Chase's Birthday Week

Chase's 22nd birthday was last Thursday and he got to celebrate it all week long. Let's just say the students blessed him! He started the week with these girls from my campus team taking us out to the lake for a picnic on their day off. They spent all morning preparing a "Southern home-cooked" meal from scratch for us. We had everything from fried chicken, bisquits, mashed potatoes, macoroni and cheese, fruit, sweet tea and chocolate cake! The girls really could open up a business with how good this food was. On Wednesday night after the Mix we had pre-arranged it with Chili's to decorate for his birthday and bring in a pinata. A few of the students filled a horse shaped pinata with all of his favorite candy and put sticks on it as antlers (because he loves to hunt). It was too much fun watching him hit his pinata for the first time ever in his life! He had students write on the windows of his car and decorate his desk...it was crazy! Then a few of the girls brought him a birthday cake with 22 candles on it and we played pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey in the office! It was too good. All in all he said that it was his best birthday ever. He was stoked about the REI gift card I gave him (as part of Alaska) and proceeded to spend it on bike stuff this weekend. I loved watching the students bless him this week. Their hearts are so good and I am blessed working with them. (Check out the "Happy New Year" banner that they used...too funny!)