The big 3-0!

Our MAIN man had a big birthday this last week! My wonderful husband and bestest friend in the whole world had his big 3-0 birthday on the 15th! We were out of town on his actual birthday, so in result we got to do a couple of pretty fun things!

But we started off the birthday celebrations with a party at our house on April 1st, the reasoning it was so early is because the guys all wanted to watch The Rock's return to wrestling! (all the ladies ended up watching too, and of course The Rock won!) We love to have people over, so it was such a great time!

On his birthday we stopped in Chicago on our way home and ate at Al's Beef; they were featured on Man vs. Food and we ate there a few years ago when we were in Chicago on a family vaca. Needless to say Mike is a huge fan of this place since he is a huge meatetarian! (it truly is quite delicious tho!)

Mike enoying his Al's Beef

Steph enjoying her Al's Beef

And Darek too!

Then we headed down the road a bit and made a stop at our favorite bakery in the WORLD! Magnolia Bakery! Remember this post and this post! Yeah, we are obsessed! So now that we have celebrated Steph's and Mike's birthday at Magnolia Bakery, we decided that we need to celebrate the rest of the family members birthdays there too! Seems like a great idea to me! :-)

Banana Pudding! YUM!

And, of course, cupcakes!

And just this past Sunday, Steph and I surprised Mike and Darek (who is also turning 30) with dinner at Fogo De Chao! Remember that whole meateterian thing I mentioned earlier...so needless to say they loved it!

But I have to share the story with how I pulled it off, because I had no idea how I was going to pull it off up until about 15 minutes before we left! So I was feeding Ezekiel a bit of a late lunch, during which he filled his diaper, so after he finished eating I took him back to his bedroom to change his diaper. At this time I also changed his clothes into a dressier outfit and then I changed into a dressier outfit as well and set out a dessier outfit for Mike as well. Then I came out to the dining room (where Mike was working on the computer) and said "You have 5 minutes to get dressed up and get ready to go out with us! Put on what is laying out on the bed for you!" He, of course, asked "Where are we going?" And I just said, "Go get ready!"

My boys all dressed! Love them!

 Then the whole way there he was asking me where we were going and I told him I would answer yes to every question he asked me from that point on! (Because I knew if he asked the right place I wouldn't be able to lie!) So I got everywhere from the mexican place in Chanhassen to Dave and Busters! He figured it out once we headed down town! But it was so fun! And I am quite impressed with myself for pulling it off without a hitch!

Ezekiel says, "Leave mine on the GREEN side!"

Grandpa & Grandma Bear and Toby!





Surprise attack kisses from Ezekiel!



The birthday boys picking out their dessert!

 So we have had quite the month of celebrating; only the best for the love of my life! I know I have said this a million times but it is true...Mike works so hard for our family! I know I tell him that nearly enough, so I really wanted to make his birthday special this year so he knows how special he is to us! Thank you baby for all that you do! Happy 30th birthday month! We love you!