Happy 30th!!!!

Happy 30th birthday to Shawn!! Yeah! Now he can't crack anymore "30-yr old" jokes in the house. He is always giving me a hard time because I am (slightly) older than him. Slightly. ; )

Well, what did we do today...LOTS! Shawn took his comp day today so we did all sorts of fun family things together. Again, the weather was gorgeous. It had been gloomy all weekend so I was needing this. I think the highlight of the day was Music in the Park in downtown Anchorage. I had never been, but on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays there is live music from noon to one in a small downtown park and I thought Nicholas would just love it. So I packed up a big lunch for us and we had our little picnic lunch with about 200 or more other people- tourists, families, workers, bums. I even managed to bring popsicles. They stayed slushy and we could still enjoy them. It just so happened that the musicians today were members of the USAF Band of the Pacific. How cool?!

We got there about fifteen minutes before the show was to start. Nicholas just wasn't sure what to think. But then once the music started playing he was so enthralled. He was identifying all the different instruments that the musicians were playing. He just loved it. Shawn and I loved it, too. Stella slept through most of the show.

gotta be quick- here's some more pictures...(I need to go get Stella)

The kids even danced to the music. It was so cute...Nicholas asked me, "Mommy, will you dance with me?" Oh I love that!! It was just such a perfect day for all.


Dinner was easy. Papa John's. Shawn's request. Then cake and ice cream. Nicholas helped me make the cake this morning after breakfast. Then I frosted it as soon as we got back.


Melissa, thanks for taking this picture!! We don't have many with all of us.
OK, gotta go NOW!! Enjoy.
Happy Birthday Shawn!!!!!