When we celebrate birthdays around here, we go all out and enjoy the entire day. Mark's 34th birthday is no exception. Amid the phone calls and cards and well wishes, here's a summary of our day:
What's better than owning your own business (so you can choose to not schedule patients first thing on your birthday) and sleeping in?Being greeted by a paper man craft wishing you a Happy Birthday!
And who can argue with breakfast in bed!Following breakfast, we had a leisurely morning. Mark scheduled a few patients during the day--late morning and early afternoon. Then we went out for a late lunch at our favorite new restaurant in town. You know it's bad when you feel like you're part of the family when you eat there (they love us) and they make comments like,
"Ah, so nice to see you again! We should get you special VIP card!"
They sang "Happy Birthday" to Mark and brought us dessert to share and they played "Happy Birthday" in English and Japanese over the loud speakers. We're also on the picture hall of fame, too. We love that place.
In the slideshow below, guess at what point we said, "Okay, one crazy face picture and then a nice one."
After lunch, we came home and enjoyed kicking back and snuggling on the couch watching TiVoed Olympics--great fun! Then, we opened presents--a DVD to complete our Star Wars collection (Thing 2 is SO thoughtful) and a Yoga Mat, exercise clothes, and 8 weeks of Yoga lessons together! Fun! Here are a few pictures from the present opening extravaganza!
We were still pretty full from lunch so we decided to have cake. For birthdays, we do whatever "cake" the birthday person wants--donuts, pie, whatever. We typically have donuts.
We were still pretty full from lunch so we decided to have cake. For birthdays, we do whatever "cake" the birthday person wants--donuts, pie, whatever. We typically have donuts.
And to add to the fun of the day, how about some half-price Lazer Tag Fun?! Okay!
Thanks for the monetary gifts, parents and in-laws, so we could enjoy
a day of fun with very little financial guilt! :P Plus, the kids cashed in their tickets for a
Whoopie Cushion and a Chinese Jump Rope. Yay for us!
My favorite pictures from Lazer Tag--love the facial expressions
(OMIGOSH-- SO. MUCH. FUN.):
Happy Birthday, Sweetie!
I love you!
Thanks for the monetary gifts, parents and in-laws, so we could enjoy
a day of fun with very little financial guilt! :P Plus, the kids cashed in their tickets for a
Whoopie Cushion and a Chinese Jump Rope. Yay for us!
My favorite pictures from Lazer Tag--love the facial expressions
(OMIGOSH-- SO. MUCH. FUN.):
Happy Birthday, Sweetie!
I love you!
10 comments:
Happy Birthday! Sounds like a really great day!
I'm dying over your "Warrior" pictures! I would not want to turn a corner in a dark alley and come across the lot of you like that! Scary! ;)
love the laser tag ones, awesome.
Haha...Max gives some good stinkeye's! He looks so much like a Foley it's crazy!
It was a lot of fun. Surprisingly, laser tag was more fun than I would have anticipated. Watching the kids go nuts was worth the price of admission.
Thanks for a great birthday, Little Miss!
Wow, sounds like a great day. Thirty four has been a pretty good year for me so far, hope it is for him too. Happy Birthday to Mark!
I loved paper man and his talk bubble. Clever. Glad you had a fun day.
I *love* those Laser Tag pictures!! Great facial expressions! And Laser Tag is SO SO SO fun! SO fun.
And I have to give credit to Kate for the paper man and his talk bubble. Very, very clever, she is. ;)
Happiest B-day! That Japanese looks soooo good. And lazer tag? Awesome.
Happy (Belated) Birthday, Mark!!! Hope it was a wonderful day!
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