Perry Britton's birthday was a little bit ago at the end of November October September August! Regardless, my
dear husband is 26 now!!
There were several celebrations with family & friends in his honor.
Since I had to leave for work early (I was still on day shift then), I left the birthday boy a surprise to wake up to: red streamers and lots of balloons strewn all over the floor of our living room! We were mid-way through the project of painting trim so please ignore the mess...
Heartfelt homemade cards from his sister Cassy & her sweet girls Lauren & Emily
Perry with his chocolate-chocolate cake decorated with peanut butter M&M's! I'm pretty sure I performed a solo of "Happy Birthday" before allowing him to blow out the candle
A few days later we went out for dinner at the Carolina Ale House with some of his boys. They didn't seem keen on posing for a picture so this is what I ended up with (without the flash to be polite to other diners)!
Baxter & Luke
Chris and Baxter
Me, Perry & Jon. Hah!
Beer + "Birthday Nachos" = vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, Oreo crumbles & chocolate syrup over greasy nacho chips. Our stomachs were upset that night...
After dinner, we moved on for a couple of drinks & a few rounds of pool! I wasn't the only girl for the whole night- Jon's girlfriend Ivey met up with us downtown but we didn't get any pictures together :(
This year Perry took part in a family tradition that's been around since I was itty bitty. For your birthday dinner, you can have whatever you want- no rules! I would not be way off in guessing that 90% of the meals my Mom and Dad prepared included at least one meat, one starch, one veggie, and often a salad. With milk to drink. But that goes out the window on your birthday. YOU pick!
My Mom & Paul had us over for a yummy meal of beer-butt chicken, sauteed zucchini, broccoli, mashed potatoes & salad followed by Momma's homemade cheesecake!
After dinner, Paul was really hot.
Blowing out the candles as we sing to him!
His last cake- yes, he got three birthday cakes!- was a tasty strawberry shortcake that his Mom Debra made for him when we stopped by his parent's house on the next night!
HAPPY-BIRTHDAY-BLOG-POST (super duber BELATED) TO MY HUBBY!!!
In September, Perry & I piled into Mom and Dad Whitaker's car and drove to Concord, NC for little Emily Taylor's 4th birthday party!! Side note: technically "piled" isn't an appropriate action verb here because Debra drives a Honda Pilot which is very spacious! The theme of the party was Bumble Bees. My sister-in-law Cassy did a wonderful job putting it all together; Emily & her sister Lauren even had bees painted on their nails! All of the little girls and grown-ups alike enjoyed the food, decor, and games :) 
