Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The big 2-8!

Let the festivities begin!
Sunday was Dean's birthday and it was sort of a drawn out celebration.  First, we went out to shabu shabu (hot pot fondue style Japanese food) with Lacey and Bille.  It was a few weeks before Dean's birthday but Lacey is stuck out of town for an extended time for work, so we decided to get the party started a little early!  Dinner was great and Dean got some sweet shoes to boot! :)  Pun definitely intended.  Then, the Friday before the big day Dean's family came up and after a failed attempt at a Spring Training game, we went out for some steak- muy bueno as they say.  My fam came up the next day for a little while and we watched the heartbreaking UofA loss to UConn at an ASU sports bar of all places.  My Dad also volunteered for some manual labor in the yard so Dean wouldn't have to do it when he got home.  Finally the big day arrived!  It was actually a pretty low key celebration but we did eat Dean's request of meatloaf, broccoli, mashed potatoes and cherry pie with coconut milk ice cream for dessert.  Bille and Logyhn came bearing gifts from the rest of the fam.  We are so glad they live so close to us!  I am so glad Dean was born and that I was lucky enough to find him.  He is the love of my life and one stupendo guy!!

We had a juice bar in honor of Dean, and we had sunflowers
because they were the manliest option available! 
All four of the boys!

1 comment:

Kate said...

Yay for Sardean. We're glad he was born, too.

I'm pretty sure Dave said several times that weekend, "Dean's birthday is this weekend." Whether he ever called, I don't know, but he was definitely thinking of his clothes-sharing cuddle buddy. And even I had a misty-eyed flashback to accidentally holding Dean's hand. (Okay, maybe not so misty-eyed, though I still agree, Dean is stupendous.)