Weekending: A Happy Birthday Surprise

Well, we actually pulled off a surprise party for Daddy! And he never suspected! We had a surprise dinner for him at the Gondolier in Athens featuring balloons, gift cards, pizza, spaghetti, cake balls, Gigis cupcakes & a little munchkin! We were so happy that we surprised him, he never suspected, and it went so smoothly! Kourt & Brian did a GREAT job with the decorations & Mama did a GREAT job with the excuse to get him there (the aides at school were eating Gondolier pizza yesterday & it made her crave it; even threw him off by saying she wished they had eaten at Western Sizzlin after they left a retirement party there). It was so fun! I'm so happy we got to do it!

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday!

[The title of this post is actual the Happy Birthday jingle from the local news station that we like to sing along to.]

Today was the big three-one for this guy:

I love him.  What a guy.  He is smart, funny, handsome and sweet.  He has been a combination nurse + drill sergeant.  I love the beard. If the back mishap hadn’t occurred, we would be livin’ it up in Orange Beach today.  Unfortunately, he took his “vacation” a few weeks ago and helped me recover from surgery.  But he hasn’t complained the first time.

Tonight, to celebrate, we went to Red Lobster for the endless shrimp, where this picture was taken.  It’s not Papa Rocco’s or The Original Oyster House, but it will do.  I think he will let me make it up to him.

Happy Birthday, Brent!!!! 

Thirty-One

“Let there be thanksgiving” –Ephesians 5:4

The Last Week of My 31st Year

The Big Three – Oh

Whoop whoop!  Happy birthday to me!!!

I woke up to this:

Cake BEFORE 6 A.M.???!!!  Oh yes, we did.

This is Oscar’s post every single morning, for as long as we have had him:

Brent (A.K.A. Best Husband Ever) is #1 at picking out gifts.  That’s why I got a new lens for my Canon camera….an EFS 60 mm ultrasonic macro lens.  Love it.  I totally have not read the instructions, but we have taken several pictures so far.  Brent has taken the best, definitely.

 

I LOVE this one of Brent shaving:

Brent’s:   Milly, by me: 

And then there was a birthday dinner at Hokkaido, complete with hibachi, an awkward Chinese (?) hat, drums, singing, and a cookie cake.

This is what humiliation looks like:

{I’m pretty sure that woman behind me is thinking: “Her butt is way too big to be eating that cookie.”  Ha!}

But the cookie cake (supplied by Brent) was really good!!! The whole gang was present, which was very sweet of everyone.  It took forever to get tables to hold all of us.

My favorite b-day card:

 

Birthday flowers!

Perfect b-day!  Second best after my 23rd, which was the day after we got married.  One of my friends even printed and framed some of the pictures I took in TN that I had posted on Facebook…so sweet.

Brent wins husband of the year and now I must start thinking about how I can top today for his birthday in September!

Update!

It has been so long since I updated the blog! I really need to do a better job with this! Highlights from the past few months:
Our trip to Orange Beach, AL (which was a great and much-needed vacation!):







Brent's 29th birthday (Sept. 19)-- surprise dinner with friends at Los Calientes:



And this pictures sums up what the pugs have been up to this summer:


So cute!