Birthday Boy Blessings

Twenty seven years ago our dear Adam was brought into this world. Born on the 24th of December, we insist that he was simply "in good company" for his birth date. To start the celebrations, Adam and I developed our inner pastry chef by baking this strawberry rhubarb pie masterpiece.

As the most amazing birthday present of all, Adam's parents Steve and Linda brought the sunshine with them as they arrived in Wellington to visit. We started our tour of the city with a trip to Parliament...though we arrived an hour too late for a tour that day.


A walk along the waterfront brought us to the Civic Center of Wellington.


Dinner was a special treat at Logan Brown. This fabulous restaurant has tempted us from our first arrivals in Wellington - though we've resisted in honor of saving it for a very special occasion. An important birthday and the arrival of our first guests was more than appropriate.


We resisted the lure of the dessert cart in favor of coming home to homemade delicacies of pie and hokey pokey ice cream.

First Adam huffed...


and then he puffed...


and then he got everything he could hope for - including a taste of home.


(You may have also caught a glimpse of the Lord of the Rings extended trilogy that Adam has been working diligently to watch over the last few evenings. We think of it as local nature study.)

Happy Birthday Adam, my love! You are without a doubt the most wonderful husband a gal could hope for.