More cake please!

We enjoyed more birthday celebrations this weekend! I love birthdays! Ben turned 28 on Saturday. Happy Birthday cutie-Ben! I have to admit that I am usually the lamest when it comes to buying fun presents or planning fun activities for Ben's birthdays - which is a real shame considering how above and beyond Ben will go for me on my special days. I tried really hard this year to plan better and put more thought into his birthday this time around. I got him the awesomest present (if I do say so myself... is awesomest a word? probably not) - Ben is now the proud owner of his very first grill. Now that we actually live in a house with a little patio space, we have space for one and Ben's been wanting one FOREVER! He was super excited about it (which made me feel good) and we grilled 3 times this weekend with his new manly toy (which made my tummy feel good). So, anyway, I surprised him with that on Friday afternoon and later that evening, after it got all assembled, he grilled up some pineapple and topped it with vanilla ice cream and caramel. Wo yummy!! On Saturday I made his favorite breakfast - eggs benedict (I don't make it as good as he does, but it turned out alright - it's the thought that counts right?). After breakfast, he got to open presents from the girls. Emma actually picked out her present and paid for it with her very own money (quarters and dimes from her piggy bank). She even wrapped it all herself and she did a pretty good job! :) Later in the morning we headed over to our new favorite store and Ben picked out some steaks and other stuff for his birthday dinner (see how well I planned that? I bought him a grill for his birthday and then he just can't wait to make his own celebratory dinner... I'm so sneaky... anything to get out of cooking!). In the afternoon I had a sitter come watch the kids while Ben and I got to go to a movie. We saw Leatherheads which was just okay. We both agreed that the music was fun and the acting was good, but the story was a little odd - I wasn't really sure what was going on some of the time and the ending was kind of abrupt and nothing was resolved really. Anyway, it was fun to get out nonetheless. That evening we had the Lee's over for dinner (which included grilled steaks of course!) and more grilled pineapple for desert! Earlier in the day we also had yummy cupcakes and Emma got to help in singing Happy Birthday to daddy. Becca was just super excited to get to eat cake again. On Sunday we had dinner at Ben's parents house and celebrated some more with cake yet again (I'm sure I've put on a few pounds this week!) - It's Ben Lee's birthday on Wednesday so this was in honor of him as well. The boys opened some presents and later I had to bid adieu to Ben as he left for Tucson. The last rotation of the school year is sadly 2 hours away. He'll be coming home on weekends, we assume. Ho hum. I always hate it when I'm without my Ben. At least we had a fun weekend!