Happy Birthday Brent!

Wow, it's been awhile since I blogged. Like I said, we started working on our basement and the computer situation has been a little weird. I'm back though, so...

Brent's Birthday
On the Saturday before Brent's birthday, Court and I planned a surprise fun day for the birthday boys. (Brad's birthday was Friday, Brent's Sunday.) I told Brent that we were doing something with Court and Brad, but Court didn't tell Brad. (I was really glad that Brent didn't spill the beans.) So, on Saturday, she and Brad get in the car and start driving towards the ferry, when Court turns towards our house and tells him that she has to pick something up from our house. Turns out it was us! :)

We took them to the Museum of Flight in Seattle. This was a good idea, we thought, because they could talk to each other about the planes and we could follow around. It was interesting and fun! Here are some pictures...

They have an old Air Force One and Concord that you can tour. This is Air Force One.

Here are the boys coming off the Concord. The weird thing about the Concord is that you spend all this money to go on it and the seats are small, it looks really uncomfortable and the windows are TINY. Well, they don't fly them anymore anyway, just funny observations.

Surprisingly, you can become an astronaut while at the museum. It's a little like space camp. :) Here's Court!

And Brent. It's really amazing, isn't it??

Quite a few years ago Brad started building model airplanes. This is a Geebee like one that he is either building or has built. (Sorry, I don't remember.)

Here's Brent with the kind of airplane that he is building...a Piper Cub. His doesn't look like this yet. It's still just a skeleton.

Another thing they let you do at the museum is teach you how to fly an airplane. Here is Brent getting ready to fly an SR-71. Pretty impressive, huh? Cue Top Gun music.

After the museum, we went to PF Changs. YUMMY! We love it there! Oh, and they are now taking reservations. Awesome! No 1 hour wait, only 5 minutes. Very good. And, another great thing is that it's next door to the Cheesecake Factory, so we got to take some yummy cheesecake home as well.

All in all, it was a really day! Thanks guys!!

Brent's actual Birthday

On Brent's birthday on Sunday, we had Stake Conference. Unfortunately, Brent had to go to a 6a meeting, so he didn't get to sleep in. Then we went to Stake Conference. It was on missionary work. Our Bishop is very focused on missionary work. We've had probably 10 baptisms in our ward since it was formed in June. Pretty cool!

When we got home, we made some yummy dinner and Ryan, Marcela and Reyes came down for dinner.

Reyes is getting a lot more mobile. She rolled herself up in her blanket. Cute little burrito baby!
I love her little vest. She is way more in style than I am!

I think she likes to roll, what do you think?

Ryan called me while Brent was in San Diego and asked what to get Brent. I told him to get Kosher Salt because of what I was giving him. Ryan was somewhat confused by this idea, but they did it anyway. Brent opened it first. I thought he would be so confused, but...he wasn't. He was just happy to have kosher salt.

This is the "sodium containment unit" that I got him for his birthday. It's just like Alton Brown's - Brent's favorite tv chef of Good Eats fame. You use kosher salt because it's the best for cooking. I don't remember why, but it is. Brent was excited.

Brent and Ryan both loved his card that my parents sent him. If you can't tell, it's Napoleon Dynamite. When you open it, it says (actually says), "You know like, numchuck skills, bow hunting skills, computer hacking skills." They loved it! (And, we learned that it keeps almost 2 year olds entertained when everyone else wants to eat.)

I made "Better Than Anything Cake" for dessert. Yummy! All in all it was a fun birthday! Thanks for all your well-wishes.

Have a good day!