Birthday Week Part I: The Twins

In mid-September we had Birthday Week. CA's birthday is only 2 days after mine (and my twin brother Mike's). For Mike's and my birthday, CA made a yummy dinner for us while we played MarioKart on the Wii. It was a baked deli sandwich--meats and cheeses baked inside a shell of bread dough--with baked asparagus and taco-flavored fries on the side. Yum!! It was followed up with some delicious orange-flavored birthday cupcakes.

After dinner I opened my presents from CA. I got Taboo, which is my favorite game but which I have never actually owned; a jacket; and a new copy of the first CD I ever owned as a young teenager, but had long since lost: Staring at the Sea: The Singles by The Cure. (She had been holding on to that little nugget of information since January or February.) Earlier, Mike gave me the new Coldplay record and Radiohead's classic Kid A, both on vinyl. Mike got a subscription to Gospelink.com.

Then CA blindfolded the birthday boys and led us through the streets of SLC to a surprise location. It turned out to be the Broadway Theater, where we watched a documentary called Man On Wire. It was something that I had mentioned wanting to see weeks and weeks before after reading a review, which CA was cool enough to have remembered even after I forgot. As anyone can see, CA is a super-thoughtful and sweet birthday planner and gift giver.