brian turns the big 3-0!

we recently celebrated brian's milestone birthday with friends and family. what a fun night we had praising God for a wonderful 30 years! we gave everybody a "thirty years- thirty questions" quiz about brian. it was a close race between brian's long-time friend and best man, jonathan, and brian's mom. it even got a little heated at times!! (like over what was really brian's "first car"? the one he drove at 16 or the one he purchased himself during college?!?!) in the end, brian's mom won, though jonathan pledged to present some evidence that he was right on a few more questions. :) sorry, jonathan. i think it was right and good that the woman that birthed and raised brian actually proved to know the most about him!! even if she did write down that we got engaged in 1994! :)


brian is not a big "cake" guy, but boy does this birthday boy love his cookie cake! it's not enough icing for me, but hey, it's not my birthday. we put thirty candles on the cake, and i'm not kidding... it really put out a lot of heat!

we had to blow out those candles in a hurry before we started sweating! :)
never attempt a family picture in front of a really big cake...
the kids will be distracted! i would have been too if there had been more icing!
my mom ran to the store before brian's party to pick up all the things i forgot... plates, forks, etc... and she was so proud of the "older but wiser" plates she found. till we tore off the wrapper with the big sticker on it, and we realized the plates said, "older, BUTT WIDER". my mom will probably be mortified that i am blogging about that, but we all had a good laugh over it! and in her defense, the sticker was covering up the plates. :)


here's the birthday boy digging in...


and here's our daughter also digging in...


here is brian with his mom and dad. i'm sure they have been thinking back to the day he was born and to many memories throughout the years! thank you, mama and papa d, for raising a wonderful man of God! it is a blessing to be a part of your family!


brian is really enjoying his birthday present,the new ipod touch. they came out right after his birthday, so i wasn't able to surprise him with the actual ipod... but the sheet of paper with the picture on it was enough of a surprise. :) and of course, if i had ordered it for him, he would not have had the fun of choosing what to have engraved on the back! the much anticipated package arrived yesterday, and we've been having fun exploring all its features. it really is a fun fun toy. we laughed because our pastor started a series on brian's birthday about money, God, and eternity. during sunday school, i leaned over to remind brian that he was starting that series right when all the birthday money was rolling in. so after church, he went up to our pastor and said, "can i justify the purchase of a new ipod if i put your sermons on it!?" :) (not to make light of the wonderful sermon series at all...)

so my hubby is 30. they say the best years are yet to come. these have been pretty wonderful so far, so i can't wait to see what's in store. happy birthday, honey. i love you.