It's true...I have the best husband in the world! As many of you know, my birthday was on Monday - the big 2-9, the last of my twenties - pretty big milestone. My mom told me this was the birthday that she just dreaded. But she also said she remembers like it was yesterday - she was out taking my brother and I for a walk -we were around 3 and 5 years old and she said that she was so upset about being 29. Just like me, she was a stay at home mom and was maybe feeling a bit overwhelmed with the kids and maybe not as successful as those out there with REAL jobs (ha!!) but the day she turned 29 she told herself, "I am a mom, and if that's what I'm going to be, then so be it - I am going to be the best mom in the world." And I have to say - she has lived up to that from the second she said it. She has raised three great kids if I do say so myself - all college graduates from K-State, 2 married and one engaged, and 4 (almost 5) grandkids. Way to go mom!
Ok, I digress....my title was props to my hubby - I guess I got sidetracked there for a bit...
Anyway - back to Monday...my day started with the usual shower at 6:15 before the kids wake up - Austin and Ashlyn began beckoning me around 6:45 (the usual). We played for awhile upstairs (they like to make me invisible breakfast and read stories before we get dressed). Around 8 am Shawn calls and says that his parents will be here around 3pm and to take care of the kids and that I was suppose to pack a bag and be ready to leave for the night! WHAT?!?!?! It took me quite awhile to get out of shock mode...Shawn has never done something like this before...I was soooo excited.
Around 9:30 myself and the kids headed over to Kim's house for Monday playgroup...and yet another surprise! When I got there, they all told me I was leaving at 10 to go to the salon for a pedicure and manicure for the morning! Are you kidding me???? And it was my usual 30 minute pedicure at the mall...no no no...my mom friends know how to do it up right! I got massaged, and paraffin waxed, and pampered all morning long. It was AWESOME!! Thanks to Callie, Emily, Kim and Laurie - YOU GUYS ROCK!!!
Back to Shawn again...we went out to the Legends for the night (big new shopping/restaurant area about 25 minutes from home) and had a nice dinner just the two of us, then we walked around the shops for awhile since it was sooo nice outside and then he took me to this amazing hotel! It was called the Chateau Avalon - it's a huge mansion where every room has a different theme. We were in the Hemingway room which had big huge furniture, a jacuzzi for two, a fireplace, and of course a huge flat screen to watch the ksu/ku basketball game on. We had the best time ever! Breakfast in bed, watched movies, just relaxed - what a great birthday! And thanks to Ed and Norma (Shawn's parents) for watching the kids for us - you're the best (I seem to say that a lot to them!)
The only problem with having such a great b-day this year is...I don't how we are going to top it next year - ha!
Below is a photo of the hotel we stayed at.
Thanks for the best birthday ever! I love you!!
Hope you are having the time of your life! I sure am!
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