To Celebrate

So on my actual birthday I took Grant and my parents to the zoo.  We visited the animals for a little while and then let Grant loose on the splash pad.  That cool water felt so good.  It's get'n hot here!  Then Keith and Grant and I went out to lunch and to pick up my free birthday Krispy Kreme donuts.  Yum!  That evening Grant had swimming lessons and then we picked up Keith from school around 9 and went for some Yodipity Yogurt.  Yum, again!  It was a lovely day.

For my weekend celebration we went to see Les Miserable.  We didn't read our playbills before it started so we were pretty lost on what was happening in the story, but it was well done.  Have you ever seen it? We won't be seeing it again.  Even though it was well done, we just say "it was interesting, and not what we expected."  But we had fun going to dinner before the show and then we went to this nice hotel in Scottsdale.  We thought we were going to a different hotel in the area, but we were very pleased with this hotel and will definitely be going back, hopefully soon.  :)  I highly recommend it if you live here and want a close getaway.  We enjoyed relaxing, having a leisurely breakfast on our patio, swimming and soaking up some sun, and doing some shopping.  My sweet sis-in-law had Grant over for the night.  He had so much fun being around some cousins for a couple days and then he crashed hard when we got home.

Tonight we had Keith's parents and his sister over for dinner.  So I decided that I needed a birthday cake.  I made one of my favorites and we all had a nice time.  Grant has a fascination with birthday cakes.  He was so excited when Keith came out with the candles all lit.

Probably the best part of this birthday week was that my youngest sister had her BEAUTIFUL baby girl the day before my birthday.  I can't wait to meet her in a couple months!

So far 30 isn't so bad.  The thought of it is still crazy to me though.

So excited for the cake

Smile!

Grant with "Michael," the orangutan, at the zoo