Happy Happy Birthday

Last Sunday was mom's birthday and we celebrated with a really great chocolate cake made by M from a recipe from Andrea.  Here are some photos from the celebration.

 The candles are specially color coded to add up to the correct age, 

but only those who can break the code will know.

So as you may notice, the candles kind of leaned and drooped.  This was because we were so anxious to eat the cake that we didn't let is cool down before inserting the candles, so they melted from bottom as well as from the top.  The cake was just as good as it looks.
And this was just the beginning of the celebration, which continued the next day, Monday, in Seattle.  But that is the subject of another post.  Stay tuned.