Happy Birthday Anders

On Sunday, Dad and Ev and I drove to Herold, WI, to the fourth birthday party for Anders.

It was a great party.

Great Grandpa Wally and Great Grandma Ev

Great Aunt Wanda

Grandma Lolo, Grandpa Gus, Great Aunt Lois and Great Uncles Larry & Harry.

Uncle Kyle, Aunt Heather, Jack, Gage, Stella, Ruby & Jens

Aunt Angie and Uncle Aaron, Emily, Megan, Owen & Ivan

Aunt Lena, Uncle Mark and Zach

Grandma Lulu and Grandpa Larry

Friend Will and his sister Claire and their Mom and Dad.

Friends Ben & Jake and their Mom and Dad.

And maybe a few others.

Here are a few photos.

Valdemar and Jens Henry Valdemar

Valdemar and Jens

Mark, Aaron, Lois, Jack, Harry

Grandma Lolo made the cake

Anders' birthday cake-He is 4

Jens is walking

Jens loved the balloons

Having fun

Aaron and Larry

Jack and little brother Jens, Great Grandma Ev in the background

Ruby watching the kids play on the slip and slide

Anders and Stella on the Slip N Slide

Anders' friend Will, helping the Slip N Slide work

Valdemar, Angie's back, Emily, Ev with Ivan, Lois

Getting ready for candles and cake.... Will, Great Aunt Lois, Aunt Heather, Jens under wraps, Ruby, Angie's butt
(Sorry Ang)

Will and Anders getting it straight that Anders gets to blow out the candles.

Owen, Anders, Will

Anders getting the best part of cake off the decorations, yum chocolate frosting!

Anders enjoying his cake and ice cream.

Anders

Anders, yummy stuff

Larry, Zack, Lena, Mark

Mark, Bill, Ben, Claire, Harry and Jens

Anders and Owen

Anders and Owen, what a pair

Great Aunt Lois, Gage, Great Grandpa Valdemar, Aunt Angie, Jack, Emily, Megan, Will, Owen and Ruby

Where is the birthday boy behind all those gifts?

Opening the cards and gifts with Mom

Looking at a new toy

Lora, Anders, Kris and Owen...lots of gifts

Anders yelling "THANK YOU' to Grandma Lolo for his gift.
She didn't let him off the hook, she got a hug too.

More presents

Some assembly required for this Avengers tank

Figuring out how it all works

It was a nice family gathering

A little football broke out 

Megan goes for the ball

Gage might be holding

Jack...his game face?

Lots of laughing

Megan, Emily, Jack, Gage
Aaron was tossing the ball for them.

It was a fun summer birthday party.

The drive was uneventful and really pretty.

We were glad to pull in the driveway and we are all taking it easy on Monday.