Saturday night was the big party for busylizzy's younger brother and heir to the family throne. If there were to be a throne. Sorry, I am reminded of the movie "The King's Speech" about King George.
It was good of him to come. Not all could make it. One brother is in Calgary and reserves his trips for extraordinary occasions. George has a birthday every year, or so I am told, so this was quite an ordinary occasion. Another brother called at the last minute and was busy with his gravel operation. He has a built in rock quarry and one of the rocks was attempting to exit his kidney just in time for the birthday.
busylizzy made a superb dinner of Cornish Game Hens with all the fixin's. The Tuxedo Birthday Cake, for desert, was awesome. The one obligatory candle was very special. Our family is well known for its lack of musical ability so this candle did all the singing for us. It was the one that represented the 58. Oops, now I have given it away. I do not see the point of keeping people's birthday's a secret when they are younger than me.
The matriarch and patriarch of the family were also in attendance. They did not hear much, but looked like they were enjoying themselves. George's mother gave him a shirt in size medium. He modeled it for us, sucking everything in so it appeared as though it was a perfect fit, but was showing fatigue after a few minutes of agony. Mother thought it was his size. He asked when it was that she last bought him a shirt. She replied that it was when he was a teenager. It was a shocker for her to realize that he had grown. It is not only her ears that are faulty. :)
We were just getting into it when the farm boy, who was also the birthday boy, had to leave to do chores. Suddenly almost everybody else left too. Apparently, there were TV and telephone issues at the old folks residence and various sons wanted to rectify these issues while they were in town. That left us with busylizzy's sister and her husband and we had a pleasant visit until much later.
Now that the precedence has been set, I see many more of these parties on the horizon.
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