Summer Birthdays 2014

We celebrated Todd's 30th this summer! About a week before the big day, I realized that his birthday had totally snuck up on me. And then I remembered that he was turning 30. Since the beginning of the year, I had been planning on doing something special for his 30th, but it had just slipped my mind the closer it got. I was suddenly feeling a little panicked--I toyed with a surprise party, big family party, etc., but I decided they weren't quite Todd's style. That's when I thought of doing a surprise overnight staycation with just the two of us!

Thanks to some help from Todd's best friend Bryce, I booked a room at Little American (Bryce works for the Grand) for the Friday before Todd's birthday.Todd's parents were so nice to agree to watch Lyla for us. The transmission on Todd's car had recently gone out, so Todd had been taking trax home from work. This worked into my plan perfectly because I told Todd that I had to run some errands at Fashion Place and could just pick him up after work that day.

When I pulled up to Epic to get Todd, I was trying not to let him see my big grin, but I was so excited to finally be able to pull the surprise--I had been dying to tell him all week! He noticed that Lyla was not in the back and asked if I had left her with my sister so that I could do some shopping by myself. I told him that she was with his parents and he was pretty confused. Then I told him that I had his bag packed and we were going away for the evening! He was so completely surprised and I loved it because he's not a big one for surprises. I loved that moment just watching him process it all and he was so excited and so was I!

We went to Red Rock for dinner and sat on the patio. It was such a great evening and we loved the food, and it was just so nice. That was our favorite part of the night. Later we checked into our hotel and then walked down to city creek to pick up some cheesecake to go. We caught a little water fountain/music show and it was a nice little time. We slept in in the morning and had breakfast at the coffee shop and then went to Farmington to pick up our girl. It was a great little getaway and I'm so glad that Andy and Julie made it happen! It was a blast doing something a little special for Todd's 30th and I'm glad that he seemed to enjoy his birthday.

The two of us at Red Rock

Lyla helping Daddy open his present on Todd's actual birthday

Lyla and Daddy on Todd's 30th birthday

We also celebrated my 26th birthday last month. We had a nice lowkey evening with dinner at the Cheesecake factory, followed by shopping for my birthday present. It was fun to celebrate and I officially feel old--how can it really be that I've been dating and driving for 10 years?

Before my birthday date

Really not sure what's going on here

My delicious cheesecake