Friday, January 28, 2011

Chad's Birthday, Part 1

Have I mentioned before how much I love celebrating my husband's birthday? I do! He is such a sweet man, and does so much for our family, I love having a day each year when we can celebrate just him. This year Chad's birthday was kind of a week long celebration, and we had a lot of fun as a family.

My sister-in-law Brenda's birthday is about a week before Chad's, so the weekend before his birthday my parents took us all out to dinner at Tepanyaki. We've never been there before, and it was so cool! I wish I had taken pictures. The boys loved watching the man cook the food in front of us, and the food was absolutely delicious. Then we came back to our house for cheesecake (Chad's favorite!) and ice cream.

On his actual birthday, the boys and I woke up and fixed Chad a big breakfast of cinnamon waffles, Tabasco-flavored sausages, and orange juice. We don't usually have big breakfasts around here, and since Chad loves breakfast we tried to make it a big deal. We were going to go tubing that day, but unfortunately Chad spent a big part of the day fixing our car (poor guy!) so we ended up doing that on Monday instead. He opened up his presents later that afternoon, but his big present he's still deciding on. He's getting a hiking/camping backpack that can also hold all of his camera gear, but he's still trying to decide which one he wants so I'm afraid it will have to be a belated gift!