Birthday Girls

We celebrated the girls birthday today with family and friends. Many of their friends were out of town, but a few managed to make it. Most of my family was there and other "family" members who don't share the names Barton or Wilkinson. We all had a great time even though it was incredibly hot (duh, it's August in Austin) and only a few of the kids chose to use the pool. Since the girls' second birthday they have always had 2 cakes. I don't believe you should have to share your birthday cake with someone else. (I may have messed things up for the mom of another set of twins that were at the party and have always shared a cake.) No one in our immediate family is a big cake eater, so we invariably end up with way too much leftover cake. So I took the easy way out and bought only one cake from Costco for the party. I thought it'd be ok since they are 15 now. Then my sister-in-law had volunteered to make a cake. I thought, "Great. I don't have to make it, but we'll have 2 cakes. All will be well." Umm, Rosalba didn't make a cake - she made a CAKE that would have fed an army! This was as big as some wedding cakes (and beautifully decorated). Even our 30+ people couldn't put a dent in all the cake we had!

So now, we have several wonderful gifts, enough leftover hamburgers to eat them for lunch tomorrow, and cake that fills the freezers! If you need some just let me know; I'll be glad to share.