My Paul

June is Paul's birthday month and we've had fun celebrating him.

He took us to a Mediterranean restaurant one day and to a Turkish one another night.  Delicious and fun to share international food with friends who basically stick to fried American food.

Many local friends dropped by the house with love offerings of cookies.

Peter set up a treasure hunt for Paul to find his gift from him.

A clue under the printer.

Peter gave him a money clip,

something Paul's been wanting to replace his wallet.

I asked Reuben if he wanted to get Paul a gift and he said,

"A cup."

"You want to give him a cup?"

"Yes."

So he picked out this very special set of dishes

for Paul to use as his very own.

Starbucks sent Paul a postcard for a free birthday drink

so we took that on our date last night,

which was also a part of the birthday festivities.

To the Mat Kearney show we went!

Thank you birthday money from our parents

and a free ticket from a friend.

Such a sweet time together.

And for the record,

I predicted Mat would wear a horizontally striped shirt

and he did.

Which isn't really that impressive if you're

up on Mat Kearney.

But still, one point for me.

Our date night continued over to this morning

as the boys had a sleepover at a friend's house.

And now I must go retrieve them.

Good-bye treasured date-night.

Hope you had a Happy Birthday Celebration,

Sugar Lumps.

Ha.