Explosions, Birthdays, and Breakdowns: Just One Big Party

So this is the only picture we got of Jamie and her fiance Rudy with his family. Jamie was going to Reno for Rudy's sister's wedding on July 3 and on her way there her car broke down (very sad story you will have to ask her about it). Instead of driving Jamie part way to get picked up by my parents so she could use one of their cars to go back to Las Vegas (the original plan) Rudy's family decided to come all the way to Elko so they could meet our family and talk about the wedding. We had 15 people for 4th of July dinner 2 of which do not speak English. It turned out to be one awesome birthday party for our country and many members of the Norton family.

As most of you know the Norton family has a lot of birthdays in July. With Mom's being July 2, Dad July 4, and Randi July 6 we just did all the presents on Sunday. Here are some pictures of the cake and presents and yes that little cake fed all 15 people.

A gift card to one of his favorite baking stores. I hope he gets a chance to go to Utah in order to use it :)

BJ gave me a picture frame full of pictures of me entitled "The Many Faces of Randi" When I was in Las Vegas he wanted a model so he could practice some new things. I got bored just standing there and started making funny faces which now hang proudly in my kitchen.

Jamie's birthday is July 17 so she also got to open some presents because everyone (except me) will be on the east coast for her birthday. This is her gift from mom and dad a Costco membership.
The pictures below are from the fireworks on Sunday night. We drove dad's truck up to a hill in town and while he and mom sat in lawn chairs in the back with BJ, Jamie, Rudy, Cassidy, and I sat on the hood of the truck. It was a pretty impressive show for a town the size of Elko.

I can't believe I didn't get any pictures of BJ. He showed up Sunday morning to surprise mom and dad for their birthdays. We have had a lot of excuses to get the whole family together this summer and we have sure enjoyed it.