Jeff is our man, so he got two parties and two birthday dinners and two birthday desserts because he deserves all the attention he can possibly get. We took him fishing, or um, more like he took us fishing because he and Sawyer are the anglers of the bunch.We cooked him steak, green beans and potatoes-because he never wants anything else. Unless that something else is cheesy chicken and rice, in which case we made that for him too. One night we desserted (that's one I just made up) on yellow cake and malted chocolate frosting, the next night on chocolate chip cookies and ice cream.
Since we celebrated with an outing on Saturday, and as a family group on Sunday, and Jeff's birthday was on Monday, we concluded all those festivities with the inaugural ceremony of our newest family tradition: Birthday Family Night! We had an FHE just on Jeff and doing and eating his favorite things, then we all watched a little slideshow on all things Jeff from the past year. It was a really awesome slideshow, not because I made it, but because Jeff had a really awesome year.
They call Jeff "Clark Kent" at work. And he probably is superman incarnate. It's not just the glasses and physique, and the chiseled classic features, either. He is the most capable, strong, intelligent, empathetic, kind, honest nearly-to-a-fault man, but you'd never know it just walking by him on the street. It's one of the things that makes him so remarkable.
We love our superman!
On another note, for his birthday I got Jeff tickets to see the American composer John Williams in concert performed by the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center. This was the most awesome gift ever, on so many levels. Jeff loves the orchestra, loves the John Williams + George Lucas team, and loves date night with me. Win, win, win. Also, there were to be fireworks after the performance. Win again. Then Jeff was asked to serve as the leader of the young men's group at our church and found out that they had planned, months earlier, a temple trip that same weekend. It was never a question for Jeff, some things are more important than the most awesome birthday gift ever, and so he went with the youth on the temple trip.
And I went with Robyn and Scott to the orchestra.
{storm troopers....I don't even}
I was proud of Jeff for doing what was most right, but so sad that he missed the concert. It was tailor made for him. So much so that amidst all my personal enjoyment and the fun I was having with my surrogate dates, I died a little inside. Storm troopers and Jedis filled the place at intermission, the music was incredible, the conductor had worked in Hollywood for years and was a personal friend of John Williams, on and on, and on, it was so perfect for Jeff. The most awesome birthday gift he'll never have. I made sure to give him the fullest report I could, though I'm not sure that helped.
Oh well. But hey, next year!!!
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