Michele is 30

Today is my wife’s 30th birthday! Because I have to work this evening, we decided to have her birthday celebration last night. We had a lot of fun, and succeeded in surprising her with the present the kids and I bought for her: a Dutailier glider/rocker with ottoman that we ordered through eBay. She was very happy. For supper, I made her Pollo a la Poblana con Hongos (Chicken Breasts with Poblanos, Mushrooms and Cream), a recipe from Rick Bayless’s Mexican Kitchen. (By the way, that cookbook is fantastic — we got it as a wedding present from a friend.) For dessert, we had peanut butter chocolate cake. Keegan and I had also bought her a box of Saunder’s Chocolates. Yesterday, Jay Kessler was the guest speaker at church, and I enjoyed his sermon on Psalm 23. He had an unusual “take” on this well-known scripture that was helpful to me.