the strouds visit for papa's birthday

tomorrow is steve's birthday...so kevin, stephanie, mary kathryn, and lucy were in town to CELEBRATE! here's a few pictures from our party (mk suggested we all wear party hats)

this is mary kathryn's "pirate face"

and this is what lucy does when she hears the word "no" ...very cute...

Nana made a yummy carrot cake!!

then after wings & chops on the grill, and cake...we were all sugar-ed up...who would've thought hooking the camera up to the tv (so we could see what we were doing/taking a picture of) would've been so much fun!! here's just a few of the shots...(i'll spare you all of them)

we even got aunt jackie in on the fun!!

i'll give you 3 guesses as to what these guys were talking about...and its not the election or the weather or the fair...