Happy Birthday, Micah!

Micah's birthday parties have officially become stuff of legend. For those of you who don't know, each year Micah chooses a theme. One year it was "Texas." Last year, it was "The Eighties." This year, the theme was "Birthday Suits." No—we did not have to come naked, but we were asked to come in a suite of some sort.

While many people came in very dapper suits and more formal business suits, we chose to comes as card suits. Heath was clubs (the Jack of clubs to be exact), and I was diamonds (the Queen of diamonds). Our friend Susan and her law-school friend, Meredith, came as lawsuits—very cute!—with legal briefs pinned to their outfits.




[I made shirts for Heath and myself using iron-on transfers]



In addition to good conversation, drinks and snacks, Micah usually extends an invitation to his guests to perform in some way—music, poetry, comedy, etc.

This year's performers really upped the ante. Heath opened the show with a presentation on the meaning of life. He was followed by comedy from Pablo and Tom, funny stories from Ryan and Marta, then music from Jen and Sarah. There was some poetry, a hilarious skit written and performed by Micah, Keith and Nora, and then Keith and Ben brought us home with this fantastic version of Johnny Cash's "Walk the Line," with custom Micah lyrics.




It was a lot of fun. You can see videos from some of the performances below.

[heath's presentation]


[pablo's memos from a corporate dad]


[jen and sarah's classical/acoustic take on britney's "hit me baby one more time"]


[brandon's punky version of "heaven is a place on earth"]


[keith and ben's version of "walk the line," adapted just for micah]