You stuff the balloons up your shirt. Ed goes first.

Ed passes the balloons to Frank. But how will Patti fit balloons up her shirt??

Barbara does pretty well.

Matt and the girls watch the festivities with Ed

The next balloon relay game.

And here comes Alex!

Cheers to Catherine who did a great job with the balloon games!

Matt and the girls wait patiently with Raikanta's kids

It's good to get a little exercise after all the picnic food

Happy Birthday to Alex! He is joined by Denyse and Ed also have August birthdays.

And a very colorful birthday cake it is.

Alex, Denyse and Ed pose with the infamous photo collage of Alex

Art will be sure that Alex doesn't live this one down anytime soon!

A birthday dance for Denyse with Alex

Steve dances with Denyse in honor of her August birthday

Next it's Eric's turn.

John dances with Denyse, too.

Who knows what they are thinking?

Ed has a birthday dance with Dawn

And the dancing continues for a while

Of course it wouldn't be an SSNM picnic without SOME dancing

So everyone has a good time.

Dancing in the mountains.