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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Anthony Turns the BIG 21!!

This past weekend we decided to drive up to gold country for some time away to celebrate Anthony's big birthday
Our first stop was Bass Pro Shop in Manteca
The mecca if you will of outdoor sporting equipment
basically a Disneyland for hunters
Here I am posing with John Muir
one of my idols
This place is massive!
Two stories
You know, 2 Billion square feet or something like that

Anthony was in fishing rod heaven
There is this massive tank filled with fish and accompanied by a waterfall.
I think it is appropriate to say WTF here.
There are also plentiful amounts of stuffed animals
not the cute furry kind
the "holy crap that is a stuffed deer I just ran into!" kind
huge - I'm telling you HUGE!

These we loved
These little buttheads we did not.
In fact there is a raccoon sitting on my porch right now.
Anthony and I recently joined the "I HATE RACCOONS" group on Facebook
but I digress
We finally left the Bass Pro Shop and found his shopping cart return area.
I fit quite snug underneath it and felt it was a momentous occasion that must be documented.

On to the ACTUAL birthday...

THIS is how a birthday boy looks when he wakes up on his twenty-first birthday.
We sort of had pancakes the morning before so his big exciting birthday breakfast was a bit of a flop
but you can't beat milk in a wine glass and buttered flapjacks with an expiration date you're not entirely sure of!
He wanted to go fishing for his birthday so we drove to the other side of the lake and fished...
and fished..
and fished...



We caught a fish finally!
No just kidding.
We didn't.
Though it was awesomely fun just the same!
For dinner we planned to go to the Iron Door. This bar in town with a restaurant attached.
But they were closed.
So we ate at PJ's Diner (insert hillbilly accent here)
Needless to say - our farts were deadly for about two days following
The next day we stopped into Sonora for a visit with the Grams and Pops of the Weems side and Anthony's Aunt Andrea and Ger.
It was a lot of fun visiting and it made us remember to appreciate the loving families we have.
After Sonora we went into old town Murphys.
Can you tell we stayed for about five seconds?!
FINALLY we made it to the snow in Arnold.



Definitely going back again soon.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANTHONY!

-Kels

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm exhausted just readin' along here! Quite the day, indeed! Cheers to you and Anthony :)

Yelena R. said...

Happy Birthday to him! Looks like you guys had a fun day :)

Sarah McM said...

Happy Birthday, Ant!

You guys did SO much cool stuff!! Will you come plan our birthday celebrations for us?

Anonymous said...

Love the portable toilet!haha And I can't believe that you fit under that shopping cart return! haha
-jacqueline :)

Renee said...

just catching up on your blog and loved all the pics. see you soon