Sick of Getting Older


 What's worse than turning 46?  
Ok, turning 47 is true - but the answer I was looking for was being sick when you turn 46!
Scott started feeling run down the night before his birthday and woke up feeling even worse.
It did cheer him up to know that today was also Ward Conference and he didn't have to go to hours of Stake meetings that morning then speak in Sacrament meeting!  That perhaps was the best birthday gift of all!  But we did try to spoil him ourselves as well - at least for the few hours he was out of bed.
I made him a copy cat recipe of one of our favorite restaurant dishes...shrimp etoufee.  While we usually get it with craw fish - I opted for the easier to find and peel crustacean of shrimp!

His mom got him some new shirts, Karsyn got him a Bandon Dunes golf calendar, the boys got him a fishing trip for three and I got him a new iphone docking alarm clock and a blue-ray player to watch Netflix downstairs. Hopefully he felt the love amongst all his sniffles and coughing fits!


 5 days later and 5 times perkier - Stephanie threw him a birthday lunch.  She went and got lunch from one of his favorite places in Vancouver...Goldies BBQ.  But the best part was the Reeces Peanut Butter Cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory!
He didn't know about the lunch or that I was coming.  I had the perfect alibi though.  He left his cell phone at home that morning.  (yes, he does that occasionally!) So when he walked out of a patients room and saw me there, he just thought I was returning his phone.

Happy Birthday Scott!

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