Cy's 30th Birthday

Yes, that's right, Cy turned the big 3-0 on July 4th. The whole nation celebrated with fireworks galore. Just kidding. It did end up being a kind of weekend-long celebration though. On Saturday, Cy, Gemma, and I went to Chili's, Cy's favorite restaurant, for a birthday dinner. He got to have his favorite burger and then we split a free birthday brownie sundae for dessert. We hung out and watched a movie that evening. On Sunday morning (his actual birthday), he got free birthday breakfast from IHOP. On Monday, we played some tennis in the morning (horribly, due to exhaustion), then had Cy's whole family over for a birthday cookout in the afternoon. Somehow I missed taking pictures of Cy blowing out his birthday candles, but I did get a couple of pictures of the three youngest Shealys together, as well as this hilarious picture of Gemma and Liam, in which Gemma looks raging angry and Liam looks absolutely terrified.

Cy got some nice presents, all though none of them were actual, tangible presents - Gemma and I gave him a couple of digital magazine subscriptions and a couple of digital books. He also got a gift card to Chili's and some money for a new pair of shoes and some money to buy some sort of Dave Ramsey something (I don't really know). I think that overall he had a fantastic birthday weekend, because there are few things Cy likes more than free food. . .in fact, he swears that the food even tastes better if it's free. . .