My Birthday Weekend

Let me begin by saying... I love my Birthday, always have, always will. And I loved that it carried out over an entire weekend. I was a little sad at first because Jon had to work on my Birthday but then that turned out better than I thought too, just keep reading.

I ended up taking Friday off before Labor day as my "Labor day" so that we could have a day to spend together. That was one of the funnest days we've had in a while because we were together the entire day....which never happens unless one of us takes the day off. It was divine. We got up and went for a little hike around Big Springs. We kept Aspen on the leash for a bit and then let her off and she was SO GOOD! This is really what we've always wanted to do with her. She played in the water (which you can see a video of at the end of this post), ran through the brush and came back to us every time we called her, it was so great! Then we got home and bathed her outside (why we waited until the end of the summer to start doing it outside was our mistake because it was so much easier than the tub). Then we went to the pool, worked on cutting out the closet organizer (see previous post) and got ready to go out to dinner. I love getting dressed up and going out to dinner... Jon even put on cologne (I was in heaven). Birthday dinner was at Outback where we had a great waitress who gave us free desert because she liked us and then we came home and watched a movie. My life was complete that night.

Sunday (my actual Birthday) I took Aspen out in the morning and found my car filled with balloons, decorations and presents! I thought Jon had done it, but when I opened the door and read the note it was from Kristen and Nate! SO SWEET!!

The bag was filled with Gluten Free goodness and Cherry 7-Up!! I could not have been more excited. They came down from Lehi before church and did it, wasn't that so sweet. It was the best start of my day.

Jon got me a GF cupcake from The Sweet Tooth Fairy and spoiled me with two really awesome presents. He is a very good gift giver, he surprises me with things that I wouldn't buy myself but really want. He's the best:)

Don't you love the decorations?

This was my excitement about my very own pink ipod!! I've never had my own and I was very excited. The paper are the shipping details, telling me it was coming. I absolutely love it!

This was the sweet package from Thayne and Craig, you guys are the best! Thank you!

On Sunday, I had planned on going to Emilie and Jake Cahoon's house for dinner, which was very sweet of them. Right before I was about to leave, Jon came home from work and said, "I'm home." I replied, "For good?" and he said, "yep!"

I couldn't believe it, his Sergeant let him off early because he told him it was my Birthday!! I was soooooo happy! So we went together to Jake and Emilie's for dinner where Kristen and Nate were too. It was such a fun evening, I wish I had taken a picture of the three couples together. It was a perfect day!

When I got to work on Monday morning, my sweet girls from work had this on my office door.

Another very fun surprise.

It was a great weekend!