Birthday Trip'n

I remember a few years ago looking at Andrew during church and calculating about what age he would be when he finished his doctorate program. When I realized it would be around 30 I just thought that was crazy. Well, Andrew's 30th just came and went. Now I'm wondering when we will actually feel like grown ups. I mean, we don't even pay rent yet!

But onto how we celebrated! I thought and thought about what to do for the event. The only thing I could come up with that I knew Andrew would love would be to go water skiing on his birthday. So, off to Utah we went! I surprised him with the plan a few days beforehand.

Since it was Andrew's 30th birthday I also thought he deserved a fun cake. In reality, Andrew and I have been watching Cake Boss lately and it created quite a desire in me to give fondant a try. Overall, it was pretty fun stuff. Andrew even jumped in on the fun. Inside it was lime cake with lime cream cheese frosting. It was yummy in my opinion.

Here Andrew is still looking good at 30!

I believe I've said this before, but I really am not that big of a water person. However, about 4 years ago Andrew informed me if I was really to join his family I had to learn how to water ski. Period. I have to note here that the first time we went water skiing I was sent into the water with two skies and no instructions. No instructions people. None. It was quite a humbling experience. Thank heavens by the end of the day I managed to pull myself up out of the water for 5 seconds before whipping out. That was 4 years ago. And really I have been happily skiing on two skis since. However, this trip I knew it was time to give the slalom ski a try. With some encouragement and thank heavens a few tips from Andrew's mom (where were you 4 years ago?) I made it up out of the water. Hurray!

Little Bug bundled up with grandma and of course who doesn't love having control of the wheel?

These shots were taken before Little Bug made the executive decision to join mom and dad in the water. That was the first time her head has gone completely under the water. She did as well as expected for ridged lake water.

Here papa is attempting to introduce fruit in peach form into Little Bug's diet. It went exactly how this picture is portraying. Little Bug has a very strict diet she adheres too - meat and potatoes.

In case you're missing it, this is the close up of Bug saying "no" to peaches while attempting to hide. She spent the rest of the trip in fear of the word "peach" even being mentioned.

We of course maximized the use of papa and grandma's pool. Little Bug figured out if she put her arms around these swim weights she didn't need help swimming. Of course she had test out this new swimming freedom by ditching the weights a few times and stepping off the ledge. I'm catching onto a jumping in the water theme and guess it is time to teach this girl how to swim.

And we did a lot of lounging. It felt fantastic. If only we had a driveway to pull out some lawn chairs and people watch more often.

Thanks Mark and Laura for a fun trip!