birthday extravaganza

ok, maybe extravaganza is misleading, but i had a grand birthday with my husband. he wouldn't tell me anything and, because i like surprises, i didn't pry. the only thing he told me was to take kate to his grandma's house and to pack some diapers and pajamas. that sounded like a great plan! (although we both missed her and commented on it several times throughout our evening).when i got home from pleasant grove, i thought i'd have to wait for weston to get home from work - he was already there waiting for me! he gave me the best card (one he made ... always best when they're handmade if you ask me) :)this is probably the highlight of the birthday for me - it's exactly what i asked for. a couple of weeks ago he was asking for ideas for gifts and i gave the usual, "i don't know..." followed quickly by, "wait, i know exactly what i want - i want a love letter" this is exactly what i got in the card - best.present.ever ... as long as it's all true :) can you believe we've been together nearly 13 years?

next, we left the house and he said i had a specific budget of birthday money and we could go wherever i wanted. we could go shopping in salt lake, we could go to ikea, we could go to wendover, etc :) we headed north and ended up shopping for clothes, lots and lots of clothes. i actually ran out of time. here's the loot so far:i say so far because i still have about 1/3 of my budget to spend. can you believe the score i got?!?! pretty pumped.

we had to kind of rush dinner and ended up grabbing some great burgers at astro. they were delicious, as were the fries and shake :) weston apologized that we didn't have time for someplace nice but i told him i'd rather spend the time out with him than have a fancy dinner. i thought we had to get back to pick up kate, but he had one more surprise up his sleeve.

we had a prior engagement at 9:55 in american fork. he took me to see love happens with aaron eckhart and jennifer aniston. it was really good, i loved it.
but i pretty much love anything with my girl jen :)
thanks to weston for the best birthday! i love you :)

p.s.
thanks to everyone for the facebook messages, texts, and calls. you all made it so much fun :) and a big thanks to my mom and dad for surprising me (you guys totally got me!) and taking me out to a delicious lunch and helping with my crazy daughter :)