Kyle's Birthday:)

Well, last Wednesday was Kyle's 23rd birthday:) He sort of got an extended birthday this year:) On Tuesday, we went out to BJ's for dinner, and thoroughly enjoyed dinner and a pazooki:) (If anyone doesn't know what a pazooki is, they're missing out on one of life's greatest joys;). On Wednesday Kyle got woken up by a birthday card, and got a specially made breakfast that actually took some effort to fix, as opposed to the typical fried or scrambled eggs, and he seemed to enjoy it. Unfortunately, birthdays aren't excuses to skip school or work, so he still had to go about most of his normal day. After I dropped him off, I went and hung out at the fraternity house and the UCLA store until he got out of class. Then I met up with him on his lunch break:) I took him to work, then headed for home. While he was at work, I got all "cutesied up" in a springy dress, then went to pick him up. The rest of the evening was hardly the dream birthday of a 23-year-old married man, lol. Traffic was lousy, so it took awhile to get home. When we got home, we were both really hungry, so he opted for leftovers instead of waiting for dinner to be cooked. Then we watched 'Enchanted' (y'know, the latest Disney princess movie..?). When the movie was over around 10:00pm, we were both really tired, and went straight to sleep...well, in the sense that a group of 3rd grade girls at a sleepover "go to sleep"...we actually stayed up talking and laughing for another 45 minutes or so. But after that we fell asleep. It must have been the girliest birthday either of us have experienced, but we both had fun:) Apparently Kyle was in a "let's do whatever" type mood, and a princess movie just happened to be our next NetFlix rental, lol, so we watched it! It was a really good movie though, and we both enjoyed it:) Anyway, on Friday, we had planned a lovely hike up in the San Gabriel Mountains. The trail followed a creek, and was up in the foresty part of the mountains. Unfortunately, it was POURING rain up in the mountains on Friday. It was sprinkling down in LA, but we figured we'd actually enjoy hiking in the cool overcast, slightly drizzly weather. But by the time we got to the trailhead, the drizzle had developed into a heavy downpour:-\ At this point, we were just about at the top of the mountains, so rather than turn around and go back, we just continued over the mountain, and took the scenic route down to Lancaster:) We ate our picnic lunch in the car, took a few pictures through the car windows, and continued on. It was actually a really pleasant drive, and we both enjoyed it.
We had a nice weekend in Lancaster, and celebrated Kyle's birthday with both families:) Kyle got to go to the driving range for a bit of golf practice with his dad, and they played a game of pool:) (who won??) We ate pizza and played Cranium and watched a movie with his parents, and he opened several great gifts from them:) His mom made Rocky Road (not the ice cream, but something SO much better;), and of course we enjoyed that! We went out for dinner and ate Ben&Jerry's ice cream with my parents, and Kyle got a few more neat presents from them:) It was a really fun weekend, and...oh! and yes, I got him something for his birthday too. But I bought the wrong kind of See's candies:( During a "we're broke, why are we window shopping?" trip, I'd told Kyle, that he'd get a box of his favorite See's chocolates (which we were drooling over at the See's store) for his birthday, and then I bought the wrong kind:( Guess I'll just have to go get the right kind when these ones are gone, huh?;) Anyway, Kyle had a good birthday, and is now looking forward to his up-coming graduation! (Maybe that'll be my excuse for buying more See's chocolates, to get the right kind;)