David's birthday was a big one! Big ol' #25!!! Yikes that's old. . . .right?! I asked him what he thought he'd be doing/where he imagined himself when he was 25. He said that he thought he would be retiring by now! Almost David...you are almost there. :) He mentioned that he's a third of the way dead so why wouldn't he be retired and playing for the rest of his life? :)
That seems like a big birthday to me, but when I asked David if he wanted to do anything special, I got nothing except that he wanted cookies and cream ice cream. I already knew that so I had to think of something special for him on my own. I didn't think up anything too fancy but I planned out a week of little things each night to celebrate.
Monday we started off the week with the final basketball game. Our brackets went down the hole long before the final game, so we were able to just enjoy the game. David picked the underdog Butler to win, so I went for Connecticut. The game was actually really dull and low scoring. We loved the night though. We had Cafe Rio style chicken tacos. . . yum! They were good! We had our concession-type snacks to munch on through the game. Through the game we anxiously waited for our teams to score three point shots. We kissed for every three pionter :) We were disappointed it was a low scoring game and definitely not enough three point shots were made!
At halftime we played Horse with rolled up socks and a laundry basket. David ended up winning that one. . . it was his birthday week, so I had to let him win right?! I am too competitive for that, so he honestly did beat me. Those shots from the stairs and off the light switch didn't fool him!
We were going to have a "dunking contest" with fresh made cookies and milk, but we were sugared out from the candy we were eating, so we saved that for another time. It was a boring game, but it was nice to sit and snuggle as a family to watch the game.
Tuesday wasn't as fun. David had a homework party while Katelyn and I tried really hard not to distract him so we could play the rest of the week. We were mostly successful with that.
Wednesday David got to go out and play ping pong. He hasn't played in a long time and really liked playing that night except that with work all day and then ping pong at night, he didn't get to see much of his family since by the time he got home from playing it was time for bed for all of us.
Thursday we had a casual date at the library. David loves bookstores and libraries. He mostly likes business books or whatever topic he is into for the week/month. I mixed it up a little and we designated a meeting spot. Then we went off and found certain types of books anywhere from cooking, travel, children's books, and poems. We would meet up and share something we found like a recipe we'd like to try or have made for us, or a place we'd like to vacation to, a children's book we liked when we were little, or a poem that reminded us of each other. It was hard to try to find something quick, but it was fun to share what we found.
Friday we had a date alone. We started trading off every other Friday with another family in our ward. So one Friday we get to have date night and they watch Katelyn and the next Friday we watch their little girl while they have a date. We went out to eat and it was nice to just be able to talk to each other all night and not be interrupted by stinky diapers, bath time, feeding time, or entertaining-Katelyn time. After sharing a meal at Red Robin, David was serenaded by the wonderful singers and even got to wear the "birthday ears" (two helium balloons were tied to the ends of a ribbon and then the ribbon was placed under his chin so the balloons floated and looked somewhat like Mickey Mouse ears). He got some ice cream out of it so I think it was worth the little embarrassment. David really wanted to look around at Home Depot after dinner. I tried to remind him that we were supposed to do things that we can't usually do with Katelyn around, but that's what he wanted to do and it was his birthday date, so off to Home Depot we went! So romantic right?! I finished off the date with a massage and he loved it. He was a little skeptical about it, but he was able to be so relaxed and just enjoy the quiet. Now that's something that doesn't happen with a baby around! As much as we love having Katelyn around, it has been great having dates every other week!
Saturday night my family came into town. We shopped around while we waited for an hour to eat at Texas Roadhouse. That food tasted so good!
Those rolls and cinnamon/honey butter are amazing...yumm! It was quite a different experience having Katelyn there. Trying to feed Katelyn and entertain her was tricky and didn't leave much time for me to eat my meal. I felt like I had to scarf it down between feeding her cheerios and sweet potatoes as I saw the next course of my meal on it's way out. David got a big Texas "YEE-HAW!" and some more ice cream for being a birthday boy. Abby and I shared our meal and the boys. . . I mean men. . . stuffed themselves so much they were waddling out of there. Luke got the biggest steak they had. . . 16 ounces I think! He had no trouble polishing that off, but when we got to my place he met his match. Let's just say that he forgot to spray/light a match/cover up what he left behind :) Cake and ice cream had to wait a bit! We were entertained by a line dance from the waiters and the bus boys were fascinating to watch as they would swipe all the dishes off the tables as people left leaving the table and seats cleared in like 10 seconds. It sounded dangerous, but they had it down and were even cheered for their speedy work.
We finished off the night with German Chocolate cake and David's favorite cookies 'n cream ice cream.
We chatted until way to late in the night like always! I put up balloons and made a cheesy looking birthday boy sign that Katelyn loved chewing up. I got David a new circular saw and have a lot of "fun" projects in mind for him! He got some cake at work and so we had plenty of cake left over for the next week. Somehow we didn't have any trouble finishing it! Don't ask how that happened!
