So in late January, we started making plans to celebrate in style with Master Mugen having successfully completed his eighth year on this planet! Mugen's birthday is February 27, but we decided to celebrate on March 1, which coincided with a Friday night.
We sent out invitations to all his friends!!
People came in from all over to celebrate with him. Edison, Betty and tío Dany were visiting from Ecuador. Oma and Opa came from Alabama and Auntie Kimmy flew in from Hoboken. Good friends came from Washington, DC and all around Pittsburgh.
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| Brother Rafa with Abuelo Edisson and la Abueloca! |
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| Tio Dany visiting from Ecuador |
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| Friends from near and far! |
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| Auntie Kimmy representing! |
Auntie Katelyn brought party hats and decorations. Many people brought delicious food and drinks to share.
Mugen wore his fancy purple sport jacket to the party. His guests brought him all sorts of birthday gifts, delicious doggie treats and fun squeaky or fluffy new toys to play with!
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| Thanks for the soft furry turtle Laura!! |
Oma baked him a special doggie cake and we put eight candles in it. Auntie Kimmy helped him blow them out.
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| We turned off the lights so the candles would stand out - not great for a photo op though! |
We are fortunate to be blessed with this very gentle, sweet and special pup. We thank all of our very special friends who made the effort to celebrate with us!! We are so blessed to have such a diverse group of interesting, intelligent and warm people to share our time and our lives with.
Happy birthday Mugen!! May we celebrate many more with you, my friend.
Please, please consider donating to my marathon effort! I am running May 5th!!! See link below to donate!!
http://www.crowdrise.com/TeamSteelCityGreyhounds2013/fundraiser/taraloux
