Celebrating the December Birthdays

We got together with Gene's side of the family on Thursday night to celebrate Mike and Mary! It's hard to have a December birthday, so we always make sure to get together for a family celebration.

Gene was excited about the carbonara feast!

Spaghetti a la Carbonara -- Mike's birthday dinner request for over 30 years!

The dinner table

Beautiful Christmas flowers from Aunt Karen

Almost time to dig in!

And he's off

After inhaling plates of carbonara, we broke out the ice cream cake!

Mary added Mike's name to the back of the cake. She did a darn good job, too!

December babies

 Present time

A gorgeous new gown from Nana

Books for Uncle Mikey

Happy birthday to two of our favorite December babies!