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Happy ____ Birthday to Kevin!

May 22nd, 2009

Kevin celebrated a very big birthday recently.  Let’s just say that his birthday was March 30th, with a big emphasis on the 30.  He was upset with me for not blogging about his birthday, but that was because I had big surprises for him on that day and didn’t get to take pictures of any of them.

The day before his birthday I took packages of black balloons to children’s choir with me so I could blow them up with some help.  I had 30 balloons, but nowhere to put them, really, because the containers I brought to hold said balloons were obviously too small and my car had too many car seats for them.  So my poor helpers took 2 trips to get the balloons to the car, but during the 2nd trip, they opened my back door and swarms of balloons came spilling over the edge and under the other cars around.  If you were in the church parking lot and heard a loud POP as you backed out, I’m sorry, that was my fault.

So, I/we blew up 30-ish black balloons and put them all over the house (which wasn’t hard because the kids had SO much fun taking them in every room.  And then later that week the kids enjoyed even more getting me to pop the balloons.  I have to admit it was pretty fun!).  I also made him a “30 things I love about you” calendar of sorts that he can reuse for each day.  I think his favorite thing I love is his hair, and on that card I wrote -”Bald man + goatee = HOT!”

My parents so graciously kept the kids for us while we went out to eat at Johnny Carino’s.  I got a drink “From the hot guys at the bar”, a.k.a. Kevin’s co-workers/friends.  (It was a virgin pina colada, heavy on the sugar.  Woo!)

And then we went to rent a movie at the $1 box at Kroger’s.  (Have you seen these?  Also Redbox does $1 rentals.  Much better than paying $5 at Blockbuster…)  He picked to watch “Eagle Eye”, which was really very good.  I’ve been a fan of Shia LeBeouf’s since he was on “Even Stevens” on the Disney Channel so many years ago.  (Don’t lie, you watched it too.)

For his “real” present, I told Kevin I wanted to take him out to eat at a fancy place.  But, like most birthdays, he ended up getting his own present.  This year I can’t complain, though, because it’s a gift that will keep on giving for years to come.

What is it?  A new house.  Yep.  We close and move in 2 weeks.  We’ll post pics when we actually own it.

Happy birthday, my love!  30 years down; I can’t wait for 30, 40, 50, 60 more with you!

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