Mike turned 37 today!

It all started last night…sometime during the evening hours we got a note from Sara letting us know that she was going to be taking Mike and I to an upcoming Rockies game to celebrate his birthday. In her note she said the following:

Happy birthday, Mike! In celebration of your birthday I have 3 tickets to the Rockies game next Wednesday night at 6:35pm. I have no idea who the Rox are playing but I do know I’ll be treating you to all the beer you can drink.

And by all the beer you can drink I mean 1 beer.

After thanking Sara for her thoughtfulness, Mike decided that he was going to ventured out to the local Game Stop to pick up his reserved copy of the new Grand Theft Auto IV. Oh, and did I mention that the game wasn’t available until midnight? That’s right, while I was fast asleep Mike picked up and proceeded to come home and play his new game for two hours. He was lucky to be out of bed when my parents called at 6:30am MT to wish him a happy birthday!

Once we got to work, Mike was surprised by a Thomas the Train helium balloon (which thankfully didn’t cause any traffic issues for Sara!) that was tied to his monitor and a post on the Indigio blog wishing him a happy birthday.

Later in the day a FedEx ground box showed up with gifts from Michigan. Inside were two golf shirts, two pairs of shorts, a Tigers t-shirt, a U of M t-shirt, a wine opener, a U of M license plate holder and this sweatshirt which Mike will be wearing to the hockey game tonight.

We’re off to see the the Red Wings play the Avalanche tonight. Hopefully we don’t get beat up!

Dale was ran out and picked up a fabulous cake to help the team here at Indigio celebrate. I’m not sure what kind of cake it was, but it was good!

I should also mention that Mike received Home Depot gift cards from his Mom and Jim, his Dad and Claudia and even Grandma Kelsey. I’m not exactly sure what he bought with them, but yesterday he showed me a drill with a light on it, so I guess that was the latest and greatest option.

I can’t speak for Mike, but I think he would agree that he is lucky to have friends and family that love him!