Chester turns 34!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST CHESTER EVER!!!

How is it that moms and dads always get "help" opening their presents?

Mads gave Chester a new pair of ski socks to keep his old dogs warm!

Rulon is more of an accessory kind of gifter...

A new Red Sox Phiten necklace was in order!!

Just looking out for your chi daddo.

Chester is such a good husband and dad, he put up with me changing his birthday and Christmas this year. In order to spent the holidays in St. George with some of my family AND have our little family all in the same place for opening gifts together, we ended up celebrating Chester's birthday on the 27th and Christmas on the 28th.  I know it wasn't how it "should" have been but it was our own kind of perfect, thanks Chesty!

Mads turns 3!!

All morning it was Rulon who was begging to get the presents out for Mads to open... Mads didn't seem to mind waiting for Chester to come home. However, once the presents were visible and Mads got his hands on them it was a frenzy of torn paper and squeals of 3 year old joy!!
Buzz Lightyear cheated and started "talking" whilt still all wrapped up. Mads must have grabbed the gift on one of the buttons - so Mads' eyes got really big and he said, "It's Buzz inside!"

BIG thanks to grandma & grandpa for the awesome tracks to go with the new trains Mads got. The boys played trains together aaaaall afternoon.

And the birthday cake matched the new Buzz toy, or as close as Julie could manage anyway. Rulon was concerned that Julie was doing it all wrong (thanks buddy) but approved of the final product (whew). Mads is never a tough crowd, he LOVED it and asked to eat the shoes first.

What a great birthday for a great little boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chester turns 33!

I managed one photo from Chester's 33rd birthday... which is a shame because it was a great birthday!! Thanks to Melissa being amazing and undaunted by my asking her to take the boys overnight despite having Dan's family in town for the holidays, I got to sneakily kidnap Chester to SLC for the day and night!! We stayedin Salt Lake and went window shopping then to dinner at Tucanos (gotta love the free Bday meal coupon), then to a movie, then to our hotel before it was even late enough for me to be a tired pregnant lady. The next morning was our complimentary breakfast at the Copper(something) restaurant and off to get the boys from Melissa's house. Happy birthday my husand, it may not have been a Bosch but what would Chester want with a Bosch anyway!!