Sam's Graduation Party

So, finally the last of the busy weekends have come and gone. It was fun to just show up and not be responsible for anything. I did volunteer to bring Cheesy Potato Casserole and let me tell you - I made two 13 x 9 pans of them and there wasn't a bite left. I also brought the cake. I ordered it from Sam's Club and that was an ordeal of its own. For a prank, I had them write "Congratulations Sam James". The Sam James thing came from his graduation ceremony where instead of calling out his name Samuel James they called out Sam James, and we all thought it was pretty funny. So, I show up at Sam's Club and on the cake it reads, "Congratulations Sam and Jan". I told the man that it wasn't correct and he told me that he could fix it. Fifteen minutes later, a lady brought it out to me and it still wasn't correct. It said, "Congratulations Sam Jan". So, no "and", but still "...Sam Jan". Come on now! I was very nice and by this point running terribly late, but she told me that she could fix it. Twenty minutes passed, and she comes back out to me and asks me if I was running on a schedule because they were going to have to make me an entire new cake because it looked so bad. I told her that yes, I was already late but I would wait for a new cake. Ten minutes or so passed, and the cake finally looked great. Later that day when they cut the cake, it was one of the best cakes that I have ever tasted - so unbelievably fresh!! I had a great time talking to my mom's friend Susie and her daughter, Stephanie. Stephanie has a daughter that is 5 months older than Grace, so they played and got their little swimsuits on and played in the sprinkler. It was laid back with great company and good food and drinks.