Joel's Birthday

Joel's birthday marked the day he was allowed to start bearing weight (with crutches) on his left foot. He was very excited about not having to hold his foot up anymore. We celebrated his 14th birthday on Sunday afternoon with family. He requested cheesecake with berry sauce, and I made a Reese's chocolate and peanut butter cake, too.  His birthday gift from us was a new iphone XR. He was very happy about that. The iphone 7 was limping along, so it was time. The next day, on his actual birthday, he had no school (MLK day), so we went and bought him some new basketball shoes. He needed more ankle support, and the other ones were just not going to work. They'd been jinxed. That night our family went to The Local Cow for dinner and celebrated our favorite 14-year-old.