For our anniversary, we didn't do anything too "romantic". . . we spent the weekend visiting my parents and hanging out with them for the three day weekend. My brother and his wife went up to visit and we hadn't seen them since December so we thought we would join their party! And boy was it a party! They were just so anxious to play "minute to win it" and they had a hat full of silly games. Most of them are shown in the video on the next post. . . which I have to say I have watched each of those videos so many times and it still makes me laugh! I never knew that my mom was such a good ribbon dancer, or that my brothers could shake their booty so well (not surprised by David, and Abby might need to practice those moves or get lessons from the boys), or that Elizabeth had so much going on that the pedometer strapped to her head was only able to catch 43 of whatever it counts! What a fun night. . . and I don't think that we ever made it to bed before the morning came around! We all just had too much fun playing all sorts of games.
One day we even got out to play some tennis! I think Ben ended up winning all his matches. . . Sheesh! He plays with all the wrong technique, but we couldn't stop him. Dad took him to a tiebreaker, but he used his racquetball hitting to win it! Whatever wins the points works right!? Dad's technique didn't work too well but he is really good at hitting it right to me. Ben made me run in a few circles to hit that ball.
I know that the one and only Tillamook Ice Cream didn't fail us either. I think Luke managed to put one whole container into/onto a bowl and he couldn't have been happier. It's tacky to eat out of the carton right? Unless you are at a weekend soccer tournament with Dad and in need of a little pre-game breakfast :) Luke made sure to give us all the scoops we liked and then as we are all sitting around enjoying ours, he came walking by and laid down right in the middle with his heaping bowl and spoon.
Ben and Elizabeth aren't privileged to have Marion Berry Pie Tillamook Ice Cream in Utah so they made a stop or two out of town to stock their cooler with dry ice and some ice cream. Dad was so nervous for them. . . or maybe their ice cream on their ride home. I don't think I heard if Ben and Elizabeth made it home, but I did get dad's report that the ice cream made it safe and sound.
Abby thought it would be fun to out do me and did she ever! I am a couple months from my due date, and I think Tricia said Abby is a couple months past her due date. Abby managed to drop that hefty thing and I put it in the fridge. . . and the next day we had watermelon! And that's where watermelon come from!
Dad had a little slip up as he was cut into the watermelon which he claimed was an accident, but I know what kind of accident it was . . . sure ain't roses :)
I got to see Brooke and she was thrilled to see me and my big belly! We went and hung out at the Fisk's house for a while just chatting and laughing too hard. Mom, Abby and I put together a mighty fine fruit pizza too. Mom picked all the strawberries for the garden and had got some at the store earlier that day and was worried they would go bad, but I think I ate about half of them and we had just enough for the pizza. Those home grown strawberries are too sweet and tasty! We have always had strawberry plants in our garden, but I don't think any of the strawberries survived all ten of us wildly sliding out of control as we practiced going our fastest around the play house corner on our hot wheels, roller blades and bikes. The squirrels and birds might like them too!
We stopped and got some ice cream for us on our way out of town. . . yummy blizzards from Dairy Queen. Not quite Tillamook, but with our coupon, we couldn't pass it up. I even fed David as he drove so he could concentrate on the road. . . precious I know, except that I couldn't help but pretend I was feeding our baby which David reminded me would have choked on the Oreo chunks.
So that was our anniversary weekend. . . how romantic, huh?! We loved it! And I love that David loves to be around my family. Too much fun :)
My birthday turned into a birthday weekend which was fun too! We got a snazzy new camera that is a camera/video camera which we really wanted with our baby coming. . . no we are not going to record the babies entrance, I don't think David would stay conscious and I don't think I am going to want to put on a show at that moment :) We are excited to have fun things to record other than tours of our apartment with David demonstrating the amazing zoom feature on our clocks, toothbrushes, spray bottle, blinds, door hinges, door knobs, thermostat, and broom. I am sure it will be tough to find something so interesting as these, but I think it will be worth the challenge.
