AJ turns 18 but not elected Mayor

As we celebrated AJ's 18th B-day yesterday I thought it funny to include a link to an 18 year old that was just elected mayor in Michigan. This may lead to free music downloads for that town and perhaps the return of junk food to the school cafeteria.

We had a few people over for the traditional cake and ice cream. H's parents were over as well as AJ's mother and her husband J. We also got our first sighting of AJ's friend Tanner who has made an unceremoniously return from college. It was good to see AJ and Tanner together again as they make a good team and seem to be good for one another (no matter what T's parents say).

I got the feeling AJ was just humoring us with his presence as he probably would have rather been somewhere else. There is such an expectation with "milestone" birthdays that is hard for them to ever live up to what we expect. I don't even remember my own 18th or 21st birthdays. I am sure I attempted to mark them in some special way but it has long slipped from my memory (no surprise there). I do remember turning 40 as we celebrated that on St. John with some real special friends. That is the way to turn 40.

We wanted to mark AJ's becoming a legal adult in some special way so we took the opportunity to present him with a digital stage piano. I had been thinking about getting him one for sometime as he has been branching out from his primary instrument (guitar). Hopefully he will be able to use this to further his career in the music biz. Not to mention that we all enjoy hearing the music coming from his bedroom.

I will try and post a picture or two later when download the camera.