilson men

Loving strawberries

Pound it

"psssshhhhh"

Aunt Courtney

Karen and Wade were visiting too

Papa and Grandma

OK, this next set of pics was taken indoors and I didn't adjust the white balance or shutter speed on my camera, so they're yellow and blurry, blech! BUT they capture the moment, so I thought I would share them anyway :)

Opening gifts...

Courtney got Brady a big music set - aka NOISE makers, Ahhhhh!

Birthday boys

I taught Brady to blow out candles a few weeks before this so he was very excited  for this part. He kept blowing the candle out as papa lit it...before we sang. Silly kid!

Love these guys!!