.. a belated birthday ..

as mentioned in my 'ketchup' post my baby brother j* turned 17 while we were on the cruise. i did do a birthday shout out that posted on his day of birth but i thought i would do a follow up on what we did to celebrate. 

cody and i decided to shop for his birthday gifts while on the cruise and from the different islands we visited. so we came home with an array of items. we got him cocoa sticks from st. lucia (from a cocoa tree, unprocessed pure cocoa), a lanyard and patch from st. kitts, a bracelet from st. thomas, and a wood machete from st. maarten. 

the day after we got home was the birthday celebration. he chose to see harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2, followed up by cake and ice cream and presents. the movie was awesome, loved it. 

but i read all the books, multiple times and have loved watching every movie. yes i am a geek and proud of it. did have a few awkward moments, but we won't talk about those (no they weren't in the movie). after we finished up it was back to the house for cake and ice cream. he opted for lemon cake, which was quite good. here is a video of my other brother m* and family singing happy birthday to him.  and my brother apparently attempting to be a soldier. 

yes i do have strange brothers, there is no excuse for them unfortunately. we finished off with presents and then calling it a night. all in all i think it was a great day, even if it was 2 days late. 

so j* happy birthday, we are so glad (most days) that you are in the family!