Early Birthday

 

I had a birthday this past week.  Because Rick was going to be out of town he wanted to celebrate a little early.  On the 13th we had reservations at The Five Alls Restaurant for 5:30 and as we walked in I saw Brach standing there holding Rafe.  I thought to myself, "Wow!  Are Kendra and Brach eating here tonight too??   Then I saw Skylar and Sarah and I knew that they were there for me!  We three couples had a fun night eating good food and memories of mom:) 

It was a very pleasant surprise!  I feel really bad that I didn't think to take any pictures!

 

After dinner we drove to The Armstrong Mansion and stayed the night there.  The rooms there are named after the different months of the year.  We stayed in the June Bride:)  It was a beautiful room!

 

 

The next morning after a delicious breakfast in the dining room we did a little birthday shopping.  My (or should I say our) big purchase were new snorkel and fins sets.  We've had our sets for 21 years now and we knew it was time to replace them. (Skylar and Sarah are going to inherit them:) We are planning a big trip for our 25th anniversary in January so we want to be ready!!  Next, we went to The Shane company and Rick bought me a new bracelet.  It is just like the one that Skylar bought Sarah a few months ago.  It's beautiful and I haven't taken it off since:)  After that we stopped over to Jordan Landing and perused a little bit.  We got a quick lunch at Costa Vida and headed to the airport where I caught a plane to Vegas.  I left that afternoon to visit family and to hear my nephew report his mission.  Rick left for Alaska Monday morning and I left for Orlando with his sisters.  So now it has officially been eight days since I have seen my husband.  He won't be home until tomorrow night:(  This is the longest we have ever been seperated during our almost 25 years of marriage.

I. Don't. Like. It!