Mike's Birthday ...

February 17, 2017

 

We decided to go outside to enjoy this warm sunny afternoon ...

putting on our snowshoes and venturing out to the field ...

Even with our snowshoes on ... it was difficult making our way at times ...

there was so much snow covering our earlier tracks ...

It was still a lovely hike ...

and soon Nathan and Alana would arrive to celebrate Mike's birthday ...

 

Mike had received a bottle of Tequila and some mini Cuban Cigars ...

and my gift was a bottle of pure Vanilla Extract ...

from Nathan and Alana from their trip to Mexico ... a few weeks ago ...

This was the perfect opportunity to crack open the Tequila ...

to celebrate Mike's birthday ...

After enjoying a delicious dinner of chicken ... veggies and baked spatzle with cheese ...

it was time to serve Mike a piece of his birthday cake topped with whipped cream ...

it was "Crazy Cake" made with Stevia ... and he was delighted to have chocolate cake ...

all to himself ...

As the picture indicates ... I think he was surprised that it was really just for him ...

We sang a rendition of "Happy Birthday" and then Mike made a wish ...

and blew out his lone candle ...

Mike was so surprised with all his gifts ...

especially because they were all for his new hobby ... Trap & Skeet Shooting ...

(shotgun shells ... sporting clays ... carrying pouch ... Beretta hearing protectors ...

clay thrower ... and the perfect plaque ...)

 

We had a lovely evening ... celebrating ... talking ... telling stories ... laughing ...

with a few shots of Tequila ... a few Martinis ...

then ... Mike and Nathan went out to the shop for cigars ...

The guys were excited for the morning to arrive ...

so they could shoot a few rounds of their shotguns ...

before they go to the shooting range on Sunday ...

The only issue was that the snow had started to fall again ...