Mike's 50th Birthday Party

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Jocelyn and I threw Mike a surprise 50th birthday party today. Jocelyn and Mike had gone to Catonsville for a double header earlier in the day, and we were a little worried about him getting home before the guests arrived because they had moved the start time back to 11:00 AM from noon. Joc got him to stop in Hampden for a little while and he arrived right on time, about 4:50. We had told everybody to be there at 4:30. He seemed genuinely surprised.

A lot of people chipped in with the food and beer (Mom and Dad did a lot). The cake came from BJ's. We had a fire going out by the pond. The kids did some fishing and canoeing and later on they made smores and hot dogs over the fire. Jim and Matthew each caught a pretty big bass. I think everybody we invited showed up. Let me see if I can remember who all was there. The Brushes, The Sanzas (except Chris, who had a wedding to go to), The Hubers - Bob and Bunny, Steve and Kelly and all their kids, even Miss Sandy all the way from OC. Cindy, Megan and Aaron Schilling, Rita's companion/helper Judy, Mikes friend Pat and his wife Mary Carol and there two kids, Karen,Steve and Chris, Jim and Dan (there friend Russell brought them out and stayed a while), our gang, Mom and Dad, Joc and a couple of her friends, Ken Qualiano. I think that's it. Everybody seemed to have a good time. Mike even did a beer bong out by the fire. The party lasted till about 10:00. Oh, we also watched the Indians get creamed by the Red Sox, who eventually beat the Indians in seven games after being down 3 games to 1.