Adam got up early on his birthday (Saturday, February 28th) and played basketball. While he was gone I pulled out the crepe paper and balloons and decorated the dining room because I'm a Brown. It's what we do. It doesn't matter how old you are. Adam actually made the comment at one family birthday, "I love how your family always decorates for birthdays. It makes it so fun." Indeed it does, my love.
To make the day fun, I gave him one present every hour of his birthday. It made it suspenseful but also enjoyable because the presents lasted all day (instead of just some twenty minute party).
We went out to breakfast at the Original Pancake House. Yum. Really, there's nothing else to say but yum. They make the best pancakes in the city.
We stopped off at the folks house so they could give him a little gift (they got him a gift card to the Cheesecake Factory AND a piece of cheesecake he could eat right now... boy do they know how to make my husband happy).
Then I took him on a sneaky little adventure. I got him a Jamba Juice gift card (the 2:00 present) and we hopped in the car to go get it. But instead of going to the Jamba Juice near us I drove him to the one in the Wilkinson Center at BYU. It was fun to see him trying to figure out where we were going and then getting so confused, "I thought I knew, but now I have no idea at all." Really we were at BYU so he could pick out a watch (his big present since his died almost a year ago). It was fun. And he loved being on the campus he loves so much. Even driving through town he got so happy to see all the "Go Cougars" in all the windows (instead of all the Ute-ville we live in up here).
I got him an ice-cream cake for his birthday because he said he's always wanted one. It was GOOD. He was excited.
The next day we went over to his parents' house for dinner. They have a running joke with him when they give presents because he used to always wrap their presents very misleading and play pranks on them. So sure enough, his present wasn't REALLY his present but rather a brick, lots of ads, and a clue to where the real present was. He hammed it up great and made the whole family laugh (I love him so much). In the end they got him the thing he loves the very most: church books. They're all so kind. He is building up such a great collection.
His mom and sisters made him this awesome cake ("what kind of cake do you make for a seminary teacher?") that made him laugh. Seriously, I am always so impressed with this family's cake decorating skills! I'm really going to have to step it up so I fit in better. Wow.
We had a fun weekend celebrating together. Happy Birthday, Adam!
No need to step anything up Steph! You already fit in without trying! Oh, I love you guys!
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