birfday week.......

If you know me, birthdays are a really big deal. 

And as they should be.

Last week was Jacob's 27th birthday.

 We celebrated 4 September birthdays with friends at Tucanos.

I only wish it was acceptable to wear sweatpants to dinner

because I had to be rolled out of there.

After an 1 1/2 hours of gluttonous eating, we had after-dinner game night.

Have you played Wipe Out on the Wii. Hilarious.

{This is how we look every game day. 

Just kidding. The girl who lives downstairs asked if I was going to game.
I responded, "What game?"}

Jacob's birthday landed on a Sunday which is kind of a bummer.

So we started celebrating on Saturday by riding our bikes up the canyon for a picnic.

(and by our, I mean bikes at my parent's house.)

It was beautiful weather. Not a cloud in the sky. Loved it.

In Primary we had class outside and had a mini party with cake-mix cookies.

So good. Seriously, kids were on their best behavior in weeks.

One of our kids said,

" Sister Benson, you should open a cookie shop."

I love compliments from 8-year-olds. 

After church we had dinner with my fam: steak and potatoes.

Jacob's favorite.

For dessert we had ice cream cake.

Jacob requested it but then recanted because he thought it would be too hard.

Well... I like a challenge.

So earlier in the week I snuck off and made Jacob his ice cream cake.

It turned out great, if I do say so myself.

 

 {the lighting is awful, but the taste was magical}

Happy birthday, my love. I am glad you were born!