Sean's 40th birthday celebration

Getting older is a privilege that not everyone is fortunate enough to experience.
Hence, every birthday is a blessing and every year we grow older should be celebrated.

As I shared a few days ago, Sean turned 40 on the 14th. We have a mini trip planned to celebrate his 40th for the end of this month (that's the real party, haha) but he wanted to also be able to celebrate him reaching this milestone surrounded by friends and family. He requested a low-key and chill gathering for his 40th birthday.

We had already made plans to be in Upstate NY with Sean’s best friend (Luke) the weekend before his birthday. So, it made sense that since practically all of Sean’s friends and family are in Upstate NY that this would be the best time to celebrate his 40th; as it would not require any travel for his friends and family in NY.

We asked Luke and Danielle (Luke's wife) if it was OK if we could have some people over to have cake and well, Sean’s friends are Luke's friends so it worked out really well. I got a list from Sean of the people he wanted there and reached out and there were only a few who couldn’t make it; including my two sisters and dad who is actually in India right now.

Luke's kids (5 and 3) were so cute about the party and helped begged to decorate and picked out Lego party plates and napkins. They were so proud of themselves, haha. We had a really, really great time. I had maybe a little too much fun. But best of all was seeing how happy Sean was to be celebrating with his friends and family.

Sean loves himself some roulette so I thought it would be awesome if Margaret could make him a roulette cake and she knocked it out of the park. She will never cease to amaze me with her talent. Everyone was in awe of the cake. She made it as if the ball had rolled into #14 for Sean’s birth date and I thought it was such a neat touch.

My niece (Nadiyah) took majority of the pictures shown here. I think from now on she just might be the one to take the pictures during these type of gatherings since she just loves doing it and gets to practice. She told me that when she goes to college she is going for photography and I think she’s going to be incredible.

This is how kids plates always look at parties :)
I think it's cute that Nadiyah captured that.





Luke and Danielle have the best play room and that is where most of our friend's kids remained until cake time :)



I cannot believe how big Joey and Cate (Colleen's kiddos pictured below) are getting.





Me and Veronica (Sean's sister)



Cake time





Sean and his friends from elementary school

Alright, all of that to tell Sean that I hope that his 40th year is the best one yet.
I hope it is filled with everything you desire. I hope you laugh, smile and love hard. I hope that all your hard work pays off in ways that you can’t even imagine. I want you to know that you are loved, valued and appreciated. Happy 40th birthday, babe.