He graciously woke up early with the children and devoted the entire day to our family and faith.
I love him for that.
He took the children out for donuts then went to the square to cheer for me at the finish line for the Bentonville half marathon.
We worked in our garden.
We watched general conference.
He "opened" his present from the children and I: a subscription to Netflix, the latest printed blog book (we're up to 2010), and he ordered himself a bike online.
I also got him a few silly, little things like the flavored milks from the new Harps, so we had a milk tasting party. You will notice that I forgot to take a picture until the milks were almost gone. They lasted about 24 hours in our house. Not kidding. The cotton candy milk tastes exactly like cotton candy, but without that sticky texture that feels like it is actually boring a cavity into your teeth as you chew it. win win. The other reason it is so delicious? It's whole milk...so basically it was like drinking a milkshake. The orange dreamsicle flavor was my fave. It was "reduced fat", so I'm assuming 2%...but it tasted like a melted orange dreamsicle in a glass. So good! For the first time in my life, I can say I LOVE milk. Sugar flavored and fattening, but milk, nonetheless. This is a huge thing for our marriage, as Aaron is constantly pushing disgusting milk on me, arguing that he will be a lonely old man when i die of osteoporosis. But the candy-milk is not milk at all. It's dessert in a glass. Aaron was in heaven and requested that we keep a gallon of at least one of these in the fridge at all times and just buy ourselves larger sized pants. Excellent idea Aaron.
On Sunday, we ate Meg McMuffins (fried egg, ham, cheese, english muffin), enjoyed more general conference while snacking on veggies and hummus, honey wheat pretzels and sliced gruyere, apples and fresh ground almond butter, made some plans our summer vacation/trip west, watched Soren rock back and forth on all fours and compared baby pictures of the children, played outside every second that conference wasn't on, and had Jimmie and Kasey over for steaks, potatoes, veggies, TJ Israeli couscous for his birthday dinner.
He requested an ice cream cake, so I made one with a cornflakes/butter crust, and a layer of softened vanilla ice cream mixed with pink lemonade concentrate. It was yummy! Corbin blew his candles out, because that's what Corbin does. When the candles were re-lit, Aaron only blew half of them out, and exclaimed, "I'm getting old!"
We don't mind one bit.
Like a good cheese, Aaron gets better with age.
Thanks for sharing your birthday with us, baby! We love you!
He picked up his new bike yesterday and gets a haircut tonight.
Not the fanciest of birthdays, but definitely a good one that was well deserved, because he is one really great guy.
He took the children out for donuts then went to the square to cheer for me at the finish line for the Bentonville half marathon.
We worked in our garden.
We watched general conference.
He "opened" his present from the children and I: a subscription to Netflix, the latest printed blog book (we're up to 2010), and he ordered himself a bike online.
His token "birthday picture.
I love about many things about it, the first being that he has a baby on his lap. On Aaron's day off, he is all about family time. He is an excellent dad and is a great example of spending quality time with our children.
The second thing I love is that he said, "Oh Soren, you're the luckiest baby ever to have milk on tap wherever you go. You're living the good life, little buddy." to our baby as he fed him a bottle. In case you didn't get the message of our party "theme", Aaron loves milk.
The third thing is that our rock star baby took a bottle no problemo after not having one for about 8 weeks. He is great, and I should pump more often.
Aaron mowed the back lawn in the afternoon, and spent the evening at the church watching the Priesthood session of conference, and caught up on march madness when he got home.
On Sunday, we ate Meg McMuffins (fried egg, ham, cheese, english muffin), enjoyed more general conference while snacking on veggies and hummus, honey wheat pretzels and sliced gruyere, apples and fresh ground almond butter, made some plans our summer vacation/trip west, watched Soren rock back and forth on all fours and compared baby pictures of the children, played outside every second that conference wasn't on, and had Jimmie and Kasey over for steaks, potatoes, veggies, TJ Israeli couscous for his birthday dinner.
He requested an ice cream cake, so I made one with a cornflakes/butter crust, and a layer of softened vanilla ice cream mixed with pink lemonade concentrate. It was yummy! Corbin blew his candles out, because that's what Corbin does. When the candles were re-lit, Aaron only blew half of them out, and exclaimed, "I'm getting old!"
We don't mind one bit.
Like a good cheese, Aaron gets better with age.
Thanks for sharing your birthday with us, baby! We love you!
He picked up his new bike yesterday and gets a haircut tonight.
Not the fanciest of birthdays, but definitely a good one that was well deserved, because he is one really great guy.
2 comments:
Happy birthday, Aaron! I love the milk tasting party, but, to be honest, I gagged a lot at the cotton candy one. I don't like milk. It's not that it's juice squeezed from a cow (actually, maybe it is), but the texture is always so unappealing.
It sounds like the perfect day for him and he sounds just wonderful. I love fathers who treasure their families and are intentional. You are a lucky lady, Meg.
Cotton candy milk?! ARe you kidding me?!! I think that alone merits a trip to Arkansas, and seeing you would of course be a bonus. :) Happy birthday Aaron!!
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