Happy Birthday Hubby!

Chad turned 44 on November 8th. With our busy schedule on his actual birthday including Chad having to work, it felt like we didn't do nearly enough to celebrate his birthday. I always love birthdays and try to make a big deal out of them but Chad is just fine with making it low-key. So, we celebrated with lunch at Mucho Gusto with the kids (they had a day off from school) which included treats, cards and gifts. After work, Chad and I ferried our three big kids to practices and with our 1.75 hours of nearly kid-free time (we did have Genevieve with us :), I asked Chad what he wanted to do and all he could come up with was a trip to Costco. So that's what we did together! Luckily, we got to celebrate more on the next evening (Friday) with a dinner with friends and on Saturday with a family birthday party (in between trips to Portland on both Saturday and Sunday) and then, finally, Chad and I got to go away for two nights with just the two of us (totally kid-free) this past weekend. It was heavenly! I guess it was a pretty eventful birthday after all! Well deserved for such a great husband and dad! Here are some pictures of the festivities....

Mucho Gusto Lunch. Yummy!

A great long dinner with friends to celebrate Donnie and Chad's birthdays

 

Scenes from our car ride to soccer games on Chad's birthday weekend plus a pic of Nev helping me get ready for Chad's birthday dinner :)

Had to include a collage of Nev being the best soccer fan we could ask for (in a 3 year old) on our weekend of soccer mashed between Chad's b-day celebrations. In the upper right, Geneveieve  is curled up with the ipad while sitting on my lap in the pouring down rain at 8 pm at night Sunday evening watching one more game! She even had a little fever. Luckily, it wasn't too cold and we just snuggled together under lots of blankets. The lower left is Nev the weekend before when we stayed at Embassy Suites and she was sooo ready for swimming after a day at the fields. And below right, Nev has fruit snacks, a soccer game staple for us :). Another staple, a stop at Bridgeport Mall and Paradise Bakery (Bridge Cafe) muffins and Lululemon for me (upper left)!

 Family Party Time! We also celebrated Marcus and Bev's November birthdays!

James was getting great smiles out of Davida

  

Nia and Nev put on some great dance performances during the party. It was pretty cute!

A few pictures of our weekend away. We stayed at The Westin in downtown Portland. It was so nice to just relax, talk and spend time together. We ate some yummy food, watched movies and sports and did some Christmas shopping. It was fabulous! I always have the BEST time with Chad :)