Mike's Birthday

We stayed in Provo, Utah over the Thanksgiving holiday until Saturday. Mike's birthday happened to fall on BLACK FRIDAY! We slept in, but eventually found ourselves at the overcrowded mall to look for some good deals. Papa and Grandma bought some Christmas gifts for us, including shoes for Cari and Sadie. Mike spent much of the morning waiting in the car for us, but was glad to do so.

After lunch, we returned to shopping some more. We stopped at Costco where I bought Mike a chocolate cake, vanilla ice cream, a pair of jeans and some pistachio nuts for his birthday. He was so happy to find the chocolate cake was not sold out as he was very much looking forward to having it for his cake this year.

The married adults went out to dinner and Papa treated us all to Carrabba's Italian Grill Restaurant. We ordered two Antipasti Plates (with Calamari, Bruschette and Mozzarell Marinara) for an appetizer. Most of us ordered the Chicken Bryan for our dinners. Mike ordered the Spiedino Di Mare (breaded scallops) with garlic potatoes. Our waiter brought Mike a bowl of vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce and roasted cinnamon pecans for his birthday and sang opera to him. I LOVED it!

We returned home to all of the kids and gathered together to sing "Happy Birthday" to Mike and have some cake and ice cream.

Of course, there was no way we were going to cover the cake with all the candles Mike's age would require, so we only used a few (We could say, he's "young at heart!")!

MMMMmmmmm.....

..........and I did eat.