beloved st.patrick's day

st.patrick's day. what a funny holiday. a holiday that is for the irish, but a holiday that we all feel like we can celebrate. this week is quinn's spring break, so even though we are not irish, we decided to make it a big deal and celebrate it like we were 100% irish. we would say things like, "what?! you have to work on st.patrick's day?!!!" or "what?! flights are going out on st.patrick's day?!!!" or "what?! you have to go to school on st.patrick's day?!!!" we put up green streamers all over our deck and garage, cranked the celtic music, and bought a ton of meat to grill. many of our friends were away for spring break but we still had a good turn out for the occasion. we grilled steaks and pork, hamburgers and brauts, ate chocolate covered strawberries (which explains the brown all around the kids' mouths in the picture below) put green food coloring in everything we made (which made everything look like the slime from nickelodian), and michelle brought the beer....root that is. the big hit was hillbilly golf. whoever thought pvc pipe and golf balls with string could be so much fun?!
and now i think we would all like to truly thank st.patrick himself...you know, for all that he has done for us ?????