ali bday part two

so after we got back from the kroger, we decided to go outside and play catch. it was pretty hot and humid outside, and jes found some poison ivy that the ball may or may not have rolled into so we went inside after that. but before we did, i took a pic of gt and kim in their catch positions:



inside we cooled off in the basement (it was like a meat locker down there at night) by playing ping pong and maybe beginning to drink beer (not sure when it started). as a warm up, kim spanked glennda a little bit:



glennda, in turn, tried to spank ali when she came downstairs to take our order for the bbq. gt was unsuccessful because of ali's ninja reflexes:



when our grilled stuff was ready we headed back upstairs to join the rest of the party. by then becky and kami were there as were kim and lacy (ali's friends) along with all of us, monique and mary knapp and some folks with kids whose names i don't remember (the kids OR the adults which is weird b/c i almost always remember the kids names). i do remember that the baby girl had a pink wonderwoman onesie on that ali got her. adorable. in all of the hullaballo, i stopped ali to take a pic with me. i call it the blue eyed picture. i am sure you see why:



after everyone sufficiently stuffed themselves with grilled meats (fake and real) along with delicious sides like fruit, chips, pasta salad, etc. jes, kim and glennda brought out the gorgeous and oh-so-gay ice cream cake we got ali from dairy queen. anyone who knows ali knows she loves black, so glennda even got her some black candles.



after cake we hung out on the gravel drive way and chatted some: me, jes, glennda, kim and ultimately, mary knapp as well. the folks inside were talking diapers and politics while us outside were talking downward spirals, career plans and starting schools in bali. we were also throwing rocks at various things: bigger rocks, benches, etc. as a joke someone printed out a picture of an iphone and taped it to a cardboard box. here is a picture of kim pretending she is talking on it:



as the sun went down, the bugs came out so we headed back inside to graze some more on food, get some beers and head down to the ping pong table once again to gear up for: BEER PONG. here is a cute picture of the bday girl laughing and running. not sure why, but i love the joy in her face, so i am going to post it:



ok that is that for this post. a good place to end. next up: BEER PONG 2007.