The BIG 3-0

I turned 30 on Friday the 13th, which I originally thought was a bad omen, but Brandon made sure that I had an absolute fabulous birthday. He wanted me to celebrate all week long, so the first day he had 30 roses delivered to the house.On Wednesday, he had 30 balloons sent.
Then, on my actual birthday, he took us for an hour long couples' massage, followed by lunch at Cafe Rio, and then a movie. After that, he was acting a little funny and was trying to think of things for us to do so that we wouldn't have to go home. And this was all because he and Kimm had planned a surprise party. Here are the girls practicing hiding in under the table before I got there.
My wonderful husband had Kimm blow up this hideous picture of me from Halloween and plastered it all over my house.
Here are the cute girls hiding under the table before I came home.

SURPRISE!!!

Molly, Karen, Angela.
Jason, Kevin & Amanda, Brandon, Sam.
Me, Dianne, Katie, Jana.
Brandon gave me a present that we have been wanting since we got married, and I just saw it hanging up--it is the Greg Olson picture of Oh Jerusalem.
Crying kissing face--not so pretty. Ya, I cried in front of all my friends.
Blowing out the candles. Thank goodness there was just a 3 and a 0 because I almost didn't even blow those out!
And here is my favorite present that I got myself. I saw these in Tai Pan and immediately thought of my three girls.
Thank you all for making my scary birthday into a birthday that I will never forget!

A little slow, but Happy Halloween!

For Halloween this year, we had soup in cute little pumpkin bread bowls for dinner. At least it was something healthy before all the sugar!
Samantha wanted to be Tinkerbell and Amy wanted to be a kitty...which were costumes I already had, so that made me very happy!
And Hallie got to be a pumpkin that has been passed down from her 2 sisters.
Cute little girls.
The family. These weren't the original costumes for Brandon and I. Some of you may have been fortunate (or unfortunate) enough to witness them on facebook! Scrubs were way more comfy and easy to walk around in. And you can't see it, but I put a nametag on Brandon's scrubs that said McSteamy.
Sharing candy w/ daddy.

Hallie found a sucker and was in HEAVEN. She knew we were holding out on her!
Samantha's friend, Adam, happened to be dressed up as Peter Pan, so they were perfect together!After trick-or-treating, we hung out at Kevin & Amanda's for a little bit to get warm and check out the loot. Then it was home for hot chocolate and doughnuts.
The cutest pumpkin ever.


Happy Halloween!