Ben's 28th Birthday

On July 8th Ben turned 28! He's getting so old! ;) It was kind of a crazy day because my sister Laura was in town with her family, but I tried to make it as special as I could and we did some celebrating after Laura left.

I started the day by sending Ben a text. Unfortunately auto correct got a hold of it and it turned into this:

Oh how I laughed at his response! Then later, after lunch, he texted, "Lisa never showed :(". Ha ha! He keeps me laughing and I love it.

When he got home from work we had a few presents for him. Nayeli had helped me wrap them in the afternoon.

Unwrapping gifts. Teddy in motion, like always.

That night my friend Dennine had offered to watch the kids, so we went out to eat at McMenamin's, a restaurant that is famous here in the Portland area. We ate on the patio, then enjoyed music by a live band. It was an old-man band that was not so talented, but it took Ben back to the days when he used to listen to his dad play in a band and he loved it. So we stayed for a long time and chatted. Date night is good for the soul, you know?

 Birthday date. I love this man.

We celebrated as the week went on by taking Ben balloons and a Jamba Juice to his work at lunch time, then cooking his favorite dish (sweet and sour chicken) for Sunday night dinner. Our wonderful neighbors Pops and Anita also wanted to get in on the celebration, so Pops offered to make Ben a homemade ice cream cake. We went over there Sunday night to enjoy it.

 Ben and Pops. Pops loves to bake and brings us cookies every Monday. He is wonderful.

Overall it wasn't a very well celebrated birthday for Ben, but he didn't mind. It always at a crazy time of year so we just try to make it as special as possible. As it is, I love Ben and am so happy he's mine! Happy birthday to the best man I could have asked for!