The Half-Century Mark

This Hottie...
...used to be this little Cutie

And then after many, many, many, many, many
years...
He turned 50!
And we had a party for him.
Lots of people came...
Some old friends and some new



Shayla's gift to her Dad:
She played "Phantom of the Opera" and only
rolled her eyes once when he sang along.

The Birthday Boy was a blur of charm and wit at his shindig.






It took three of us to light the candles...


The Birthday Boy blew them all out.
He gets his wish!


Just what he always wanted.

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