After cake and a sundae bar, he opened his presents and then we saw a video his parents had made of his life celebrating 13 years. Then it was time for the pool.
Even Shelby is quite the swimmer. She was showing us how she can dive to the bottom of the pool as well as doing acrobatics on the diving board. What a show!
Happy Birthday, Ty!
It is a sad day at our house. Murphy's best friend for all his life died yesterday. You may have seen her picture on Murphy's 12th birthday blog. She was four months older than Murphy. They had learned to walk with leashes together as Sarah and I would take them for two-mile walks every afternoon. People all over town knew them.
We always called Lucy...Lucy Lover because that is exactly what she was. She would come up to you as you sat watching tv and push your hand up to pet her. She would want to crawl up on your lap if you would let her. She was always such a lady. She would prance as they walked. Murphy was the bold one wanting to be out front on the walks, but Lucy would quietly walk behind just taking her dainty time. 
We are so thankful we had Lucy in our lives and that she was Murphy's best girl. They were the perfect example of what a couple should be. They each knew the other's strengths and weaknesses. They could play together for hours or just sit side by side and be quiet. I really believe that God gave us dogs so we would understand unconditional love. 
We had loads of food and it was all so good! The rain threatened us, but we sat it out and no one got wet. Well, that is except for Blake and Marissa, who enjoyed the kiddie pool!
Many of the kids had grown so much we didn't even recognize them. We only have the reunion every other year, so they can change a lot in that time.
We are already looking forward to our next reunion. Wouldn't Grandma be happy to know we are still getting together? Sure missed Aunt Reita, Jerry, Sandy and Dennis! See you all in two years!
The first thing we did was travel to Chesterton to catch the Southshore train. We made it after only a few stops and a scare of a detour. The train was running late a few minutes when we got there. Many people were taking the train that day. We were afraid we would have to stand all the way, but we didn't!
When we got to Chicago, we headed right for Cheesecake Factory. We were ready to eat! We sat outside and listened to some musicians as we shared our cheesecake. It was SO good!
Really, Audrey was the only one that didn't get wet. She sat in her holder and Jay put a big umbrella over her. She never even knew it was raining. She just went right to sleep while the rest of us played in the pool and the rain.
We had many goofy things going on in the pool. Jennifer and Gage were trying to push each other under or see who could splash who. I took pictures with lots of rain spots on the camera. DD did a lot of floating and teasing whenever he could. Emma made a train with the noodles. Angie was the cabbose and Emma was the engine. Adrian said he was Thomas. I didn't get that until he said: Thomas The Train! Silly Grandma!!!
After lots of pool time we came in and played games. Oliver, the cat, thought this was great. He made himself right at home on Adrian's towel. He fell asleep while Adrian checked out the rules of the game.
At last everyone was awake and ready for the ice cream cookies. Now it was Grandma's turn to hold Audrey. We had lots of fun just sitting and watching the lights on the ceiling and anything else that caught our eye!
Emma was a little afriad of the water at first, but then we couldn't get her out of it. She could swim with her swimmies. The rain didn't bother her...who could tell when you were so wet anyway?
Adrian was a big ham. He had us all laughing at the things he would do and say. He was especially glad he had eaten the hamburger grandpa made him because, "Now I have energy to walk on my tippy toes in the water!"
Later we got them to come inside for some games in the living room. Adrian had gotten a couple of games for his past birthday and they played those for a long time! 
At the end of the day, we all had ice cream cookies. Adrian kept saying, "These are yummy! These are yummy! I want THREE!!!" Jennifer told him, "No, you can't have three." He said, "Yes, I can. Grandpa says!!!"