Big Daddy's 60th Birthday

Saturday, April 9th, was Big Daddy's (Bill's dad) 60th birthday. The Saturday before that, April 2nd, Bill's family surprised him with lunch on a boat on Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. The big surprise is that Sara, Bill's youngest sister, flew in from Boston to celebrate as well.

Photo 1: Big Daddy getting his "Birthday Boy" pin put on by Kam. Gran Betty (Bill's mom) is in the background.

Photo 2: A view of downtown Austin from the boat on Lady Bird Lake. It was a beautiful day for a boat ride!

Photo 3: Bill (age 60) and Betsy (age 55) Moore (AKA Big Daddy and Gran Betty)

Photo 4: The Moore Family - Kameron Marie Moore Bain, Bill, Sara Ann Moore Parsons, Bill Jr., Betsy

Photo 5: Brady being held by Sven (German exchange student staying with Big Daddy and Gran Betty) looking at a turtle in the water

Photo 6: Sven letting Brady climb on him to look out on the water.

Photo 7: Big Daddy, Brady, Kam, Eli, and Gran Betty

Photo 8: Sara, Kam, Sven, Bill, and Devin...obviously having a very deep conversation. :)

Photo 9: The dinner table! Big Daddy at the head, from the left Sara, Sven, Brady, Rachel (me), Eli, Bill, Kam, Gran Betty, and Devin. We had some great steak and chicken fajitas, beans, rice, and chips and queso! Yummy!

Photo 10: Brady having a great time.

Photo 11: Eli trying on a life jacket...safety first!

Photo 12: Eli and Brady checking out all the canoes on the water. Our boat was driven by "Captain Josh" seen on the right.

Photo 13: The Moore kids - Sara, Bill, and Kameron

Photo 14: Eli practicing his senior year of high school pics pose.

Photo 15: Eli getting to drive the boat...this is serious business!

Photo 16: There was no talking to Eli while he was driving. He was in deep concentration the entire time.

Photo 17: Eli and Brady

Photo 18: I'm told this was a classic Moore kids' pose. Bill, the strong man...Kam, the drama queen...and Sara the baby in the stroller, so she never got to pose. Poor Sara.

Photo 19: The Bill Moore, Jr. Family! Rachel, Bill, Brady (age 2) and Eli (age 5)

Photo 20: Rachel, 26 weeks pregnant with Major and Bill.

Photo 21: Brady getting a turn to drive the boat!

Photo 22: Brady loved getting to be big and drive!

Photo 23: Brady, Big Daddy, and Eli while singing the "Happy Birthday" song. The wind was so strong we couldn't light the candles, so Big Daddy pretended to blow them out. :)

Photo 24: Mama and Brady!

Photo 25: These two were wiped out! Brady fell asleep while playing with his trains and Eli is just plain knocked out!

Photo 26: When Bill put Brady back in the bed and took the trains away, Eli instinctively put his arm over Brady like this. What sweet brothers!