We celebrated our favorite guy last week on his birthday. Leah and Mark managed to make a 24 hour escape to Charlotte and enjoy the metropolitan lifestyle for a few minutes. Because it was Mark's birthday, dinner was burgers and beer and he was allowed to fall asleep watching television ( a huge indulgence as our bedroom is, and forever will be, a TV free zone).
The next day, we returned from a blissful ten hours of slumber, coffee and the paper in bed, with arms itching for the kids. Ben and Clara assisted in baking an incredible, decadent, calorie laden chocolate, peanut-butter cake for their beloved Daddy. As the four us gathered around the table, licking frosting from forks and fingers, both kids giddy with excitement over the custom bookmark collection they created for their Dad - Mark's eyes welled up, which made Leah's eyes well up...because that table held everything that mattered to us and it was more beautiful and complete than we deserved. It was all that and the cake...the middle layer of peanut butter cream, the chocolate fudge frosting...When is the next birthday?
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