The Big 3-0!

Last night we celebrated Josh's 30th Birthday with some of our closest friends and family. I called everyone up and asked them to meet us at our fave Mexican food restaraunt at 6:30 sharp! My plan was for us to get there about 6:45 for the big surprise! But, the birthday boy did not cooperate, of course! He came in late from work and had to work on a tire. He was taking his sweet time getting ready and I was trying not to give away the surprise and rush him out the door. We finally made it at 7:10! I felt so bad for making everyone wait on us, but he really was surprised!

I spent two hours making his favorite cake from SCRATCH! Red Velvet Cake. The cake part was easy, and it went perfectly. So, when I started making the icing I was feeling very confident. I was feeling so confident that while I was supposed to be warming and stirring the mixture, I hung up a few clothes! The mixture got lumpy and the icing wound up not looking right, but everyone said it tasted good. I don't think I could have handled it if they had said otherwise :)


Here is Josh posing with his present from the kids and I. He has never owned a watch and has been wanting one for about a year. So I wanted to get him something really nice, a family heirloom that can be passed on for generations. I was really nervous about finding the perfect one, and I was so relieved that he LOVED it!

Some of our entertainment for the evening :) These kids are such a mess! Thanks everybody for coming to help us celebrate Josh's Birthday. He said it was the best one he has ever had!

"Daddy's at work?"

Josh has been working out of town for months! He leaves Monday morning and comes home Saturday night. This has been really difficult on me and the kids. Being pregnant and dealing with mornining sickness and being so tired all of the time has been really hard. But Josh has to go where the work is, and lately it has been 2-4 hours from home. Every morning Trey wakes up and says, "Daddy's at work?" It's so sad, they miss him a lot. So we have been making weekly trips to go see Daddy wherever he is. We usually go Tuesdays when they get out of Mother's Day Out and spend the night. This is a picture of our Sleeping Beauties at the hotel Josh was staying in while he was in Buffalo. So sweet! He should be coming home within the next few weeks and working some jobs closer to home this summer, we are so happy!