Our friends came over to help us celebrate on Saturday.
I might have gotten a little carried away with the decorating and preparations.
But it's a big day, right? A birthday for both my sweet husband and our beautiful country!
I'm not sure how it stood up to the gooey goodness at the beach, but
it was quite good. Everyone ate in silence, which is generally a good sign.
After dinner we drove out to the hill country to where they sell the fireworks. They had a big grassy field out there that you could go to light off your fireworks.
Sitting out there, with the warm summer night, a soft cool breeze, my baby falling asleep in my lap (yes, falling asleep with the fireworks all around!), watching Kent help light off the fireworks he's been dying to use since we bought them three summers ago,
Maybe a little.
Maybe more than a little.
(You can't do big mortar-in the air-fireworks in Utah.)
We came back here after the fireworks for cake and ice cream.
For the birthday boy I baked a cake.
And now, the most awesome birthday present.
As you know, Kent already opened his big present of the year (the projector), and so although I didn't want to get him anything big,
I wanted to find something special for him.
If you know Kent, you know something about him. He likes root beer.
He really likes root beer.
The idea is for him to figure out which brands he likes best and why.
I got the idea from this blog post.
I knew he would like the cooler full of root beer, but I wasn't sure if he would actually go for the whole "five stars judging system" idea.
Happy, happy 25th birthday, my Love! I'm glad you were born!
9 comments:
sounds like a great birthday for Kent!
I love all the party decorations and the *awesome* flag cake. :) One year I gave Scott a cooler filled with fry sauce from our favorite local burger place. The rootbeer assortment was a great idea!
We also had our first experience with big mortar fireworks this year. They are legal to purchase in Washington, and well, let's just say we're glad we have friends who live way out in the country so we have a secluded place to set them off. ;)
BundAberg, huh, never heard of that one before. I'll be glad to take advantage of your taste-tested advice and stock up on the good kind, just let me know which ones the winners are.
by the way, I love the picture of Kent with the Saturn Missiles going off in the background, it looks awesome.
Fabulous birthday for Kent....love the banners and all the party goodness.
GREAT CAKE!
Happy Day to Kent.
it looks like an awesome birthday celebration you put on. I bet it was a great birthday, happy birthday kent.
what a great cake!
happy birthday kent! The cake turned out great!!
I LOVE that top picture!!!!!! ha! And Id love to see your fav rootbeer- we love LOVE rootbeer over here!!!! Actually, walgreens of all places has a SUPER yummy one!!!
Looks like a great birthday. Great decorations, great food and great friends. Happy belated birthday Kent
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