Hi Guys,
Thanks to all you great friends who sent me “Happy Birthday” messages. It’s great to have so many good friends, even if many of you live states away.
Here’s a quick rundown of what we did for my birthday.
On Thursday (the 25th), we had a grub-club birthday party, where we ate good food, talked and watched Constantine. David made a great chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting, and Anna made cupcakes!
![AshtonAnnas Cupcakes AshtonAnnas Cupcakes](/images/bday/ash23-1.jpg)
Then, on my actual birthday (Saturday the 27th), we went to an authentic Montana estate auction! (Last year we got a truck-load of stuff for $36.) It was good fun. This was AshtonAnna’s second Auction; both of which were hosted by Roshon’s Auction Service. Here’s a picture of the “parking lot” for the estate auction:
![Montana Parking Lot Montana Parking Lot](/images/bday/ash23-5.jpg)
![Roshons Auction Service Roshons Auction Service](/images/bday/ash23-2.jpg)
It did get a little crazy… this saw for example. Guess how much it went for?
![Roshons Auction Service Roshons Auction Service](/images/bday/ash23-3.jpg)
$80… Heck no, I didn’t bit on it.
They have two auctioneers, and they are both very entertaining. This guy’s our favorite (I don’t know his name.):
![Roshons Auction Service Roshons Auction Service](/images/bday/ash23-4.jpg)
I won two “auctions.” My first auction was for a set of three tools: a Sledge Hammer, shovel and spud bar. All for $12. I bid on it for the spud bar, as I’ve been needing one for a month. If you’re not familiar with a spud bar, Here’s a picture of it after I used it to lever two (ginormous) rocks back into place:
![Spud Bar Spud Bar](/images/bday/ash23-7.jpg)
My second auction was for a pile of wrenches. I got this set for $20. It wasn’t a steal like my first win, but it will come in useful.
![AshtonAnna's new wrenches AshtonAnna's new wrenches](/images/bday/ash23-6.jpg)
(We went to Ace Hardware to get some price comparison, and they had a huge wrench similar to mine for $19.49, and a full set of smaller wrenches for $27.99, so it definitely was a good deal:)
![wrenches](/images/bday/ash23-8.jpg)
Then we came to relax, and play with some horses. I played with my (ridiculous-looking) Maple pancake. Her baby fur was much much lighter than her new fur, which makes for hilarious shedding stages:
![AshtonAnna's Pancake](/images/bday/ash23-10.jpg)
Anna worked with Ossetteon the hill (which has become the latest AshtonAnna Header image.)
![AshtonAnna's Ossette](/images/bday/ash23-9.jpg)
![AnnaAshton working with Ossette](https://ashanna.websitesinaflash.com/images/header10.jpg)
Then we introduced them:
![Ossette and Maple Pancake](/images/bday/ash23-11.jpg)
After feeding and playing with the animals, we went to Carols for dinner and a movie (V’s Favorite Movie: The Count of Monte Cristo). The sunset over the lake was fabulous (as always):
![Flathead lake sunset](/images/bday/ash23-12.jpg)
So was dessert:
![23rd birthday brownies](/images/bday/ash23-13.jpg)
It was a great Birthday.
Thanks,
AshtonAnna