Maxwell and Brian take a short break from their mischief for a quick photo.  Some of the things an uncle makes you do are so painful!

The nine grandchildren I referred to earlier are only the ones related directly by blood.
My family is very special about including everyone all the time regardless of who married and who split up or who's in-law's children are who's.  We are very proud of all the kids and they all have our support 100% of the time.  Mike, Sean and Jeff are some of the cousins in our extended family.      

No birthday party would be complete without the blowing out of the candles.  For some reason, these candles kept re-igniting after they were extinguished.  I wonder if the kids had anything to do with that??