Claudia's Birthday

We celebrated Claudia's birthday with a little BBQ with friends and family.  The Slater's (Tom, Barbara, Jimmy and Emily) joined Nene, Dani, Claudia and us for a little get together.  We did a pork tenderloin, brined the way Frank and Rhonda taught us.

The brining, with the smoking, turned out really good.  I'm very proud of the smoke ring you see around the meet.

Of course, no birthday party is complete without cake and candles.

Nate and Emily were ready to help Claudia blow out her candles.

Time to sing happy birthday.

Claudia proudly displaying one of her new presents.

Claudia and Emily dancing.  When Claudia gets excited, she loves to dance.  Showing off her new outfit was a perfect excuse to break out those dance moves.  Claudia really enjoys hanging out with Emily, so they made a great dance partnership.

Of course we did have adults at the party too.  Daddy had to break out his new toy, frozen shot glasses.  Or perhaps I should say shot glasses made entirely of ice and filled with Tequila that Tom had brought.  A little messy, but very fun.