Happy Day to Dave!!!!

Today was Dave's b-day and we had a great time celebrating as a family.  We all feel very blessed to have him.  He does A TON for us all the time.  Just to name a few things, I rarely have to unload the dishwasher, I rarely get up with the kids or even feed them breakfast, because he does it!  I love it :)  Its like a treat every day, whats not to love?

For his special day I asked him what he wanted for dinner and I was a little aprehensive with his request.... He wanted me to make Chicken Tikka Masala.  Its an Indian dish that he gets once a week.  He just loves it!  I researched a bunch of recipes and made the one that looked and sounded easy and tasty.  It was OK.  I may make it again with some tweeking. 

As for the special day cake he asked for a yellow cake with lots of fresh whipped cream frosting.  I was succesfull with this one :)  It was very yummy and way to big! 

As for presents, well this is the hardest part of any party for me.  I am not a good gift giver.  Plus Dave would like things that are very expensive, like a new fancy lens for his camera.  I wouldn't know where to begin and what he already has.  So, I opted for a gift that we he really wanted.... a new set of NICE knives.  He was very surprised and he said that now he can start cooking!  Hahahahaaaa!  Whoever belivies that is crazy!!!!  But I might just hold him to it :) 

It was great to spend a day just focusing on making Dave happy.  He deserves it!  We love him!! We are SO lucky to have him!!! 

We love our Boo!

A LITTLE bit of a Funny Story:  I have called Dave, "Boo" for a while now (1yr or more).  This nickname started when he was on one of his trips.  He and his buddy were renting a car in Florida.  It was an African American Lady who was helping them.  She kept on calling his buddy "Boo" through the whole renting process.  They got a kick out of it.  So for that whole trip they called each other and everyone else "Boo."  Sure enough he brought that nickname home with him and it has stuck.  Here's where the story gets a little funny.  I have been known to ask the kids something like, "who let you watch TV?!?"  to which Leah will quickly reply, "Boo, said we could!"  Or she will often say "mom, where's 'Boo'?" I can't help but giggle when she refers to her dad as "Boo," it just cracks me up!