Birthday celebration

I just wanted to post a few pics from my 30th birthday week, which was a blast by the way, and I wanted to thank everyone for making it so special for me. The only down side to the week was that Logan caught the sore throat and cough that the kids and I had the previous week.

The birthday week started out with us going up to my mother-in-law's house for Mother's Day. We went to church with them and ate a wonderful dinner afterward with Logan's siblings. The kids had a blast playing at Grandma's, and it was wonderful to relax and enjoy the day.

Then these two little ones were so sweet singing to me on my birthday and drawing pictures and bringing me little "presents" to me (which included some 5 lb weights that I bought myself to work out with).
My good friend Deyce brought me some birthday muffins (lemon and blueberry with a crumble topping) and she gave me a $5 gift card to Jamba Juice. The kids and I went there on Saturday evening to get smoothies.










Then....

My wonderful neighbor Laura asked to put the kids to bed for me so Logan and I could go out to dinner at Red Robin. We had some amazing burgers and fries and then came home to find this on our wall next to the kitchen. In each cute box was a little gift from her to me. In the smaller ones there were these delicious Dove peanut butter chocolate candies. And in the bigger ones there were different gifts including a loofa and body wash, lip balm, cute cupcake papers, Lipsmacker chap stick, and even a gift certificate to the dessert shop called The Chocolate. I can't wait to use that one. Anyway, it was such a fun surprise to open all of them in the next few days and discover new items. She is such a sweet friend!

Later that week on Friday we invited over some other couples (including our neighbors) and their kids for a barbecue. We grilled hotdogs and hamburgers, served corn on the cob, watermelon, chips and guacamole, and grilled pineapple. It was heaven! And I was so busy that I forgot to take any pictures of the whole sha-bang. Sorry!


With my birthday money from family this year I decided it was time to buy a new bedspread. I think I looked at a thousand of different ones before deciding to buy this one, and I'm completely happy with my choice. The colors in person were a little different than the pics online, but I love it still. And Logan thought it wasn't too heavy for him so that was even better.
















The last thing of the week was our picnic up the canyon with the Barnetts. The day was over cast, and park we chose to go to wasn't busy at all so it made for a perfect day. The kids had a blast throwing rocks in the mountain stream and putting their feet in. And after we explored for awhile we got out our picnic lunch, ate together and then threw the Frisbee and played with the kids. It was an awesome finish to a wonderful week.
Their youngest boy, Owen, threw up on the car ride up to the park and the only clothes she had for him were a 3-6 month outfit. He is 15 months old now.