Happy Birthday, Wes!

Today was Wes' 32nd birthday and we surprised him with a birthday lunch here at the house. His assistants wanted to surprise him by taking him out to lunch but one of them (way to go, Jewel) accidentally sent the string of emails to Wes so the surprise was out of the bag.

They then decided to just schedule lunch with him (gotta be on Wes' calendar if you ever want to do anything with him) and surprise him NOT by the fact that they were taking him to lunch, but by WHERE they were taking him.

It was great. They (Jewel, Randi, Tara & Jeri) all piled in the car and brought Wes home. Kim & Jim came, and so did Ethan.

I decorated the house with balloons and birthday-ware, made a big batch of Halibut & Wild Rice Soup, a salad and hot bread. We topped it off with a ginormous (and I mean GINORMOUS) peanut butter pie from Wolf Run Dessert & Dinner House. Yummmm-mmy.

Bo begged Wes all through lunch to open his gifts. At one point he was even dancing on top of the gift on top of the table.

From me and the boys

Card from Randi & Ethan

It was a great 2 hour lunch with friends, and best of all, Wes got to hang out with Bo & Sam during the day.

Then tonight, I made Wes his favorite cherry pie. I didn't make it for lunch because I know how much he loves it and was afraid he wouldn't want to share.

After pie we rocked out with Rock Band. At one point Wes was on drums, Bo on lead guitar and I was on vocals singing Bon Jovi's "Dead or Alive". Quite the site but so much fun (unless you were one having to hear me sing).

Happy Birthday, Wes. I hope you had a great day.