Happy Birthday to Me!

So I had a birthday, and it was great! It was one celebration after another.

• I started out by going out for sushi with my friend Megan a week before my birthday. Our birthday's are close so we try to celebrate together by going out to lunch or dinner. It was my first time eating sushi, and it wasn't bad. I think I could try it again without her help. We topped the night off with huckleberry cheese cake that was to die for. I think I gained 10 pounds that night.


• The day before my birthday, we met my parents and sister and famly at a 50's diner in Idaho Falls. Yummy food and a free milk shake (minus the birthday song, yeah!) It was fun to get together with my family. I don't see them enough.


• The day of my birthday, Allen sent me flowers at school. He impressed a lot of people that day. The office was talking about it and kids in the school. Two of my classes sang to me....that's always embarassing. For lunch, my department bought me my favorite bagel sandwich and we had cupcakes....yummy!

• That night, we were going to go out, but a blizzard kept us in. So we made the pizza delivery guy drive to our house. Craigo's is always perfect. After the kids went to bed, Allen went outside to move snow for just about 3 hours. It was insane how much snow was dumped. To complete my birthday, both Madison and Sugar canceled school the next day!

• Since we didn't have school on Friday, we headed south to Pocatello. Allen's moms bithday was on the 2nd so we went to visit them. The roads were clear and traffic good. Jeanne and I went out to Red Lobster for lunch and they sang happy birthday to us so we could get some ice cream. We had dinner with the family down there and all of our kids got to run around together. Here's a picture of Ashlyn and her cousin Savannah. They are a little over a year apart, Ashlyn being older. Also we got to see our newest nephew Case. It's easy to get baby hungry when holding a new born. He's so sweet!

Well, the festivities are just about over. The only thing left to do is go out to lunch with 2 of my other friends and get my free birthday Cold Stone ice cream. I can't wait!