just another birthday!

So...Richard has his birthday yesterday. He got out of bed after me, and when he got up and came to the bathroom where I was getting ready I told him happy birthday...and he replied, "Dang, I prayed that you would forget!"


For those of you who may not know, Richard turned a big old 3-0- yesterday and he was slightly depressed about it. SO...I took the liberty of making it as fun as possible.

We did go to St. George this weekend where we were able to go to Tuachan and see Les Miserables for his birthday on Saturday night. On Saturday morning he went golfing with his two brothers and his cousin. He had fun doing that! And we were able to watch the BYU football game, where they barely won by A POINT! And on Sunday afternoon we had a birthday party and all but one of his siblings was able to come (Jannette lives in Alaska). So he had a good birthday weekend in St. George and thought I was going to leave it alone yesterday...haha.... think again buddy!
So it started with a note on his car. Unfortunately I wasn't on it enough to get something going on at his work, but they did announce his birthday over the PA system! :)

My mom did stop by and stay at our house this last weekend when we were not there and she left a little present for Richard. She was proud of it.
She also gave him a card!

I came home a little early and decorated the front room (very little, and very lame):

So I decorated, and while doing this I made a cake...his favorite...yellow cake with chocolate frosting. I made the cake and put it in the refrigerator. I called him and asked him to stop and buy his favorite kind of ice cream since he was on his way home...truely it was not a diversion, it really was easier for him to stop and get it on his way home than for me to leave to get it.

So he got home and he went upstairs and found my present, which was a BYU tie...something he has wanted for a long time. Good thing he liked it! And this card was included:

We went out to dinner for his birthday. We went to Pizza Factory and realized what a rip off it is. Way too much money for "not worth it" food. But it was good, and nice to be out and be able to have a fun conversation over dinner without the TV blaring in the background! :)

All of our friends came over around 8:30 and enjoyed Richards favorite cake and ice cream. Yellow cake with chocolate frosting and cookies and cream ice cream. You like my big 30 made with...yup you guessed it...30 candles! Yeay for me!

And you can see that Richard is wearing his BYU tie!!!

Richard also got a great gift from Josh and Michelle. They brought him two bowls and two cups that say BYU on them. For BYU Saturdays! Richard got excited that he has nice HUGE cereal bowls now! Thanks Josh and Michelle.

And Natalie and Philip brought Richard a wonderful card...Elvis on the front, and on the inside it says Happy Birthday! But it is one of those sound cards, so in Elvis' voice it says, "Happy Birthday! Have a hunka hunka burnin' cake!" We were laughing pretty hard.

And after all was done, we visited for a while and then the party was over! We had a grand time! Happy Birthday Babe!