Weekend birthday bash

August 6th marked my 20th birthday! To celebrate this milestone, I decided to not only celebrate my birthday on the day of my birth, but to go all out and celebrate all weekend long. And it ended up being the best birthday ever! 

Friday started the weekend off perfectly. I got to play hockey in the morning! No other way to celebrate if you ask me. Later that day I got to help Rami out at her church doing the games for VBS. My mom, Rianne, Anna and Emma came, too! We had a bonfire and hayrides after that. Great night!


On my birthday I got to go see the Bristol Renaissance Faire! So much fun. I'm hooked! I went with Rami and her brothers, Jason and Quin. We got to see some pretty epic shows there. Plus I got roasted nuts, which are possibly the most delicious thing on the whole dang planet. The fire whip guy, Adam Winrich, was probably my favorite show. Check him out! http://www.winrichwhips.com/ We also saw a bagpipe group called Tartanic. Loved them! Barely Balanced was right up there with Adam Winrich. They were very funny and did some crazy stuff. I now have 2 more trip to the Ren fair planned in the next two weeks. Don't judge.

Adam Winrich

The day after my birthday, we made a trip over to state fair. I was joined by Rianne, Rami, Aaron, Stephen, and my friend David from our TKD dojo. Crazy fun group! And you have to love Wisconsin. Where else do you find deep fried snickers, oroes, pb&j, beer (don't get your undies in a bundle, I didn't have any!) and BUTTER?! I think with the Ren fair and state fair, it's quite possible that I gained 10 pounds! So much tasty food.

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deep fried pb&j! thank you Jason for opening my eyes to this deliciousness on a stick

 

 And there ya have it, my weekend birthday bash! Tune in next time for my next great adventure!

Duchenne...who is he?

Last night my family got to meet Duchenne. He is such a wonderful person...and he has really cool hair! For however long he is going to be here, I have two goals. 1) To find out tons about him so that I am sad when he leaves. 2) Help him with his English. The second goal is kind of a work in progress and it is going to be a team effort. He told us last night that his English is not very good, but with time here it will get better.

Because of the nature of his surgery, he does not have any bottom teeth so he cannot chew food. Therefore, we had an interesting request: pureed pizza. Lo and behold, the restaurant was able to do it. That was a first, both for them and for us. Along with this, we are finding out a lot of his likes and dislikes. For instance, he loves Bob Marley! Oh, and vanilla ice cream, not chocolate (YES!). He likes strawberries, cheesecake, milkshakes, and coffee. But the coffee has to be very sweet; like seven sugars sweet. He is 28, plays the bass, and I believe he is going to school for accounting. I will have to clarify that though.

I can't think of any more yet, but that's only from the first night! Things are going great so far! Please keep the prayers goin. Much obliged. :)

Showing hope -
~Katie~