Playing and partying!

It is so hard to believe that it is Saturday already. We have had the most exhausting yet fun week! Its been exhausting because we have been busy playing with Ashley and the kids (our cousins) all week long AND while we were doing that we were busy planning Nate's SURPRISE 30th BIRTHDAY! (Being super sneaky is really TIRING!) Whenever we get together we play REALLY hard..its no wonder we are all so tired..especailly since we stayed up WAY too late every night chatting or watching the Olympics! O well....

Here are some pictures from the week:

We went to Roaring Springs, Discovery Center, MK Nature Center, Ivywild pool with friends, had lunch at a couple of different parks, and went up to Sandy Point Beach (the B-day location!)

I've been planning Nate's surprise birthday for a few weeks now and so having Ashley and the kids here really helped a lot! His actual birthday isn't until next week so I wanted to throw him off a little by having his party early. He thought we were going to have a little party NEXT weekend. Ashley and I even made some fake invitations for the pretend party! He was SO clueless! On Friday night I told Nate that I was going to take him out on a special date. Ashley said she would watch the boys for us. We didn't need to be up at Sandy Point until 6:30 so I had to waste some time until we could get up there. Nate was really hungry so I started off by taking him to Golden Spoon (YUM) for a quick treat to hold him off for awhile. After that we walked over to Deseret Book and I bought him a new set of scriptures. He has been wanting the bigger "old man" scriptures for quite awhile and so I thought it was a good birthday gift for him. After Deseret, I blindfolded him and started to drive in circles so he would get REALLY disoriented.

Meanwhile...Ashley was able to get ALL 6 of our kids in her car and headed up to the beach to meet us there. My parents brought up all the food that we had prepared and set up the tables. Friends and family decked out in their Hawaiian attire and were waiting for us to arrive. The whole way up he kept trying to guess where were were going. He thought we were going to McCall.....Eagle......maybe Garden Valley. He was WAY off! I walked him over and took his blindfold off......SURPRISE Nate!!

We played a funny true of false game about Nate and had a hula competition. It was nice to just hang out with friends and let the kids play together. It all came together just perfectly and it was exactly what I was hoping for!

It has been a GREAT week! Now its time for me to take a nap...............