Best Birthday Ever!

Wow! Yesterday was simply incredible! I loved it! Thanks to all of you who thought of me for my birthday, especially my most beloved wife!

It started out with Jessica getting up at 5am so she could decorate the house and make a scrumptious birthday breakfast (the best eggs ever!)

She told everyone to write me birthday cards and wish me happy birthday! All the middle schoolers sang Happy Birthday to me at lunch. One of my band students even played happy birthday on his saxophone (Thanks Tara--that was your Sax!) after we had our lesson!

Then, my Kindergarteners, 5th Graders, and 3rd graders surprised me by each writing a card for me and saying those things to me in front of the entire class--it was very special--I couldn't believe it, it encouraged me so much!!!

Then, we had a fantastic birthday dinner at home with 2 other people! Jessica went home at 1:30 so she could work hard at cooking dinner and making other preparations! The meal was more than delicious--I just ate it up!

And, then, afterwards, the 4 of us played our favorite game, "The Settlers of Catan",--we even wore special birthday Settlers hats!

The end of the day was also very nice--I got surprise birthday calls from my sister and parents! And, Jessica (my wife) and I were able to go on a nice walk to close out the evening!

Thank you, Lord, for special days, including birthdays!