Birthday Re-do :)

My 32nd birthday was on Wednesday but with a day full of  swim lessons, summer school, primary parties, dentist appointments, mutual, and a husband at work, their wasn’t a whole lot of celebrating going on at our house.  Well, I should at least acknowledge that they made breakfast for me and a couple of the kids threw together a quick homemade card. That was a cool start to the day, but truthfully…….that is where the pampering stopped. The hustle and bustle began and kept going all through that ENRITRE Wednesday.

Thursday came and my big day was officially over :(

I know, I know….I can here you saying “Grow up, your a “Big Kid” now, shake it off.”  BUT, it is still a  little bit depressing even for a big kid.

Oh well, I thought. I pretty much assumed that was that. Thursday came and went then Friday… But then on Saturday morning Dan and the kids told me I could sleep in. When I got up everyone was gone. I called Dan to see where they were and he said just running a few errands. He told me to take a shower and enjoy my time getting ready, free from interruptions and kids. (Gift #1)

The kids got home just as I was finishing up. All acting very suspicious. Something was up :) Hailey and Kase were trying to keep me back in my bedroom while the other family members were hauling stuff in from the car. It was pretty cute listening to all of the made up reasons why we should just  hang out in my  bedroom a little while longer.

Finally I was released as their prisoner and all of the kids went running to the kitchen. I followed behind and was shocked when the whole family  jumped out from their hiding places and yelled, “SUPRISE”. They had a whole party set up for me with cake, ice-cream, balloons, cards, and gifts. The kids love being sneaky and doing that kind of stuff so it made it really fun.

Each kid gave me an envelope with a card and gift certificate for a special date they wanted to take me on for my birthday. Hailey and Alaina wanted to take me for pedicures. In there card was a certificate to pay for the 3 of us to go, All I had to do was drive us there. So we got right in the car and headed out for an hour of pampering together.

My mom and my sister, Leslie,  took me to lunch for my birthday and my mom bought me this new pair of tennis shoes I’ve been wanting.

Next the boys gave me tickets to a matinee showing of Ice Age and took me as their date to that. Cute flick. Along with the tickets to this movie, they included some candy, and a bunch of movie gift certificates for me to go again in the future.

Probably the best part of the day was that while I was going on all of these mini dates throughout the day, Dan was home cleaning the house from top to bottom.

That’s right. TOP TO BOTTOM. It nearly sparkled when I came home. I can’t tell you how much that gift alone meant to me. Can I hear and AMEN from all my married with children friends out there. :)

He also planned a date night for us and when I got home from the movies with the boys he had a babysitter there at our house ready for us to leave. It was one date to the next ALL DAY. It was awesome! He also had a “love note” ready and waiting for me. Can anyone say Ohhhhhh. So SWEET! Yes, he is a mushy romantic and I love it. Thanks Dan.

Dan and I went to dinner with Greg and Brittany and then over to uncle Scott’s house for a little volleyball with friends, which I love. It was an all around awesome day!

My family knows me so well. I had an awesome day off from my normal day to day duties, and loved going on dates and loved all of the time I was able to spend with family members individually. Thanks for the great day!

Happy Birthday, To Me!