September 15th was Ian’s birthday. It was also babies Robert, Bernice and
Moses’ birthday and they all shared a GIANT cake and celebrated with 39 of
their brothers and sisters.
September 15th was also my mom’s birthday (baby
Bernice was named after my mom because they shared the same birthday), but
there was no Skype call or chocolate dipped strawberries delivered this year
since she passed away in February.
September 15th should have included cake for Baby
Megan, but again, that was not to be as she passed away last month, and was
buried on Project Canaan.
Ian’s birthday celebration was an epic fail. It kind of
snuck up on me to be perfectly honest.
On September 13th, Ian was letting the big dogs out of their
dog pen and two of them (120+ pounds each) ran in to him on the side,
dislocated his knee. He dropped to
the ground writhing in pain and then called 911 (me) for help. Once I found him on the ground (waving
his flashlight in the air so I could find him), I called 911 (Kenny VanWinkle)
and he came to our rescue and helped Ian get home.
For Ian’s 51st birthday he got to go to the
orthopedic surgeon and have 4 oz of blood drained off his knee and a cortisone
shot. We did some grocery shopping, picked up KFC (I can’t believe I am even
telling you that) for dinner and then I realized that I also forgot to buy him
a gift or bake him his favorite Angel food cake. To make it worse, we were late getting back to the
farm and completely missed the birthday celebration with Moses, Bernice and
Robert.
The birthday party was over and even dinner was finished by
the time we got back to Project Canaan, but we stopped in to the toddler home
to at least give the kids a birthday hug.
Unbeknownst to me our wonderful “Nutrition team” baked Ian a beautiful
chocolate birthday cake, in the shape of a heart, and on it was written “Happy
birthday Daddy Ian”. Ohhhhhhh, be
still my heart!
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| Ian with Moses, Maxwell and Robert. Bernice was back at the baby home. |
Friday was a better “birthday day” and we celebrated with
our friends Chris and John, and the Angel Food cake made it to the table.
I am so thankful for my husband Ian and the man that he has
become. On October 5th
we will celebrate 25 years of marriage – what a wild 25 years this has been.
Happy birthday Ian! I love you.
Live from Swaziland … lamb burgers and Angel Food cake for
dinner!
Janine
Oh that sounds bad. Anyways, I also hosted birthday bash for my son at the local event venue Atlanta and even he fell off the bounce house and got serious wound which was quite a bad for him. But now he is fine and says he had enjoyed the day with his friends.
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