my 33rd birthday

it was such a perfect day!
from start to finish...

i got up and headed out for a long run...enjoyed the sweet company of my "running group" for most of it...then i ran to the field where rebekah's soccer practice was and met pat and the kids.

pat had asked me the night before what kind of bagel he could bring me for breakfast...to have at rebekah's soccer practice once i was done with my run. i told him that a bagel didn't sound great and jokingly said that i wanted my chocolate chip scones. he asked me to leave the recipe out.

he and the kids made them and brought them to me for breakfast!
and he did a GOOD job! YUM!!!

watching rebekah play...

she's the one in the yellow shirt

pat took the kids to the dollar store earlier this week to get me something for my birthday.
he let them each pick something out.

bailey picked out a bag of balloons so while i was running they blew them up and taped them all over the house. she was SO excited for me to see them all!

we spent the rest of the morning/afternoon in the yard...mowing, weeding, mulching
then pat and joshua went to his baseball practice.

i had an hour or so to go to target by myself....heaven!

then we all went out to dinner!
all 6 of us!
we hardly ever do that...it's just not how we want to spend our money these days...but it was such a special treat!

{it was root beer...}

me and my sweet kids...love them!

and he went above and beyond to make me feel so very special...love him!

we drove by the cheesecake factory on the way home to get a slice of cheesecake for dessert!

when we got home, they gave me their gifts...joshua gave me a cute container...

and rebekah got this cross...and painted it!

pat got me a running hat and running tank top {exactly what i asked for!}

it was so sweet how excited the kids were for my birthday...

i felt ohsoloved by all your sweet emails/cards/facebook comments/blog comments!
my mom did the SWEETEST post on her blog (just don't look at the "middle school" picture!)
THANK YOU!!!

singing "happy birthday"!


the kids headed to bed and pat and i had a nice evening eating cheesecake and watching a movie together.

now i'm "older" than pat for 16 days...it's a very long 16 days...