Happy Birthday Shane!

Shane's birthday was at the beginning of the month, day before Easter. We invited him for a 

--- wait for it--- 

day at the BEACH! 

Because we don't do that like every other weekend already. But this time we had 

that's right, folks, pudding cake. That's Zickgraf family tradition. That thing is a made-from-scratch Texas sheet cake with a mixture of chocolate & vanilla pudding and cream cheese and then Cool Whip on top for good measure. 

Do not ask how many calories this thing has. Birthday cakes do NOT count.

Birthday "Helper" Imp

In addition, we collaborated to make this a-MAZ-ing birthday poster (which is still hanging proudly three weeks later),

decorate the kitchen in extreme birthday fun fashion,

make special cards for Shane, 

and wrap this awesome gift from Maggie:

Clearly it was a hit. Apparently he'd been talking about how awesome the Vitamix was that day at work, like literally ten minutes before getting his very own. 

 I wish we had gotten Shane a few gifts ourselves, but we were quite honestly stumped- and besides, anything next to the Vitamix is a token gift. Shane had to settle for our simple little acts of love and a day at the pool instead of the beach. I didn't hear any complaining, so I think it worked.

We love you Shane- and miss you like crazy Mags!