I Love My Birthday!!

I think everyone should feel special on their birthday. It definitely should not be "just another day" because it's not--IT'S THE DAY YOU WERE BORN!! Celebrate it! Kevin is great at helping me to celebrate and he's all about it being my birth week or even birth month. And today was no different. He made me feel loved and special.
He spent some time planning my birth day and weekend. He emailed me the plan yesterday and I was excited!
This morning Tyce gave me a birthday present by sleeping until 6:00am! After feeding him I went to the gym for a quick workout (4 miles on the treadmill and some shoulders). I came home to a wonderful surprise. As soon as I walked in the door Asher ran up and said "Happy Birthday Mom!" He lead me inside to see a HB sign hanging up with pictures Kevin and the boys had colored for me. Rylan was there and he also gave me some birthday greetings with a big hug. I smothered those two in kisses and I was already satisfied with my birthday :) While Asher was telling me all about their pictures, Rylan ran off. He came back a few minutes later and handed me my birthday present--two dollars! He had a huge grin on his face and he gave me a giant hug. Oh, that boy is so sweet :) He pulled it out of his own piggy bank and later Kevin told me that Rylan came to him with all his money and told him what he was going to do. Kev told him to give me the 2 dollar bills and keep the rest!
After taking Ry to school I took Kevin up to work at the warehouse. I planned on showering when I got home but I had to feed Tyce and help Asher with a few things. Then before I knew it, Mary Kaye was here to do some organizing. She came bearing gifts--a card (with money!) and cupcakes! I showed her the last few things I needed to do in the pantry and how good it looked. Then she got busy on a portion of the kitchen cabinets that needed help. Now they look great, not crowded!!
I showered and got ready, cleaned up a few things, and then decided to lay down on the couch for my birthday nap :) Asher cuddled up next to me and then there was a knock at at the door--Tami was here to pick up Rylan and Asher for the afternoon. She had agreed to take them because Kevin wanted me to go shopping to buy some new clothes. They were more than excited to go!
As soon as Tyce woke up from his nap we left. I stopped at a few places in Spanish Fork and then went to the mall. I ended up with a new shirt--yea! I'm a horrible shopper so I was ready to be home. I had to make a quick stop at Wal-Mart and then I went to Tami's to pick up the boys. Of course they didn't want to leave but I made them :) Oh, I had called Kevin to tell him I was going to pick up the boys and he said "Ok, I'm just cooking dinner". Yeah, can I just say that was one of my favorites parts of my birthday?! Just hearing him say that made me happy!! So when I got home with the boys we had foil chicken with carrots, some mixed veggies, and beans. Oh it was so good!! And to my surprise, Kevin had also made me my favorite cake--Strawberry Danish Dessert--what?! Come to find out, when Mary Kaye left our house, he had her stop at Macey's to buy the ingredients. She delivered them to the warehouse and then later, while I was shopping, Kevin ran the 7 miles home (with his computer and cake ingredients in his backpack!) to make the dessert and dinner and have the kitchen clean before I got home. Wow, am I the luckiest girl or what?!

Tyce is just so cute!! And look how yummy that cake is!

Kevin put a line of 3 candles on the cake and then a single candle. I asked him if he was trying to be nice, letting me celebrate my 31st birthday. Oops! "Oh, I knew it was 32" as he grabbed another candle. Hmmm, try again! I was laughing so hard as I suggested he grab one more candle since this was my 33rd birthday :)
So the boys sang 'Happy Birthday' to me and I was happy! Then I got to open my gift--an iPad!! We've had several discussions lately about getting an iPad. But I was still very surprised! I just don't want it to turn into something I'm having to battle with the boys. But I'm excited :)

This is my "Are you serious?" face. Followed by "Well I guess it is your half birthday!"

After the boys were in bed Kevin and I watched 'One Day' which was just okay and then it was bedtime.
Such a good birthday!
Oh, but wait. The birthday celebration wasn't over yet! On Friday (the next day) we picked up Rylan from school and then went up to Sandy. Mary Kaye and Aubrey agreed to watch our 3 boys while Kevin and I went to the temple. We were hoping pick up Tyce and go see a movie but when we got there, Tyce had been sad and Rylan had a rough time as well. There really wasn't a great movie on anyway so we decided to scratch that idea. I comforted Tyce, Rylan watched tv, Asher was following Aubrey around. We hung out for a few hours until dinner time. Mary Kaye, Dennis, John and Aubrey and fam, Mark, and our family went to dinner at Zupas--so yummy and fun! From there we came home, put the boys to bed, and watched 'Social Network'. Interesting and good!
Saturday morning I got to go to my cycle class. Kev worked in the crawl space digging trenches to help get rid of the water. We cleaned up some, relaxed, and watched another movie :) 'Breaking Dawn' was the movie of choice tonight. It was okay. I thought this last book of the series was disappointing anyway so I didn't expect too much from the movie. I had to watch it though!! And yeah, I'll watch the next one, too.
And I think that concludes my birthday weekend. A great start to a new year!!