Twenty-eight is Great!

Eben had his 28th birthday on June 7th and we did as he has done for many and most years. We went to pitch-and-putt golf in Greenfield followed by wiffleball in his parents' backyard.

The pitch-and-putt is a par 3 course which Eben takes VERY seriously. I was only allowed to observe his game from afar since Andy, Adam, and Brandi were deemed serious enough to play with him.

Candy and I opted to play with Henry and Kevin who were much more in tune with our seriousness level with Henry disrobing to distract other groups and Kevin riding the random coyote(?) in the middle of the course.

There were two other groups of golfers in our party as well consisting of Peter, Emily, Genevieve, Erik, Elisha, Eric, Heather, Adam, and Kevin (a few repeat names to make things nice and confusing!).

The wiffleball game this year was a friendly yet highly competitive one! I had two full-speed collisions, one at first base with Adam and the other at second with Henry.

With an unexpected catch from Larry (who was 'just watching' with the rest of the parents) in the outfield in the second to last inning and the just miss of a catch which Henry had hit over the garage, the other team beat Eben's (and my) team 19 to 18.

Dinner was fantastic! Lots of different contributions and lots of great company with which to enjoy it. Here's the whole gang post-dinner but pre-birthday cake and birthday pie. Yet another super fun day in western Mass!