Garrett Turns 17!

 Garrett's golden birthday (he turned 17 on the 17th) was pretty mellow.  It fell right in the middle of the week and was also smack-dab in the middle of mini band camp, which is time consuming and exhausting.  So we picked the one day that the kids didn't have band camp and headed into Fredericksburg.  Garrett requested Fujiya House (hibachi) for dinner because of his love of sushi and the entertaining antics of the chef.  This was Abby's second time to a hibachi grill place and Emily and Jason had never been.  So it was quite the experience!

Fancy drink for the birthday boy!

Who doesn't love a drink with a honeycomb-paper fruit wrapped around the straw?!

Let the show begin!

 After dinner, we ran a couple of errands and then headed back to the house for cake and ice cream.  Garrett opened his presents (cash from Aunt Carrie, a shirt, cash, gas gift card, and Gamestop gift card from us, lots of fun things from Abby (like a candle, candy, etc.) and then we wrapped up our night.  We get to jump right back into the shenanigans in a couple of weeks when we celebrate Caroline's 15th birthday!