Ready for cake:



Blowing out the candle with a little help from Thomas:



Cutting the cake:



And then Roger suddenly aged another 50 years right before our eyes:



Marie put on a great party, but she took so many photos she never ended up in any of mine! I would be willing to bet Scott got a few of her in his pics - and I probably appear in a couple of those as well

Roger's got a couple of great kids, too - you could tell they love their daddy, you know? I think it comes through in the pics, too.

Well, guess what? Seems as though nobody goes away from the Morrison's house empty-handed, particularly on a birthday. Scott walked away with a Peugeot frameset and a Snohomish County P.U.D ballcap. I also received a P.U.D. ballcap and Roger gave me this cool poster when I began salivating over it while he showed us his fantastic poster collection:



If any of you have perused my Flickr account, you'll have seen numerous pics of Paola there; I'm a big fan

Roger's a lucky guy - Marie really wanted to make his 50th special, and she must know the guy pretty well since she really wanted the day to be bike-centric; to that end, she invited his cycling pals, commissioned the special cake and a great time was had by all.

Happy 50th, Roger; thanks to you and your family for the invitation - I'm glad I got to share in this special day.

DD