We got up Saturday morning and went to Pipes (a little breakfast joint that we take the kids to every Saturday morning)... Then Granny and Gramps came and picked up the kids... We packed Siah and Hal's bikes in the back of the suburban so that they could take them on the river walk by their house... But really they were heading straight over to our friends Jim and Monique's house. It was great... He packed up the whole car and put sunscreen on the kids and everything!
THen Joey and I got to ready to meet Jim and Mo at their house for some "birthday fun." I told Joey that I couldn't tel him where we were going or what we were doing... but that it would take us a little while to drive there after we picked up Jim and Mo... So on the way to their house he insisted that we stop at Radio Shack and buy a cable for his ipod so that we could listen to music on the ride out to where ever we were going. So we stopped... little did he know that we weren't going ANYWHERE ! :)
Talking to everyone right after "the surprise"
The party was awesome but it was just the beginning... Jen, Joey's sister and our friend Alair spent the night with the kids and we got to go to the Hilton Torrey Pines for the night... Our friend Mary blessed us with a night away... Before we made it to the hotel we went to "Forever Fondue," a most delicious restaurant in La Jolla. You don't just go there to eat, you go there to have an experience! :) It took us almost two hours to get through all the courses... It was so fun talking about the party and the about the ladies next to us who were celebrating someones 50th birthday. Joey so hilariously observed that they were probably not a bunch of ladies from La Jolla or Del Mar... I won't tell you what he said but just know that it was stinkin hilarious!!!
Then we ended the night sleeping all night long without waking up to feed the baby... I can't even tell you how wonderful that was... I thought that I would have trouble sleeping because I constantly hear the kids in my head whether they are with me or not, but I must have been tired because I slept for eight hours straight!!!
It was one of the best days of my life! Thank you Lord for the sweet times of joy and celebration in our lives! I truly am blessed by all that you have put into my life!!!