Lordy, Lordy - Jeff is 40!!!

It was a surprise party for Jeff, can you tell by his face? Keeping this under wraps was almost impossible. It was done up Las Vegas style with tons of food, drinks and gambling. We had folks promise to strip but... as you will see, none of that was going on. Next time... hehee.

We have the Taylor clan, Jeff's cousins, all gathered around this table in a serious game of Texas Holdem. I can see my sister Holly just towards the upper left of the photo in her white pants and me towards the upper right of the photo in black - holding the tourch used to light the zillion candles on Jeff's cake. Derek's butt is facing dead center in the photo - nice butt D!

Rachel, Bevan, Dewey and I stand around Jeff as he opens his gifts. Ya know, I swear he looks like he is making kissy faces at the camera. He must be lovin' the goods! Or turning 40 is making him senile. Hmmmm? Okay, and what is up with those "Storm-X-Men" eyes of mine? Funny thing is... the power did go out that night at the party for a good hour due to severe thunder storms. That's right, don't mess with me, I mean business.

Bill and Lisa with the birthday boy. Bill is one of Jeff's cycling buddies and Lisa is the coolest feed zone chick in the world to hang out with. Can't wait to have more parties with these guys.

You've got to know when to Holdem', know when to Foldem'..... Mike and Jeff look so serious here. The funniest thing about this game is that Hiroko, Mikes woman, is sitting to his right and is the one with ALL of the chips. These boys didn't have a chance. Stick to what you know guys.... IT stuff and buying us pretty gifts, lots of pretty gifts.