Our Friday plans got changed which was ok. The boys had a plan for something to do with Darryl Friday after work but they also got invited to a friends sleepover birthday party and they started to do some thinking. Then we were down to one car for part of the week which included Friday. The boys and I had the privilege to take Darryl to work on his birthday (so yes, we sang happy birthday at 4:00 AM in the car driving to Grand Rapids). Which meant we also had to pick him up! The boys got to thinking that their original plan might not work well on that day . .. and they REALLY wanted to go to their friends birthday on time. So in the end, we made it for the birthday party drop-off about 10 minutes late and then Darryl and I went out to dinner. I took him to his favorite Chinese Buffet where he ate his fill of Shrimp and Mushrooms. We then came home and both fought to stay awake until 9;30 HA!
Saturday Darryl and I planned for a day out.
After picking the kids up from their friends and dropping them off at home with the babysitter, we headed out for a fun day.
We started with lunch at :
Darryl has been waiting to get an amp so from lunch we headed to the music store where he finally got to get his amp! It's fun seeing him get a new "toy". Especially one that show cases his fabulous guitar talents
After that we headed to see a movie. It's another one of those things we love to do without kids because we can see non-animated movies :-) It's a movie that has been talked about a lot and we both wanted to see it. Ultimately it was a pretty good movie, but I can't really recommend it in good conscience :-)
Finally, we headed downtown to a place called:
We really had a great day being out together. We would do it more but, boy oh boy, paying a babysitter for that many hours is expensive (It will be nice to have my mom closer next year HA!)
The party was still going on Sunday! We enjoyed a quiet Sunday at home. Thanks to some nasty weather, we didn't even head out to church, which really, both of our kids needed to sleep - they were lacking sleep from Friday and Saturday. We had a wonderful brunch.
I made some of Darryl's favorites - Sausage Gravy and Biscuits and Fried Eggs.
Darryl spent a good part of his day playing with his new toy - his amp.
We spent the afternoon relaxing and then watching a movie together as a family (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) and laughed a lot.
Dinner was some of Darryl's favorite snacks - Shrimp Cocktail, Crescent wrapped Sausages, Bacon Bites, and Chili Cheese dip! Yum!
Finally we celebrated with Darryl's favorite cake - Carrot Cake and Cream Cheese Frosting.
And we gave him his presents.
Josh got him a coffee cup and a gift card to Starbucks.
Nate got him this Spongebob t-shirt and a gift card to Starbucks.
It was a really wonderful weekend celebrating Darryl! (And we are so thankful that the power never went out in the wind storm!)
