30th Birthday Food Fight

Kevin had planned a food fight with my family for my birthday! Many people prepared for this! My sisters and Mom made individual bags with the #30 on the outside and they had goggles and hair nets and a cute water bottle inside. The water bottles had a tag that said: Here's some water to quench your thirst before the "fight"!

There was 30 different kinds of food to throw with little flags in each item. Everyone wore t-shirts and shorts.

All the families made and brought different items to throw. Some of the food we had was:

Costco Sheet cake

mashed potatoes

Rice

Cream Corn

Pork and Beans

Choc. Pudding

Vanilla Pudding

Whipping Cream

Sprinkles

Chocolate Sauce

Strawberry Sauce

Spagetti Sauce

Spagetti

Eggs

So first they made this game where they would ask a question about me and if a family member got it wrong I got to throw whipping cream in their face and if they got it right they threw it in mine. Man was it such a riot. This was such a fun thing that I have always wanted to do. The kids thought it was way awesome. Except Coleman! He does not like to eat his pancakes with syrup because he hates to be sticky. He cried through most of it and wanted a wet towel to get wiped off with! My parents were even in the fight which my Mom hates to be sticky as well. Maybe that's where Cole gets it from.

We will definitely have to do this again for the soul purpose of having Kevin in on it. He held Dailey the whole time and did the video. We did get him later after the camera stopped rolling. Just so he would not be the only one clean.

This was so awesome! Thank you everyone for ALL that you brought and DID for the party. Thanks Kevin you made it such a fun 30th Birthday! And I am Loving 30 Baby!

So Sad. I can not figure out why it won't let me upload my video that we made of the food fight.

When I figure it out I will post it!

My 30th Birthday Part 1...

Seriously this was the best Birthday!

Warning. I am going to brag a little or maybe a lot about my good husband and family below.

I woke up to my Birthday banner hung up with a few balloons taped to the wall. Kevin had hung birthday signs all over the doors. ( I went to bed earlier and he was up late decorating and wrapping) He is so awesome. He carries on the birthday sign tradition and his signs are always funny. I took pictures below. Anyhow.

Kevin told me to come pick him up at his work at 10am and not to be late. He had something planned is all he said. So I picked him up and we drove downtown. I could not figure out why we were going downtown. We pulled up to a law firm building and I asked him if we were setting up a will. (We should I someday but not on my 30th) Than we went upstairs and we were in a Chiropractors office. Well he scheduled an hour massage for me. Which he got on city deals. Way to go Kev.

While I did that he took the kids to a nearby park. Than we met some of my fam for lunch at Chilli's. Than we dropped him back off at work and he told me to be ready when he got home later to go celebrate with my family and have cake and ice cream.

I was so impressed and thought it was so dang cute of him to set up the massage by himself and how he really made it special. He even took Cole shopping to pick out a present which was junior mints and gum!

Than Later we went and did presents at my parents house where I got lots of things for my cricut which I picked out and it was from all the Bush fam and Kev's parents! Thanks guys.

Than Kev pulled out a double jogging stroller! Wow that was a total surprise. It was so fun. I had been wanting one of those. He is so sneaky.

He also got me a shirt and earrings. Man did I get spoiled.

My Mom made me a German Chocolate Cake minus the chocolate part. Which was so dang good. We did presents and Cake and ice cream. But the Party was not over!

My Mom tatted me this bookmark and also made this flower headband. So dang cute! Than she gave me a tatting shuttle so I can learn to tatt too. Is tatt with one t or two?

Birthday Kit...

My Mom has always made our Birthday's Special! She would do little things that to this day I remember and have decided to make it a tradition with my little family.

My Mom always made birthday signs which she would hang on almost every door in the house! We also would get to pick the dinner that she would make that night (when we got older we went out). Than she had a "birthday bear" that would sit on or by your plate.

Man alive did we feel special and very much loved!

So I decided I better make a Birthday Kit so I could have some things on hand for the birthday's in my family.

In my kit I included:

Birthday Bear

Birthday Banner (My Mom and I made together)

Balloons

Crate Paper

Markers

Candles

Small Plates and Napkins

I did this all before Dailey's Birthday and it was so nice to have it all in one place so I just had to grab the container and we were all set!

Most of the stuff I got at the dollar store too so it was super cheap.

Camping...

This past weekend we went up American Fork Canyon and stayed at the Granite Flats campground. Site 34 was our little home away from home for just a couple of days. It is so fun to watch how much kids enjoy camping. They love the simple things and so do I. We were able to just hang out and have some fun. That canyon is so pretty. I love the lakes and the beautiful trees that dot the mountainside.

We hung out and later some of my family came up too. What a great time we had. Man did Cole love hanging out in the tent trailer. Thanks grandma and grandpa and we definitely had fun on the four wheelers. Thanks B and R!

Camping

Love Summer Food and Fun...

I just love Summer! I love the food that comes from the garden during these summer months. I love garden fresh tomatoes and zucchini and I can not get enough of them. The other night we had chicken and zucchini and corn on the cob for dinner and man I could eat that ever night!

Here are some fun pictures through out the summer. I know it is not over yet but with all the neighborhood kids and cousins getting ready to go back to school it reminds me that yes summer is coming to a close. Man do I love it though.

Come on Everybody it's Family Night who wants to sit by me....

Monday night I decided we better make sure we do an official Family Home Evening. The summer months have been filled with a little of this and that and tons of fun. I think we have done a few FHE but thought it was time to do a real one.

So we painted and decorated some "Prayer Rocks" we than had a short and I mean short little lesson on how and why we should pray.

We than walked to the park to play for awhile while the rocks dried. We came home and had our FHE treat which was some chocolate chip cookies and milk.

Cole has not been a fan of saying his prayers. (missing the days when we first taught him to pray and he did like it) So now he was excited to put his prayer rock on his pillow and than he went through the whole little act of hitting his head on his rock and it reminding him that he needs to say his prayer!

He loved it and was eager to pray! Hey who cares if it wears off right we always have the choice of say your prayer and get stories and songs or don't say your prayer and no stories and songs!