Yesterday was Will’s birthday. Cathie cooked a big dinner, complete with a birthday cheesecakes and we sang happy birthday to him. In my family we have this odd tradition of phone calls on your birthday. There’s all sorts of intricate rules to this, and if you miss out, you’ll never hear the end of it. You get special bonus points for being the first to call on a given day – and for most of the people in our family, Will normally wins that one, and typically reminds me to call my nephews. Will has been pretty much unanimously adopted into our family, and has to abide by all of the rules of the family – including these.
Anyways, we had a small surprise deal for Will up at the South Lyon Hotel (the only drinking establishment in town) where about 20 friends showed up from as far away as Lansing to wish Will a happy birthday. I’m not sure if he was surprised, but it was a good time. Jason Shinn, Jessica Richeid, Noel Heikkinen, Bill Belanger, Mark Freier, Joe & Joann Muzzi, Bill Jarratt, Matt & Anne Calabretta, Sue Rankin, Mike Cornell, Ron Reyhl, Desi Defelice, and Katie Freier all showed up. The party wound down around 11:30 PM.