Birth Week

Michael's birthday was last Saturday (April 5th). This was also the same weekend that we had General Conference for our church, and Saturday involved three sets of 2-hour sessions, so Saturday hooplah was mostly out of the question.

Plan B was to celebrate on Friday, but Friday night, my sister Elisabeth went through the temple for the first time and I'm the only sister who could be there, so we forwent (there's that word again) Michael's mission reunion and went to Salt Lake to be there for her. So, plan B of was also out of the question.

Plan C was to celebrate Thursday night. We were invited to a mystery dinner that night, so Birth Week was invented.

We decided to celebrate a little bit every day last week to sort of make up for the fact that no one day would really work for celebrating. Here's how it went:

Sunday: I let Michael open one present (he was VERY persistent in trying to get information out of me, so I caved). It was a car air freshener. I know, lame, but do I get extra points since it was named "Vanillaroma" and was made in Michael's mission? Also, we ate funfetti cake.

Monday: We ate more funfetti cake and opened another present. Also we studied for a statistics test, but to me, that part was not so celebratory.

Tuesday: We ate birthday dinner, which was tacos. Michael sure loves tacos. Also on this day, Michael scored a 100% on his statistics test. I very much did NOT get a 100% on that test. YAY MICHAEL!

Wednesday: Since Michael was "floating" at work, he was able to come home early and he actually surprised me with a BEAUTIFUL little bouquet of spring roses. These pictures don't do them justice, but WOW they were gorgeous. Michael also opened a card from his brother Ben.

Thursday: Michael opened packages from his mom and sister Stacy. He is now the proud owner of new ties, new movies, and lots of treats and snacks. What a happy boy! We also attended the mystery dinner with our friends. Turns out, I'm a murderer. Who knew? Not me!

Friday: We drove up to the Salt Lake temple to be with Elisabeth as she went through for the first time. Afterwards, we went over to Tyler's parents' house for dinner (which was Cafe Rio--Michael's favorite!) Unfortunately, tummy aches and tired eyes forced us to return home early, which in this case means earlier than everyone else; we got home at 11:00ish.

Saturday: We attended the morning session of General Conference at the Conference Center. Michael had never been before. We were there for the Solemn Assembly and the sustaining of not only the new president of the church, but a new apostle! Turns out we were actually on the Utah broadcast of Conference. My parents saw us on TV when they were watching at home. FUN! That afternoon we watched the next session of Conference with my parents, ate pizza for dinner, and Michael opened the rest of his presents--some new shirts, The Man Who Knew Too Little, Mambo cologne, and a new memory foam pillow. After the Priesthood session, we ate ice cream and watched Michael's movie "Carbon Dating: The Formative Years of Marvin D. Farnsworth."

Sunday: We ate a big breakfast (pumpkin muffins, almond poppyseed muffins, sausage, orange juice, and hash browns) and watched conference. We also went on a short walk, played a few rounds of speed Scrabble and And it Came To Pass, then ate a delicious dinner and had strawberry-topped cake for dessert.

What a fun birthweek!