39

Friday July 17th, Eric turned 39 years young! If you have been following our blog, you know that on your birthday, you get to choose what you want to do for the day, and what you want to eat for all meals.

I was really hoping Eric would want to spend the day at the Nordstrom anniversary sale, but if you read our blog, you will also know that would be a day of torture for Eric and not something he would choose to do, ha!

We started out our day by having breakfast burritos in the morning. Eric was able to do a few things in the yard (his version of good times, like me shopping at Nordstrom) before it became too hot. It was in the upper 90's on his bday.

We picked up Chloe around noon and Ericdecided on a Mexican food for lunch, yum! He chose Los Arcos, one of our favorite spots. Chloe had no idea we were going there, but sure dressed appropriate. Look at her shirt. It cracked me up. (Incase you can't fully see it, it says "H" is for Hola)

Eric ordered his favorite dish. Camarones a mojo de a-ho. Ya, I know my Espanol isn't up to par, but I can at least say the name of the dish he ordered, even if I can't spell it. And for those of you worse off than me, that is Shrimp with garlic in English.
After a yummy lunch we came back to our house. The boys took a nap and the girls went shopping. Now, that's more like it, lol.

After naps, we played wii and then had a nice lasagna dinner (Eric's usual birthday dinner). Delicious. Eric had decided that this year he wanted ice cream instead of cake for his birthday dessert, which was fine by me. It was much easier to purchase a couple of different flavors of ice cream (cookie dough and oreo) than to bake. Here he is blowing out his "39!"


Tyler gave his Dad a camelbak water bottle for his birthday. Out of all the things, that is what T decided to get him....in ocean blue of course.

Chloe opted for a mug. She has this thing about giving her Dad mugs, which has become pretty predictable over the years...surprise!

Eric had his eye on a new GPS for quite some time. I broke down and bought it for him this year. It's one of those text to speech ones. It seems pretty fancy...So far, he's pretty much loving it.

Around 7 o'clock is started to cool down enough so that it was tolerable to be outside. Hello swim suits and blow up pool. Miss Chloe showing her picture perfect smile :)

And Tyler doing the same...

A regular couple of cutie pies...

Eric turned on the sprinkler to water the grass and it was getting in the pool. Chloe decided to hide behind Tyler for some reason, which totally cracked me up.

It didn't last long, and they were both back in the pool playing around...

And then something happened, as most parents can somehow relate...normal swimming and playing started to become a bit of a bore, so why not try to start pulling each other in and out of the pool...oh yes, that is so much more fun!

Chloe really didn't hold back...she pulled Tyler right in. Of course, Tyler loved every second of it!

And then, well, it was time to get the birthday boy in on some fun. Come here Dad...

We just want to see IF we can get you in...

And try as they did, IT HAPPENED! (And yes, I'm sorry for the action shot of my husband's rear, but I could resist).

And there they are...all having a great time!

Smiles and all...

After the pool time was over, it was time for some little ones (ok, Tyler) to say goodnight. He conked right out. Chloe, Eric and I stayed up playing a card game called Phase 10. It was a super fun family day and a great way to celebrate Eric's 39th birthday!