I should preface the rest of this story with a little back story. Several months ago, before Mia was born, Monty was having a difficult time with the idea that he was going to be 30. He made the mistake of mentioning this to one of his sisters. Not smart. She told her family it was a Borrowman family duty to make this worse. For anyone who knows the Borrowmans this is no big surprise. So Sunday afternoon we headed to West Jordan. There was indeed a family dinner. It had somewhat of a memorial theme to it. Everyone was dressed in black (I missed the email about that) and we had black cups, forks, and napkins. We had a classic funeral meal with ham, funeral potatoes, and rolls. The center pieces on the table consisted of dead flowers, Monty's picture, and an urn (thanks Shawn it added a great touch).
I made ice cream cakes. There were only 26 candles on the cake, but they were black and I think any more and the cake would have melted away.
Amazing, all in one breath.
The cakes.
I had a little bit of trouble with my food coloring icing so the "30" on the first cake ran and so did "the" on the 2nd cake.
Of course anyone with a dark color of icing on their piece got a mouth full of color. Monty and I both had blue.
There were several cards offering condolences and sympathy. Gifts included chattering teeth (dentures), prune juice, magnifying glass, reading glasses, hemrroid cream, large print word search, denture cleaner, and "adult" size diapers. Luckily Monty took the whole thing in good spirits and it was an enjoyable evening with the family.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MONTY!! LOVE YA BABES!!
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