Daniel's birthday & North Carolina Trip- Day 2

May 26th:
Ten years ago on this day Daniel and I shared our first birthday celebration together. He turned 22. I made him banana pudding because it's his favorite- or was back then. We had lunch at the park- a picnic, some might say- talked and laughed. There's about a 2 week period where Daniel is 2 years older than me and I always joke about him being so old- that birthday 10 years ago being the first. And on that day he replied, "you're too young to understand." I don't recall the exact conversation, but his response was hilarious and we still joke about it today. Daniel's sense of humor is one of my favorite things about him.
Today we spent his birthday in North Carolina. We went strawberry picking then had lunch at a 50's diner where my brother-in-law, Edward, took on the Hwy 55 Big A Challenge.

The big A challenge included a 50oz burger (you read that right), fries and drink. He had 30 minutes to eat it all or he had to pay $25. Also, he had to sign a health waiver before starting to eat. Yea, that happened. He did finish- it took him 22 minutes- and I'm pretty sure he didn't eat the rest of the trip. We spent the rest of the day swimming and fishing in the river...a perfect way for Daniel to spend his bday.

Maggie and Jake took much needed naps during a good portion of water time. Jake was the first to wake and I put on this hat Buffy gave us and he looks absolutely adorable in it! He will not keep it on to save his life, though. Taking the picture was the longest he had it on. Maggie woke up a little later and wanted to join everyone in the water so I had to get pictures of her sweetness too. 

By the time everyone got out of the water and cleaned up it was after 7, so we chose to order in pizza instead of taking the whole crowd out to a restaurant. Then Buffy and I sang/danced for Daniel's birthday and had cheesecake for his dessert...candles were not important to him so I have no photos of that. And the singing and dancing gave me amnesia so I didn't take a pic of his "cake" either. Oh well, we'll just have to remember it was a cheesecake with "Happy 32nd Birthday Daniel" written in blue icing on top. Happy birthday, babe! I hope you enjoyed your day. :)

The following morning we packed up and took a photo of the kids before saying our goodbyes. It was a fun little trip.