Big 30th Birthday Celebration

When birthdays come and go as you get older, they seem to feel less important. My 30th birthday I couldn't decide if I was excited about it or dreading it. Well, as the day approached I got excited. I knew Mathew had some things up his sleeve.

Thursday Mathew kidnapped me from work at 3 pm. We headed home, packed, and then went south. Later we met up with his parents near Pearsonville. They kidnapped Will. At this point, honestly I was clueless. We arrived in Palm Springs, and my excitement rose significantly. This was where we had stayed for our honeymoon. I love this place. We first checked in, and then headed to the street fair. Afterwards, we headed to the grocery store. We rented "New Moon".  We had some wine, some ice cream, and watched the movie. Friday came and we got up slowly. We ate some cereal and went for a surprising Horseback Riding adventure in the desert of Palm Springs. We rode for an hour and then galavanted over to get a pedicure. It was Mat's first time. We both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We headed back to the condo where we had lunch, and more ice cream. I rested for a while so Mathew could get some work done. After some showers and dinner we headed to the outlet malls. We had a great time. Saturday we met up with Mat's mom in Ontario to pick up our son. While we waited, we got Starbucks. We both had Caramel Macchiatos and I had a chocolate cupcake with pink frosting....yuuuuummmm. We meandered over to Target and then Best Buy. We actually shopped for a washer and dryer. It was kind of fun. We ate at Applebee's when we met up with Mathew's mom....then headed to DISNEYLAND. We stayed at the Holiday Inn, right behind Disneyland with my mom & Vicky. Upon arriving to our hotel my mom & Vicky brought the most vibrant roses from their garden. They smelled up the whole room.Mmmmm. After checking in we headed to Downtown Disney for shopping and dinner. Dinner was had at the wonderful RAINFOREST CAFE. It was yummmmmy. Mia, Mats sister, came to visit us at the hotel too. We had early birthday cake...which I'll never reject. It was a nice visit. Saturday night Will decided he was going to keep us up all night with his screams. I'm nowhere near exaggerating. We woke up Sunday, exhausted.  We ended up ok, once we had breakfast and coffee.  We ate breakfast in Disneyland. It was quite tasty. Will slept nearly the entire time. It was a great day of rides and character greetings. We did more shopping too. If I'm with my mom, we're shopping. We also went to California Adventure to do Wine Tasting. Mat and I rode a roller coaster and Will slept. Somehow, though, everytime my mom and Will were left alone together he ended up with something new. A grandma's calling is to spoil. I see it more and more every day. Monday we woke up, had Tiramasu cake, opened presents (a purse, clothes, shampoo & conditioner, a 2 mug travel coffee maker, and so many other goodies), and headed back to Disneyland.

We ate at Rainforest Cafe for breakfast. We enjoyed a Mimosa and I ate these amazing Breakfast Sliders. Will slept 3.5 hours that morning. We had a great time with him until his scream fits immerged right before we were leaving. I don't know if it was so much "teething" as his protest/payback to us being away from him. We headed home, got Starbucks, and did some grocery shopping. It was nice to be home. Tuesday, though not my birthday any more, we celebrated with Mathew's family by going to Seasons. It was great to see them. They got me these beautiful flowers and amazing bracelet. Great-Grandma got me some yummy lotion. Everyone was soooo thoughtful. Overall it was the best birthday ever!!

**Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes and gifts. I feel so blessed.