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Happy Birthday!!

Chelan celebrated another birthday on Monday - well, we made sure he celebrated it!  He's not really into birthdays.  Since he claims he doesn't need gifts, I decided to feed him well!  Instead of a birthday cake, he got cream puffs.  For supper, we had grilled tri-tip.  Here's a background story on tri-tip:

Every time we go to California (or nearly every time), we get served this cut of meat.  We had never heard of this before as it doesn't really seem to be found in Kansas.  We couldn't figure out why we can get it in California but not here - it's really tasty!  About a month ago, I was strolling around the grocery store and my eyes landed on a package of meat labeled "tri-tip!"  I immediately picked it up and kept it a surprise for Chelan's birthday.  It definitely lived up to our expectations!

Happy Birthday, Chelan - you definitely are our rock in this family!  We love you!


Cream puff aftermath!

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  1. Me!April 26, 2013 at 9:25 AM

    Happy Birthday Chelan!! You've always been my favorite middle brother!! :) Hope you had a GREAT day!

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