Sunday was his actual birthday and we kept it pretty low key. We went to church and said farewell to my family, went home teaching, played games, had a simple dinner, ate some more cake and David chatted the night away with his dad.
He's another year older, not quite retired, but pretty happy with where he's at. David turning 25 seems like nothing compared to Dad turning 60! Now that's old!! Love you Dad :)
It was tough to think up things to do. I think it is safe to say that he enjoyed having a week to be spoiled and catered to. But now he's worried I will be expecting something great for my birthday. .. Of course not...but I wouldn't mind a bit!
That seems like a big birthday to me, but when I asked David if he wanted to do anything special, I got nothing except that he wanted cookies and cream ice cream. I already knew that so I had to think of something special for him on my own. I didn't think up anything too fancy but I planned out a week of little things each night to celebrate.
Monday we started off the week with the final basketball game. Our brackets went down the hole long before the final game, so we were able to just enjoy the game. David picked the underdog Butler to win, so I went for Connecticut. The game was actually really dull and low scoring. We loved the night though. We had Cafe Rio style chicken tacos. . . yum! They were good! We had our concession-type snacks to munch on through the game. Through the game we anxiously waited for our teams to score three point shots. We kissed for every three pionter :) We were disappointed it was a low scoring game and definitely not enough three point shots were made!
At halftime we played Horse with rolled up socks and a laundry basket. David ended up winning that one. . . it was his birthday week, so I had to let him win right?! I am too competitive for that, so he honestly did beat me. Those shots from the stairs and off the light switch didn't fool him!
We were going to have a "dunking contest" with fresh made cookies and milk, but we were sugared out from the candy we were eating, so we saved that for another time. It was a boring game, but it was nice to sit and snuggle as a family to watch the game.
Tuesday wasn't as fun. David had a homework party while Katelyn and I tried really hard not to distract him so we could play the rest of the week. We were mostly successful with that.
Wednesday David got to go out and play ping pong. He hasn't played in a long time and really liked playing that night except that with work all day and then ping pong at night, he didn't get to see much of his family since by the time he got home from playing it was time for bed for all of us.
Thursday we had a casual date at the library. David loves bookstores and libraries. He mostly likes business books or whatever topic he is into for the week/month. I mixed it up a little and we designated a meeting spot. Then we went off and found certain types of books anywhere from cooking, travel, children's books, and poems. We would meet up and share something we found like a recipe we'd like to try or have made for us, or a place we'd like to vacation to, a children's book we liked when we were little, or a poem that reminded us of each other. It was hard to try to find something quick, but it was fun to share what we found.
Friday we had a date alone. We started trading off every other Friday with another family in our ward. So one Friday we get to have date night and they watch Katelyn and the next Friday we watch their little girl while they have a date. We went out to eat and it was nice to just be able to talk to each other all night and not be interrupted by stinky diapers, bath time, feeding time, or entertaining-Katelyn time. After sharing a meal at Red Robin, David was serenaded by the wonderful singers and even got to wear the "birthday ears" (two helium balloons were tied to the ends of a ribbon and then the ribbon was placed under his chin so the balloons floated and looked somewhat like Mickey Mouse ears). He got some ice cream out of it so I think it was worth the little embarrassment. David really wanted to look around at Home Depot after dinner. I tried to remind him that we were supposed to do things that we can't usually do with Katelyn around, but that's what he wanted to do and it was his birthday date, so off to Home Depot we went! So romantic right?! I finished off the date with a massage and he loved it. He was a little skeptical about it, but he was able to be so relaxed and just enjoy the quiet. Now that's something that doesn't happen with a baby around! As much as we love having Katelyn around, it has been great having dates every other week!
Saturday night my family came into town. We shopped around while we waited for an hour to eat at Texas Roadhouse. That food tasted so good!
We finished off the night with German Chocolate cake and David's favorite cookies 'n cream ice cream.
We chatted until way to late in the night like always! I put up balloons and made a cheesy looking birthday boy sign that Katelyn loved chewing up. I got David a new circular saw and have a lot of "fun" projects in mind for him! He got some cake at work and so we had plenty of cake left over for the next week. Somehow we didn't have any trouble finishing it! Don't ask how that happened!
Sunday was his actual birthday and we kept it pretty low key. We went to church and said farewell to my family, went home teaching, played games, had a simple dinner, ate some more cake and David chatted the night away with his dad.
He's another year older, not quite retired, but pretty happy with where he's at. David turning 25 seems like nothing compared to Dad turning 60! Now that's old!! Love you Dad :)
It was tough to think up things to do. I think it is safe to say that he enjoyed having a week to be spoiled and catered to. But now he's worried I will be expecting something great for my birthday. .. Of course not...but I wouldn't mind a bit!
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