Drew's 29th Birthday

Drew wanted to keep his birthday really low key this year, and for the most part we honored his wish. The night before his birthday he was in a tiny bit of a funk (very unlike him) about turning 29. He was just thinking he should have done something awesome by now. I assured him he really had done some pretty awesome things already (gone on a mission, married ME!, got a bachelors and masters, had two cute kids, got a good job, bought a house, etc...) and decided to try to make his birthday a special one.

- First I got up early and made him an omelet before he left. He said it was good, but I'm pretty sure it was the worst omelet ever made. Haha. Then I ran out and started his car to warm up for his drive to work while he ate.

- Later that morning I put a video of Darcy singing happy birthday to him on facebook.

- As a teenager his Aunt Daneen used to make him salsa on his birthday that is his favorite. I got her recipe from her and after Darcy's dance class we surprised him at work with some salsa and chips.

- As we left we put a candy bar and some homemade cards in his car for him to have another little surprise on his way home from work.

- We put a bunch of balloons up in the doorway, so he had to walk through them when he came in.

- That evening we went out to eat as a family and then came home and had some cinnamon roll cake and he opened his presents.

It was a fairly simple birthday, but after a few little surprises Drew was back to his chipper self and I think he did have a happy birthday after all. We love you Drew!

 Walking through the balloons. He actually enjoyed this more than I expected him to. :) He had to make an extra stop on the way home which I had forgotten about, so Darcy and I sat there on the steps forever waiting for him to come home so we could see him walk through the balloons and take a picture.

 Blowing out his candles. I think he will have to have 50 candles on his cake before he will have trouble blowing them all out. 

 For some reason Darcy thought it was so funny when Drew was shaking his presents to try to guess what was in them.

 Birthday kiss from Darcy, and some new shoes. 

 Drew knew about his presents, and I thought he needed at least one surprise, so we ran and got him a Seahawks shirt (Which we returned a few days later. Ha!).

Darcy took this picture so I had to include it.

Another picture by Darcy.

A few days after his birthday his big, and most exciting present came. His new wakeboard! And true to form, he chose the brightest one possible. Too bad he can't use it for months. But he will still enjoy looking at it until then. :)