We celebrated Asher's 7th birthday yesterday with a team party. His actually birthday is today, the 28th. Asher wanted a cowboy and indian party...so we did the best we could with not much time to plan. 
We had a shooting competition with nerf guns. Brianna, Nathan and Vicky (the intern from Quebec) won for being the sharpest shooters of the bunch. 
Asher shared his party with Heidi, our agricultural specialist. Her birthday is on the 30th, but we thought we'd lasso two horses with one rope...and some of our team wasn't going to be around or the actual birthdays. 
The cake turned out extremely well, though going into it I was sure it would be a disaster. I made a marshmallow frosting, a recipe I'd never used before but it turned out great and spread wonderfully over the cake.
We surprised Heidi as well with a little cake with a Mountie on it, which we created by modifying one of Asher's cowboy figures. When one of the kids asked what a Mountie was, I answered, "It's almost Canadian for 'cowboy', eh?" We even played pin the hat on the Mountie, since we currently have 3 Canadians on our team.
Eating the cake (and home made ice cream) was the highlight for Asher. Nathan serenaded us afterwards with a rendition of The Old Chisholm Trail on his guitar. Singin' ki yi yippi yippi yay!
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