Another Year Older

So this post was a little while back but it still is a story to be told. A few weekends ago was Noke's birthday. So we do what everyone loves best: eating and karaoke. I was afraid I wasn't going to make it up for the birthday lunch because after luau practice it began to snow...and snow hard. It looked like a blizzard. Thank you modern technology for being able to predict when there would be a break in the storm, because I made it up to Salt Lake in one piece. Lunch with the entire family (and when I say entire, I mean some aunts and cousins too) went pretty well. 

Afterwards we went shopping and I have never seen a guy so picky in my entire life. "No I don't want those shoes, the logo is yellow and it just won't match with my outfits. No these shoes just aren't me. No I don't like that color. No I don't like how they lace up. No I don't the way they look on me. I don't know what I would wear this pair with." After finally going to 2 different malls and spending about 4 hours shopping, we finally found him two pairs of shoes that he liked. 

And then the highlight of the night was karaoke time. Noke's little brother came with us but fell asleep at the table by about 11. I can't really blame him though, he's only 13 but he looks like he's at least 18. 

I won't lie though, I was partially tramautized when Noke and the boys got up to sing Bootylicious by Destiny's Child. Um...please boys just stop. But it sure made for some great moments. And no one could forget when the lady running the karaoke club would sing every other song. And we're not kidding when we say every other song. Noke just couldn't bear her having all of the limelight on his birthday so he ended up singing with her. It was bad, let's just leave it at that.

Here's to another year of life.