Andrew's Birthday Day

So, Andrew's birthday is Monday, but we celebrated it yesterday. It started out with a late brunch, then we set out for Andrew's big birthday surprise from Bethany, Danae and I. I drove him through Tulsa, then told him to close his eyes and pulled up in front of a store called Fleet Feet Sports. I told him to open his eyes and he was confused for a second, then I said, we're going to get you some running shoes! Read about his experience at http://www.naturalstateak.blogspot.com/ Read the post "Biomechanics Babe".

The shoes are pictured below. Pretty spiffy huh? He's now ready to run the Marathon that's about a month away! He's very, very intense in his new shoes... Yeah, he likes his shoes a lot. After shoe shopping, we got some frozen custard and went thrift store shopping. Then we went to Sam's to get a Keena tradition. Turtle Cheesecake! We went to the Clark's house and had brisket, wild rice, chips and queso and amazing turtle cheesecake.Andrew was happy... and posed. He blew out ALL of his candles ALL by himself! He's come so far! It was a fun night with Andrew and Kelsey. We got in the hot tub and relaxed after a long day of shopping! Cheesecake. Yum. Then the incredible happened. They updated their blog!!!Then I realized that I had gone the whole day without using my Birthday plate! So... Andrew ate his bedtime cereal on it.
It was such a fun day. It was a perfect not-really-your-birthday-but-we're-going-to-celebrate-it-anyway day.
Happy Birthday Andrew!

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  1. Mom KeenaMarch 1, 2009 at 4:13 PM

    Looks like soooo much fun! And yeah, that boy's legs are HOTT!

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