31!

I turned 31 at the beginning of the month and it was a GREAT birthday....with a rocky start.

I woke up expecting Dave to let me sleep in...but that didn't happen and I very grudgingly did the morning routine--breakfast, lunches, hair, teeth brush, drop-off etc. and came home quite bugged thinking that Dave hadn't even remembered it was my birthday.

I was hoping to go for a hike or something with him while the kids were at school, but he was still asleep when I got back so I left without him and went and "hiked the Dish" with Mia. 

I had a great hike and came back a little happier.

I thought we were going to go to Half Moon Bay for the afternoon with the fam, but when Dave got up he said, "be ready at 4pm--we're going out tonight!"

When the kids got home from school they went and ran an errand with dad and then we partied...

We had a ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins (thanks to Groupon) and I got spoiled with cards, a laser hair removal machine :) a new camera backpack (that is awesome!) and a new sports watch, something I've wanted for years.  I also received cookies, chocolate, flowers and cards from friends and really felt loved!! 

Thank you everyone for making my 31st a great one!

And, thank you Janet for watching our kids for the entire night so that we could do dinner and a movie...something we hadn't done in a long time!

We ate delicious Persian food in Mountain View and the grilled lamb and tzatziki hit the spot!

We then saw "The Adjustment Bureau" and it was pretty good, but just fun to be out on the town with a hot date! 

Thanks Dave, for surprising and spoiling me...sorry I thought you forgot it was my birthday-- you did a GREAT job!

Other happenings...

Mia eating Zanna's hair

Conference Morning Breakfast

James learning to be a man

Zanna's field trip with Dave to the ranch

self-explanatory

breaking out!

a daily disaster

Jedi training birthday party...it was a big hit!