Wow, what a great birthday I had!
I was absolutely spoiled
rotten and I loved
every minute of it!
The day started with church at 9.
My sister-in-law, Laura,
wished me a happy birthday
right away,
and so did her kids Addy and Kolby.
Great start!
Then, later at church, my mother-in-law,
Pam, told me happy birthday
and gave me a birthday card.
The day just got even better from there.
Kale has been excited about
my "secret surprise present"
since Friday.
Tyler decided to show it to
him while I was out.
Kale did a great job not actually
saying what the present was though!
So, when we got home from
church and changed our clothes,
he was super excited to
help Tyler get my presents.
It was sooo cute.
Also, when we got home from church
there was a card
hanging on our front door
from my father-in-law, Doug.
Sneaky guy!
Anyway, I was ordered to sit
on the couch and wait for
my presents.
I was more than willing to comply.
Then they brought me TWO bags
of presents!
Tyler got me some new workout clothes (Hurray!!)
and a really cool case for
my jewelry and makeup.
They are both extremely thoughtful
gifts and I love them!
After the opening of the presents I
wanted to take a picture with
my adorable kids
and our whole family:
Don't I have the cutest little family??
Ellory's little dress
was just so adorable,
I had to take some extra pics of her.
Plus, she wasn't really
looking in the family pictures.
Kale took this one:
Ellory makes the cutest faces
now:
Wasn't her little dress so cute??
Then, Tyler made me my
birthday dinner.
I requested homemade pulled pork
sandwiches, coleslaw, and
homemade french fries.
He knocked it out of the park!
I seriously think that's the best
pulled pork I've ever eaten.
I can't wait to have some
for lunch today!
After dinner,
I got a call from my
big brother Jake!
He's so sweet
to remember my birthday
even though he had
a busy week of drill
going on.
It was great to talk
to him and I can't
wait to see him at Thanksgiving!
Then, we just relaxed for a bit
and did our separate things
for a while.
Then, someone knocked on the door.
It was Kolby and Addy bringing
us some banana chocolate chip
cookies!
They were delicious!
Then, not much later, there was
ANOTHER knock on the door.
It was Kyle!
He had brought me a gift from
him and Heather.
It was running tights (I'm sensing a theme)
and Kit-Kats!
Just perfect.
Heather couldn't come because
she was sick (sad day!)
We were sitting visiting with Kyle,
when there was ANOTHER knock on the door.
It was my cousin Kristen!!
I was sooo surprised to see her.
We were sitting around
visiting when Kristen said,
"So who else is coming?"
I was so confused.
What the heck was she talking about?
It was then that I figured out
that Tyler had secretly
invited them to come over for
cake and ice cream!
What a stud of a husband,
am I right or am I right?
Corey and Jordan and Kendall
couldn't come with Kristen
because they were sick, too.
(Super sad day!)
Then, there was ANOTHER knock
on the door.
It was my wonderful friend Birttany!
She brought me an
awesome green water bottle
that had a bedazzled B on it,
and she'd filled it with Starbursts.
Nailed it!
Then, these wonderful friends of mine
sang me Happy Birthday
and I blew out some candles:
Kale helped me blow out
my candles,
of course:
And then we ate!
It was so awesome to have
them come visit
me on my birthday,
especially when their families
were sick!
Then, Tyler got a nice surprise!
We had bought an antenna
for our TV Saturday
and discovered we got a
couple of great channels,
but it didn't appear that we were
going to get NBC.
But then, Tyler was going through
channels and discovered that
we DO get NBC and he was
going to be able to watch
the Denver game!
He was so excited and I was so happy for him!
Later my good friend Rachel,
who I left behind in Ellensburg,
called me to wish me a
happy birthday
and catch up for a bit.
It was so great talking to her!
I miss her and her family so much
and just wish they had moved with us.
I also talked to my parents for a bit.
My dad sang me happy birthday
and I told them how my
day had gone so far.
Kale came in and talked to them
for a bit, too.
I love listening to him
talk on the phone.
It's adorable.
Phew! That about sums it all up!
I got tons of text messages all
day wishing me a happy birthday
and cards all week from my
Aunt Aethea, my grandma, my Uncle Rich
and Aunt Celeste, and my parents!
I was so spoiled
and I just feel so much love
from everyone.
Especially Tyler.
He just did everything he could
to make it the best day ever.
I love him!
Oh, I just got an email
from Elder Dain Gerber,
and in it he sent a recording
of him and his companion,
(maybe companions?)
singing me Happy Birthday in
English,
then Spanish,
and then Portuguese.
I am seriously so loved!
