Matt was away on business for my actual birthday on Tuesday, so my parents came over & bought lunch for us and the kids, it was so nice! We got tasty cakes & they sang happy birthday to me. The kids and I spent the rest of the day hanging out until about 5:00 when my aunt called to have me come outside... I should have known. Birthday parade with all of my family. It was so funny... they are the cutest. After that, the boys and I went inside and made personal pizzas. They love making their own, so whenever Matt goes away, we always make little pizzas just for something fun to do for dinner. Arie enjoyed a trayful of leftover cheese. That boy would eat anything if I let him! Matt got home around 8, and we all just hung out on the couch until bed time. It was a perfect day.
This weekend was so much fun too! Friday we celebrated my birthday at my parents house with my sister & her family & my brother & his family. We went over a little earlier to swim & just hang out until supper. My mom is the best cook. She made buffalo chicken pizza & for dessert my absolute favorite peanut butter cookie pie (I don't know the real name), but it is AMAZING. She has been making that as my "birthday cake" ever since I can remember... I'm not a huge cake person, so this is my go to! I'll have to get the exact recipe from her so I can make it & share it with you guys :) Such a fun night with my favorite people!!
Saturday, we woke up & I made breakfast for the family. I made an apple cinnamon roll bake.... it was pretty good & super easy, so win/win. After we finished up breakfast, we met my brother, SIL & our nephew at the park! The kids had so much fun running around & playing. We headed out around noon & went to our local ice cream shop to get ice cream for lunch... the boys favorite!! Brendan and Sarah had a party to go to later that day so they headed home & Matt and I decided to take the kids for a long drive! That's one of our favorite things to do. All of the kids fell asleep, so we just drove until they woke up. We came home, ordered out at our favorite restaurant MYST, & ended the night playing cards on the front porch. It was a perfect day.
Sunday we packed up lunch & went to Boulder Field! It's a huge field with huge boulders (obviously....lol). The boys loved it & just hopped from rock to rock. I basically stood on one rock because there were a ton of spiders & all I could think about were snakes. HA! They kids enjoyed it though!! We ate our lunch out of the trunk & eventually headed back home to relax for the rest of the day. I made really good ground chicken burgers for supper with sweet potato fries! Definitely going to be a family favorite from now on! We watched a movie up ( The Healer on Netflix) in bed with all of the kids & all passed out by 10.
It was a great weekend..I feel like not one minute was wasted... those are the best kinds of weekends. I hope you all enjoyed yours too!! xoxo
-Erin
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