Happy Birthday to Me

My birthday turned out to be a really nice day.  I thought I'd sleep in that morning, but sweet little B showed up on my side of the bed well before 7:00 with a huge smile, "Good morning Mom!  It's your birthday!  Get up!"  So, he and I were up all by ourselves and it was the sweetest thing ever, he came walking into the living room so proudly with a a gift he had wrapped himself.  He had sneaked into my closet and gotten the wrapping paper, scissors and tape and wrapped up his brand new beach ball and then gave it to me.  Such a tender little sweetheart!

In the evening we were invited for a BBQ at our friends Jose and Rebecca's house.  It was awesome.  The dads and kids swam in the back yard and Rebecca and I got to hang out and talk for almost two hours kid free!  Then they surprised me by having a birthday cake!

N took the next day off of work as well so we got the kids kites for my birthday and went kite flying.  There wasn't a lot of wind, but enough to get them off the ground.  We had fun and sweet E kept trying to walk.  I was so proud of her!  S decided we were too hot and we didn't have a lot more water so we went home.  N then sent me shopping for the rest of the afternoon while he watched the kids!  In the evening the ward had a BBQ and since N was home, for once our family actually got to go! Hooray for a fun birthday.