Finally a Birthday Post

Birthdays are so big around here they can't be contained to only one day. So we got started on Caleb's with a Friday's lunch on Friday. Since it was a national holiday here we practically had the place to ourselves.

Look at that excitement. Angie is a good gift-giver.
As the family's fastest and most voracious reader a Kindle was a big hit. Now we only need enough money to buy the books to fill it up.
Technology is like that, draws lots of attention. Sadly, the wi-fi at TGIF was down and we had to wait on most of the playing.
We didn't have to wait for dessert, though, which was tasty.
One thing there, though, is you have to earn your birthday treat by standing on a chair and singing a bit. Hudson was the only person I've seen get out of it.
We had a bit of El Mazatlan fun. Since there were no Mexicans around to slap a sombrero on Caleb, play a 3-string guitar, and sing wildly off key -- we had to do it ourselves. Minus the hat, guitar, and singing.
On our trips to our TGIF, we sit in this same booth 90% of the time. Not a great view of the TV which was more important than ever since our satellite TV is now turned off in prep for our return to the US in a couple of weeks.
On the actual birthday we got in some paintball that didn't go nearly as planned and ended with Caleb being shot in the back of the head from just a few feet away by some crazy Chinese guy.
Then we went for some Indian food and after waiting a long time for Dad to return from dropping off our broken car, we got a cab home only to realize Dad left the house keys with the car at the garage. So after an hour of everyone sitting outside and waiting the keys arrived home and the day could progress.

We had a small BBQ with just a bit of rain (thankfully the big rain held off to while we were eating) and the day continued to improve with some cheesecake!

Man you know you are getting older when the candles put off that much light. You could feel the heat from 10 feet away!!
So that was it. Our special guy having his 14th birthday!