Today Joyce had her big half-century birthday. She has been subjected to several different versions of "Happy Birthday To You." Last night Melissa Heck, our Dean of Women, organized a surprise birthday party at our house. Joyce has been down all week with a bad back, but she started feeling better on Sunday afternoon. She was happy to get up and enjoy the house full of people and her Guam brown tree snake birthday cake. Pretty much all of the PIBC and Liebenzell staff came by to celebrate with us with funny cards and joke "old lady" presents. We made her wear the black 50th birthday t-shirt.
Today was the first day of classes for the Spring semester so Joyce spent her birthday afternoon in class. She is taking Cross-Cultural Communication and Christian Literature this semester. She will be working at the pre-school in the morning and then taking a class on Monday afternoon and the other on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. She has been out from work with her back the last few days but is planning on going back in tomorrow.
Tonight Joyce's mom and dad took us out to the Lone Star Steak House for a birthday dinner. The food is great and we love watching the multi-ethnic waiters there (people from pretty much all the islands, several Asian countries and some Americans work there) dance the Texas two-step to the loud country music. Of course they sang "Happy Birthday" too and gave Joyce a free sundae. It is hard to believe Joyce is 50. She certainly doesn't look it... or act it. I think she had a fun 50th birthday.
Today Joyce had her big half-century birthday. She has been subjected to several different versions of "Happy Birthday To You." Last night Melissa Heck, our Dean of Women, organized a surprise birthday party at our house. Joyce has been down all week with a bad back, but she started feeling better on Sunday afternoon. She was happy to get up and enjoy the house full of people and her Guam brown tree snake birthday cake. Pretty much all of the PIBC and Liebenzell staff came by to celebrate with us with funny cards and joke "old lady" presents. We made her wear the black 50th birthday t-shirt.
Today was the first day of classes for the Spring semester so Joyce spent her birthday afternoon in class. She is taking Cross-Cultural Communication and Christian Literature this semester. She will be working at the pre-school in the morning and then taking a class on Monday afternoon and the other on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. She has been out from work with her back the last few days but is planning on going back in tomorrow.
Tonight Joyce's mom and dad took us out to the Lone Star Steak House for a birthday dinner. The food is great and we love watching the multi-ethnic waiters there (people from pretty much all the islands, several Asian countries and some Americans work there) dance the Texas two-step to the loud country music. Of course they sang "Happy Birthday" too and gave Joyce a free sundae. It is hard to believe Joyce is 50. She certainly doesn't look it... or act it. I think she had a fun 50th birthday.
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