RECAP: My 38th Birthday

I awoke on Monday morning to a house already bustling with before-school activities.  My kids know me well enough by now to know that I DON'T want to start of my Birthday or Mother's Day with a surprise 6:30 AM breakfast in bed. The way to my heart is sleeping in.

I hopped out of bed and grabbed our Blue Tooth speaker, set it up in the front room and blasted my birthday song at full volume while the entire family danced!  It was pretty much the greatest birthday beginning of all time and I am now going to do it every single year.

Matt had taken the day off of work and once we got the redheads to school we packed up the other kids and dropped them at my in laws for a few hours so Matt and I could have a fun birthday get-away to SLC.  Before we left town (around 10:30 am) we got a call from the elementary school. It was Evangeline, telling me she needed a permission slip for school today.  I ran home and grabbed it and headed to the school.  When I dropped it in her classroom, her teacher pulled me aside and said Eva had been quiet all morning and was crying.  I pulled Eves into the hallway and asked her what was wrong. She started sobbing and said her stomach hurt and her "bum".  She has Urinary Reflux and it was rearing its ugly head.

We ended up checking her out of school and taking her to my in-laws after making a Doctor's appt for her at 2:45 pm later that day.  We stopped by the Urgent Care, where she had been seen twice this month for the same problem, and picked up the records from those visits.  Finally we were off!

Our first stop in SLC was to Sur La Table to buy my big birthday gift, a 12" pedestal cake plate.  It's gorgeous, by the way!  We took some time to browse the store and had a great time.  yes, these are the things which thrill me.

Next stop was lunch at Pizzeria Limone where I got the best pizza ever.  Garlic and olive oil topped with cheese, tomatoes, onions, fresh basil. and balsamic reduction. If you know me you know I hate raw tomatoes, but on this pizza they are soooo good!

After lunch we headed to Eva's Bakery for dessert. I got a truly divine Lemon Maeringue Tart and some colorful Macarons.

Oh, macarons. So pretty, but so...meh. You trick me every time with your trendiness, making me believe you taste better than you do.

We got back to Layton at 2:00 and picked up the kids.  I took Evangeline to her appointment.  I told her to give me the "I'm Dying" face for this photo in the waiting room and she nailed it.

We went back to our house for baby naps and to wait for Ella to return from school. We went shopping at Hobby Lobby so the kids could get me gifts and I could buy a large off set cake spatula. Yep, I'm a nerd. That evening we headed to Little Taste of Britain for a perfect dinner of British-style Fish and Chips. I also picked up some Bird's Custard powder from the small store on my way out. Yum!

That evening we met our brother and sister in law and their kids at Nielsen's Frozen Custard in Bountiful for dessert. The doctor visit left no time to make a birthday cake, but this was even better!

I fell asleep early that night since it had been such a crazy day! I got phone calls and videos and Facebook love from so many friends and family. It was a truly great birthday.