a pool party

so we just came back from vegas on saturday (i'll post those pix later) and then i got ready for sunday's birthday pool party potluck at joey's grandma's house. the bbq was supposed to start at 1 PM but joey just got off work at 12 and the lasagna was still cooking at 12 30 so I called my brother and dana (the only people that are on time) and told them to purposely come late - at least 1:30PM. so I got there at 1:10 PM and started setting up and grish and steph were the first ones to arrive at 1:30 PM. then we started the salo salo bbq - pork skewers - and the cheeseburgers - yummy!
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o here's some of the pix - the website is down so i posted a lot of pictures here:

here's gabe and joey with the bbq - gabe wanted to look like he helped but joey was the sole bbq-er and it was yummy!

here's jayden with his chicken head - ready for the pool - but he didn't have any trunks!
here's me and dana - i stole my sister's new hat from kauai, hehe.
so we laid out all the food and let the grub on! there was spaghetti, lasagna, pork skewers, bleu cheese burgers, american cheeseburgers, chinese chicken salad, greek salad, macaroni salad and potato salad, strawberry pie, ice cream cake and sprinkles cupcakes for dessert!
that's me and my bubba by the bbq
cristina arrived yay!
and here it is, the picture that everyone has been waiting for - introducing SNUFFY! aka richard cute, huh?
here's joey's superman pose - he's pretty good huh ?
here's us in the pool, just splashing around
and here's joey mid-air. nice form. gabe took this shot
there's me and my bubba - him and his good form and me and my chicken - i don't swim
here's me and gomez. a side story about gomez. this is the first time that gomez met joey's grandma. so they were introduced and gomez said "nice to meet you - i've heard so much about you in the last 10 years" he meant he had also heard about her when joey and jenn were together. so when he left, he was saying bye to everyone in the kitchen - joey's mom and dad, grandma, aunt and uncle and gomez said "bye, see you all soon" and there was a pause and everyone said "at the wedding" and started laughing. great.
here's lucas and jayden helping me blow out the cake. spit everywhere. just kidding.
the famous sprinkles cupcakes courtesy of dana. thanks day! they were a real hit! everyone recognized the "from oprah" thing.
mark and audrey brought the ice cream cake - yummy - cookies and cream
jayden just wanted icing. no cake - just icing. i think he liked it
mark and audrey had to go to Mass and bring Gomez his coconut sprinkle cupcake
here's when i was offering the people in the pool cake - i think i got one volunteer
gabe took a view from the diving board
and from the other side of the pool
here's Grandma Spot and Cookie watching all the action going on in the pool
here are all of the boys playing with the noodles
grish tries
and joey has his shaped like a ribbon
so jayden and lucas were trying to throw the balls to them into the pool
and here are the boys with me before they left
here's a family photo - joey, me, jayden, katrina, kuya, lucas, annie, ate and gabe
grish and brian poolside
here's when the tres generaciones came out - girl shot
me and joey poolside
cristina, me and day when they think they're going to leave
but eileen, santi and paolo came a minute later and they all stayed for just a but longer
grish, erica and tea
look at their evil-ness, they creamed me! but at least they were in cute colors!
cristina was supposed to walk away, but she didn't and she, too, got iced. unfortunately, some also landed on the left shoulder of her white shirt
another shot of 3 G's - this is the one that sent me over the edge. it was a double shot and my chaser was smirnoff ice. joey's mom was sitting with us and then she was asking if we were going to open presents.

joey asked his mom "is it from pour le bain?" this bathroom place that she usually buys my christmas presents

she responded "no, that's for christmas"

me - in my semi-buzzed stupor goes on to tell the following story "yeah, this one time she got me something from there and it was called "look better naked" and i didn't know if it was very appropriate"

christina - robert's girlfriend goes "if it's coming from your mother-in-law then it's appropriate"

joey's mom says "we all have to get here somehow, might as well look good doing so"

christina - "more moms should think like you"

cristina, me, dana, eileen and santi - when joey's mom and grandma saw the baby, joey's mom yelled from across the pool "i want a grandchild" to which joey responded "i have an older sister!" geez, talk about pressure
these are all my roomies in college - frances and erwin are missing but here's to 640 stanford!ray, robert, brian, me and joey
told you there would be shuffleboard. the ground was uneven so we didn't get to play outside so they moved it in the poolhouse.
joey and grish - these hams!
chicken heads - joey and joey
these were the ones that made it to the card part of the party - go estrogen! michelle, teresa and cel
j mo, amin and vince
joey and daniel
nikki, cassie, me and joey's mom
joey got a straight flush - deserving of a shot!
angelica stopped by after work to make a cameo
and this is us at the end of the night - when all the drinks were put away and all of the tables were put back into place. thanks for an awesome birthday bubba! thanks for all of the birthday greetings all! love ya!