In case you didn't know...

my husband is pretty much amazing.

yep, he made pizza, bread sticks and a couple of loaves of bread tonight for dinner.

all by himself, all while I was taking a fabulous sunday nap.

love him.

He's baaaaaack!

Today is Tax Day!
NO more late/over night working hours!
LOTS more family time!

Mike and I celebrated...his choice, a night on the town!
He chose:

Red Lobster,
(complete with the upgraded strawberry colada)
a movie,
(Date Night - so funny!)
and dessert!
(tried the gelato place -ICK, chucked it, and went for the good stuff!)

And now he is snoring {quite loudly}!
Quite the end to another "season"!

Thanks for working so hard for us honey!
We love you!

Newest HSM3 cast member!

Par-tay!

Over the past 6 years, I have quickly learned that having 2 of your favorite people{Adi and Mike} share a birthday can make celebrating pretty tricky at times. I am a sucker for birthdays - I find nothing wrong with going to extremes to make sure the birthday girl/boy feels special at all times! So, this year when Adi asked early on "if she could have her birthday on the 19th instead of the 20th because she did NOT want to have a party with all of dad's friends" I {laughed} and then felt the pressure rise, not because I was worried about Adi's party but because I was reminded just what a BIG year this would be for Mike - he's turning 30! So, with the help of several great people {thanks again Chaddy,Steph, Angie, and Mom} the following party was planned! Never, ever, ever in my life did I think keeping it secret would be as hard/stressful nor did I realize just how nosey my cute hubby is...but in the end we succeeded!

At exactly 7:25, Mike was officially surprised! (see the clock - haha) We rented out a couple rooms at this really cool new place called Noah's - we had 2 raquet ball courts, a couple pool tables and Jeremy brought his wii (the hit of the night) and we just hung out/played/ate all night!

The "gift" part of the night was tons of fun! I asked everyone to bring 30 "things" for Mike! He got so many cool things...30 frozen burritos, 30 suckers, 30 pepsis, 30 quotes from the "other" Michael Scott, 2 daquiri mixes-14 cups-14 drink umbrellas, 30 bajio bucks, 30 pennies-nickles-dimes-quarters, 30 socks, 30 treats, 30 tax returns - complete with goodies inside, 30 mtn dews, 30 skittles/bugs and the funniest of all - my mom made Mike a book of 30 pictures - of her! Every gift was so thought out and showed Mikey just how much he is loved!

So, there was no Strawberry Shortcake Cake with Mike's name on it, no Care Bear cake without his name on it and there were no dolls/girly things to be opened at this birthday party...it was all just for Mike! Happy{almost} 30 years! We love you!

*Stay tuned for Adi's Rock Star Party update as soon as photoshop/blogger and I make-up and become friends again! urrrg

What a rack!

so...Mike left on Friday around noon to Nebraska with his dad, brothers and a couple family friends to go hunting. His flight home is not until Wednesday, so it was much to my surprise when this text came across my phone before 11am this morning! Neither him or David wasted any time waiting! {Mike had assured me that there was NO way he would shoot anything the first day - he was afraid of jumping the gun, killing something small and getting the wrath and ridicule of the seasoned hunters he was with}

The best part of this {for Mike}?

His was bigger than David's {so no teasing} and if it gets to be as COLD as is expected he will not have to sit in a tree for 12+ hours : )

Now, the best part of this {for me}?

He just might make it home sooner than later!

Way to go Mike!

{doesn't he look manly}

Goodbye J&K

Mike had his official LAST day of WORK today!

I took this picture as he headed out the door this morning...last day of work, last time to wear J&K on his shirt, last time to commute to SLC...

Randy took this pic at his ALMOST empty desk, after they took their last gas station drink run (pretty sure that's what Mike will miss most -hope his brothers like mid-morning Pepsi's), Mike will miss the friends he has made over the past few years but is really excited to get started on his own, should be a fun ride!

Good Luck Mikey!

A boy and his toy!

It has been a long couple of days....Mike has worked a few 15+ hour days in a row to meet all of the final tax dead lines, 3 straight days with the kids kinda gets me a little frazzled! But it is 10 o'clock, the kids are finally in bed, I just did a quick check of my email before we settle down for some serious DVR catch-up (we haven't seen Grey' s, Office, or Friday Night Lights yet - just to name a few) and I came down to find Mike doing this:

We made a quick trip to IKEA after dinner tonight, just as something to do - we didn't get much but as we passed the kid stuff I said to Mike "I always want to buy those trains but I talk myself out of it" He in turn grabbed them and put them in the stroller. I guess they really weren't "just for Luke" (as he told Adi at the store) I just didn't quite catch that he meant they were for him too!

Has anyone seen Mike?

Mike is gone hunting with his brothers this week.He tried on his new camo gear before he left - what do you think?

The best dad ever!

Friday night, my wonderful husband agreed {once again} to watch the kids while I went scrapbooking up in my old WVC stomping grounds! It was lots of fun - I got a lot of super-cute kits {thanks to my mom and the fabulous SBEtc. and its Simplicity} put together, which I am hoping to fill with pictures this week! The much funner (is this a word?) part of this night was had by the rest of the family though! Mike being the super cool dad that he is took them all to McDonalds after dinner for ice cream cones and a movie from the Red Box! Then after coming home to find a broken DVD player (several tears) they finally started this movie around 9pm. Luke fell asleep during the fire house dog movie but Adi stayed up for the duration and when it was finally over at 10:30pm - Adilynn and dad proceeded to the front porch with cookies and milk to look at the stars. The night ended with Adi telling Mike "you are the best dad ever!" and heading to bed -FINALLY!

(BTW - Mike is being held responsible for any and all ill behavior by our children for the next couple days!)