I’ve been planning to blog about Josh’s birthday for a while, but teaching and studying have delayed my blogging plans. For 
Josh’s birthday I took him on a surprise adventure to a special hamburger restaurant. I was so pleased with myself for planning the surprise trip…of course, I wasn’t so pleased with myself when my Google Map 
directions took us to the middle of a development, instead of to the restaurant. (Josh thought I was planning him a surprise birthday party and was just trying to throw him off track.) We enjoyed the restaurant (once we got there) and the hamburgers were a success!
Since Josh’s birthday was right before my comprehensive exam, we decided to wait until after the exam to celebrate with his traditional strawberry cake. Mom J. sent the recipe and it turned out great! And in case you’re wondering what I gave Josh for his birthday…..click here to see…
We aren’t allowed to burn candles in the apartment. Can you see what we used instead? 🙂
You’re seriously not allowed to burn candles??? How funny! Is that why you gave him a ride in a fire truck?! 🙂
The cake looks delicious! And I’d like to hear the fire truck story! 🙂
You gave Josh a fire truck!? That’s pretty cool.
Or maybe you gave him that shirt he’s wearing in the picture… hm…
hmmmmm…. I don’t know, but I’m wondering if what you did wasn’t a little more dangerous than the candles!!!! So.. .I do hope the next post gives the firetruck story!