We went out to eat at a restaurant called Tucanos. It was new to us and I was very excited to try it out. It is a Brazilian grill and I loved that there was no menu. . . except for drinks which I just tried the yummy lemonades. So there is an open buffet with all sorts of different salads. . . fruit, vegetable, and pasta. There were also really good rolls. There were some soups, beans and rice, and anything I could have imagined sprinkling on top of any of these side dishes. So we went and filled up our plates at the buffet and then back at our table we started eating. There is a red and green salt shaker looking thing that when we were ready, we flipped to green and every minute or so some servers would come by with some sort of meat on a skewer. They would tell you what it was and you could pass on it or they would cut off a small piece if you wanted some. Every once in a while they came by with grilled pineapple and I could never pass that up!
As it was my special birthday dinner, I got my meal for free, but that also meant that I got sung to. This isn't the normal sweet and nice happy birthday with a little bit of clapping at the end.
David got it on video. So they come with the drums and tambourine and the clapping and singing comes with it. I wasn't the only one with a birthday so we would be eating nice and peacefully and then I would hear the drums and tambourine start up and I would watch to see if they were coming for me. I couldn't take a bite or else I would be chewing on a big hunk of meat the whole time. It was very nerve wracking. I just didn't know when they were coming for me, and I am not one to put on a show. I think David put in a special order for my birthday treat as I got a cute little dish of ice cream with lots of Oreos sprinkled on top. Needless to say, David watched me take every bite and didn't hesitate to dig in when I asked him if he might like a bite or two. He also was thrilled that he found an Oreo chunk that I didn't want in the bowl when I was done. He probably would have licked the bowl clean if I would have offered.
Another night we went to the temple. Very nice and peaceful. My dress is getting a little snug and my belly is filling out the split front that used to just barely let the embroidered design show, but now each and every leaf and flower shows! We will see if it makes it another month, let alone two! There was another pregnant lady in there that made me look really good. First off she is pregnant with her 10th kid! Holy moly!!!! She looked kind of like Abby. . . a couple months overdue. . . but she said she still had 6 weeks left. She looked completely exhausted and she was trying to stay cool by fanning herself the whole session. I will be there in a month I am sure.
Here's an updated picture on my birthday at 29 weeks. . . and yes I have finally soaked up a little sun!
For my birthday cake, I requested cheesecake. David decided that he really wanted to make one which honestly made me really nervous and I bought a box of yellow cake just in case. David isn't much of a cook and has about 3 things that I know he can cook successfully. So David went online and found a recipe. He was very excited for this cheese cake, and I later realized why.
We went to the store to get some ingredients and he said the first thing we needed was Oreos. I looked at his recipe and he had a cheesecake recipe that was going to be doused in Oreos, caramel and cool whip. He then tried really hard to convince me that I would love it and that I would get cheesecake just like I asked. Well I only asked for cheesecake, I didn't know I needed to ask for the sweet graham cracker crust and fruit drizzled on top. So we ended up making both. David got his Oreo/caramel cheese cake, and I got my regular/traditional/best ever cheese cake. I "helped" him so that I was able to make sure that the Oreos didn't get out of control and take over. I made the crust and it just so happened that it looked like there was a little more graham cracker crust than Oreo. . . whoops!
So the cheesecake went in the oven and came out looking a little scary, but it settled down and we put it in the fridge. I wanted it really cold, so we decided to eat some Oreos and go to bed and we would have it the next day. It was well worth the wait! It was perfect! I had my piece with the perfect crust and berries on top, and David loved his Oreo/caramel piece. I am very impressed that he made a real cheesecake, that tasted good too! (no need to tell him about the yellow cake mix in the cupboard) And I got a little birthday song from him too!
So I have had quite the fun past week and I loved it all!
1 comment:
Happy Anniversary!! Glad you guys enjoyed yourselves!
Tucanos is so yummy :-)
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