Happy Birthday Nick!

Today, Nick turned 31! He requested a key lime cheesecake for his birthday, so on Friday I got busy baking. I hand squeezed the key limes and took a perfect looking cheesecake out of the oven! I was excited that it had turned out so lovely. Well, then the directions said that I should run a knife along the edges, releasing the sides. I did this and thought, "I guess I can release the sides." I took the springform ring off the hot cheesecake. Well, anyone that has made a cheesecake before can guess what happened. My beautiful cheesecake totally collapsed all over my stove. I was almost in tears. I loaded the kids in the van and went to the store to get the supplies for cheesecake number two! My mother-in-law said that I should add that you aren't supposed to take the ring off the cheesecake until it chills for 8 hours into the recipes, but I told her that it is a lesson that I am sure not to forget soon! The second cheesecake turned out fine and the kids had fun seeing how many candles were on the cake. They are all wearing sun glasses because it was so bright! Nick's real present this year was his new iphone, but he couldn't wait to use it, so the kids and I wrapped up some of his favorite candy so that he would have something to open on his birthday. We had a really fun day together. I feel so blessed to have such a great husband who is my best friend. He is a wonderful father who loves to play with his kids. Happy birthday