HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE NEPH!!!

What a great Saturday! Beautiful weather.

Woke up with hot delicious coffee in bed. (Thanks Hubby!)

Then got a message from the nephs on my cell.

They were ready to move their extra sofa here! Wheeeeeeee.

We're getting new furniture! What could be better than that? Rita of course!

So Hubs made coffee and then went to work.

Rita came over to help me clean and the nephs came by with a couch.

Perfect day.

Here's Middle neph carrying the big stuff.

He took all the pieces of this huge sofa down all the stairs of the semi circular staircase at his house, put them all in his truck, and then drove over here to our place. Then he schlepped all of the furniture out of the truck, carried it all in to our house and then set it all up. He's amazing. I love you Middle neph! Thank you so much for everything you do for me. Your old Auntie loves you.

I love all of my nephs so much. They are all really awesome young men.

And in truth, all the nephs helped with the sofa.

It was a family team effort, and I am grateful for all of them.

Big and Little neph were in charge of pillows and safety.

I adore them! Sososososo happy they are here.

Here's Big neph helping organize the pillows.

Here's Little neph carrying cushions too!

...and he was Keeper of the Front Door.

...and here are the pups lounging on the new stuff. They look pretty happy.

And here's all of us on the couch tonight.

Looks like there might be more room.

Maybe we need another dog!

If we have 5 dogs would we be candidates for that show on Animal Planet called "Animal Hoarders"?

I always wanted to be TV star.

But today wasn't just about furniture.

The real happiness of today was the fact that today is Little neph's 13th birthday!

Happy birthday Little neph!!!

It was a great time!

Presents, cake, food, family and fun!

We went to Matteo's for the big birthday celebration. OMG. So yum. We had Matteo's salad with salami and cheese. We had baked clams and we had mussels marinara. We had linguine and white clam sauce and we had linguine filetto di pomodoro. Then we had burnt broccoli and some delish chicken scarpariello and we had chicken francaise.

and of course dessert!

Here's a shot of Hubs and Middle neph.

(He wasn't feeling blogworthy)

Me and Big neph! yayayayaya!!!

(...and for those that follow my rantings, Big neph is feeling a lot better. Thank you for all your prayers.)

BIL and Sissy.

Thanks for a wonderful evening.

...and for the beautiful couch. Lu you.

And here's Mr. Cool. Little neph. Da Car man.

Dear Roon,

Uncie and I hope you enjoyed your day!

We love you so much and are so glad that we finally "know" you. Love hugs and kisses.

Auntie.