Finally, it was time to celebrate Ben's birthday. Jane brought a sign which was hung ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0033 and welcomed people ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0034 and then we admired the framing of Jane's work ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0035 as Ben posed ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0036 and a closer picture of a framed picture was taken ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0037 as Jane ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0038 Ben ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0039 Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0040 and I posed ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0041 and then Jane took a few photos of the group to test the new camera ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0042 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0043 before Ben began to open his birthday present ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0044 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0045 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0046 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0047 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0048 and out emerged a PlayStation 2 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0049 just in time since Alan had arrived to drop off Joel ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0050 and the gang was engaged in Dance Dance Revolution ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0051 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0052 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0053 to work off calories that might come from chips ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0054 and even more action was necessary as Eric and Ben competed ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0055 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0056 since the pizza was ready to be eaten ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0057 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0058 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0059 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0060 along with the remaining condiments. ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0061

We adjourned into the other room where Joel and Ben sat ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0062 as did Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0063 Andy ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0064 Jane ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0065 and Ryan ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0066 when Jeff arrived ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0067 which seemed to cause Joel to eat another piece of pizza ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0068 perhaps because when the gift giving started, Jeff had given Ben a gift certificate from Hoagie Haven which took a number of tries to get into frame ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0069 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0070 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0071 and Andy had produced a card that showed he's been stalking Ben ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0072 as Joel, Andy and Ben sat on the couch ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0073 and Suzanne and Jane posed ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0074 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0075 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0076 before Jane left with her hat to wear to the architecture prom ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0077 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0078 as Jeff claimed his rightful seat in the Steelers seat ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0079 and the cake was prepared ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0080 even as Jeff figured out the train schedule to New York. ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0081 The candles on the cake were light ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0082 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0083 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0084 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0085 and blown out ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0086 and removed ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0087 making Ben officially 15 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0088 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0089 as his friends started to celebrate ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0090 with Jeff's shirt ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0091 meaning that Jeff and Eric had to pose as the HH twins ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0092 even as the cake was being eaten. ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0093 ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0094 The sugar led Eric to embrace Raggedy Ann ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0095 as an intense game of Apples to Apples emerged ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0096 and Jeff ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0097 Alan ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0098 Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0099 and I ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0100 focussed on the UNC victory over Villanova (which had probably not even beaten Pitt). ../../../Sabbat/2009/03.31-05.09BensBirthday//P125_0101