Birthday Weekend

Branson's birthday was on Monday (the 17th). Since he has to work late on Mondays I planned some festivities for the weekend. First up was a date for he and me for Friday night. Things being what they are, Brecken's not sleeping problem came to a head that day. I couldn't stand it anymore and decided to take him to the dr. friday afternoon after Brans got home. Surprisingly (not really) Brecken was in great physical health- just going through an I want to be held all night and day phase. Sadly, that pushed our date back and we didn't have time to go to Provo for dinner and the comedy show like I had planned. We ended up going to the Olive Garden instead and it was WONDERFUL. It was actually nice to just go and eat and take our time not having to hurry anywhere else. We even splurged and ordered our favorite Olive Garden appetizer: Smoked Mozzarella Fonduta. If you haven't had it I highly recommend it - it is cheesy goodness!

Sat. the fun continued when Brans sister Brittany and her husband and baby came to spend the night along with brans' little bro Taylor. His bro and sis that are in college in Provo came to play that night also. We had a blast playing spoons and eating cake!

Sunday was the official birthday party. All of Brans' brothers and sisters were able to make it! We had a fondue dinner and dessert, inspired by my good buddy Christa. It turned out great and a was a blast.

Aunt Sally brought some temp. tattoos back from Hawaii- they are so cool and Brecken loved them:

Here's some of the gang during presents. Caden has one of the presents up his shirt (homemade wrapping paper). Next to him is Dillon, Jonny, Brittany, and Mo.
Look how adorable- sally and little bro. Tay:

It was so hilarious having the present wrapped in Caden's shirt that everyone decided to do it like that too. They took their presents out of the gift bags and put them in Caden's shirt. He loved it! A little attention goes a long way:

Yummy, yummy. Here we are playing Mormon Bridge and eating our dessert fondues (chocolate & Caramel):

Brittany is dealing, Jonny stretching, Branson happy:

These last few pics are from Monday morning (Brans' actual birthday). We always do breakfast in bed- pancakes with ice cream on top. Brans had to get dressed already so he wouldn't be late to work. He had lots of help eating his breakfast.

He had lots of help opening his presents too:

Notice the very happy face Branson has here- he's opening a BYU shirt, his favorite:

Here he is with his loot. He said it was a great birthday!

And here is the finished product with Brecken's tattoos. He loves lifting his shirt to show everyone the turtle on this tummy!