Happy GOLDEN Birthday Dave

Today is Dave's 27th Birthday on the 27th!He started off the morning by sleeping in. (his favorite thing to do!) Then we had muffins and the kids gave him a candy-gram. The best part was going out for the night. We went down to Pleasant Grove and dropped the kids off at Rachael's. We then went to a new movie called "Taken". We don't go to movies very often so it is really a treat to go and it was such a good movie! It was so intense I don't think I breathed the last half of the movie! We then went out to one of our favorite restaurants, Tahi Village. It was wonderufl to sit and eat without having screaming kids and "octopus boy" grabbing anything within reach. It was such a nice treat to go out!

The next day I got ambitious and made Dave his favirote cake, Boston Cream, from scratch. I have never done this before, but I took a cooking class to learn how. When the teacher found out I was going to do it for my husband's birthday she offered a private lesson that morning! I took her up on it and went to the demo kitchen and made his cake. It turned out better than I expected! I now LOVE pastry cream, it was delicious with real vanilla scraped from the pod. Dave raved out it to everyone and it made me happy. (he is a great honey!)

So in honor of Dave's birthday I thought I would do a top 10 list for him. In no particular order, here it is:

10. He loves our little family so much and would do anything for us!

9. He is a wonderful father to the kids. He is sad when he gets home late and doesn't get to see them before bed. He gets on the floor and rough houses with them, takes them places by himself, sits at Hailey's little table to play with her and truly cares out them. He doesn't mind doing diaper changes and puts Hailey to bed with a story just about every night!

8. He is stinkin' smart! I love his brain! He is calculating numbers, making spreadsheets, and thinking things out. (It makes for more intellectually stimulating conversations too!)

7. He is spontaneous, it really makes life fun to just go and do!

6. He is a great cook! Better than me on his "favorites menu".

5. He is very supportive. He will watch the kids so I can have GNO's, work or go to the gym. I appreciate my alone time. He recoginizes I need it and will give it to me!

4. He's a good snuggler! He'll even give me back/foot rubs, though I know he doesn't like to.

3. He is a great problem solver and I am so grateful for his support, he truly is my better half. I depend on him and he always pulls through.

2. He is willing to talk about anything with me.No subject is off limits, even if it is uncomfortable for him to talk about. He is a good communicator and listener. (except for when he's watching TV, that is why we now have TiVO)

1. He is sooo good lookin'! I love to lay in bed and watch him sleep as the soft morning light falls on his handsome features. I won't go into more detail, I don't want to make y'all blush/jealous, but he is a hottie! :)

Happy Birthday, Honey! I love you!