They Say It's My Birthday...

Speaking of birthdays, well we all know that I turned 34 on Monday (like two Monday's ago)!! Whoop!! Whoop!! I am excited to say that I had the best birthday weekend!! It all started out with a trip to Disneyland on Friday after work!! I am excited to say that we had a good time and thankfully it didn't rain!!

Aunt Diney, Aunt Kris, Lisa, Tracy, Grant and I went to Disneyland. We got Diney to ride the Ferris Wheel!! That was great!! I will put a videoclip on the site, so you can see the terror in her eyes (she's going to kill us).

Saturday, I tried to get some work done in the morning. Then at 2pm...Gramma and Grandpa took Grant under their care. He stayed with them until Sunday evening. Scott and I went to a Patato restaurant for lunch/dinner. Then we went to the movies!! We started out with Alpha Dog and then we went to see the Departed...yeah, back-to-back movies!! It was great! I have been asked by many if we paid for both movies, but all I have to say is that "I plea the 5th." Hey, spoken like a true government teacher (even if I am new to the subject matter...I still know the basics). We then went home and watched some movies and had a nice evening in.

On Sunday (my brother's birthday), Scott took me to a brunch at a local Italian restaurant!! It was yummy!! Then we caught a pretty early movie of Dreamgirls...yet another good flick. We ran home and made the two cakes that Christi has made for me before on my birthday (thanks for the recipes...they turned out wonderful)!! We headed to Gramma and Grandpa's house because they had the family over for a birthday dinner. What was on the menu?? Glazed ham (my favorite), scalloped potatoes (my favorite), corn casserole (my favorite), broccoli and cheese casserole (yeah, my favorite)...I think you are getting the picture! IT WAS WONDERFUL!! We played Apple to Apples and ate and opened great gifts!! Thank you everyone for making my day special.

Monday, my acutal birthday was great too. I spoke to my brother, dad, Barb, Brittney, Sarah, Christi, and many others (thanks for the calls...it made me feel very special). Grant, Scott and I went to the Long Beach Aquarium. Then, we headed to some friends' house for a birthday dinner. Thanks Rachel, the chili and cornbread with the twice-baked potato was great!!!

Tuesday, well back to work. Don't be sad because the girls at lunch celebrated my birthday on Tuesday. It was like a five-day festival. I liked it a lot...who wouldn't?? The funny thing is that I've waited so long to blog this that my birthday was on the 12th and today is the 21st...you can do the math, but some kids at school announced yesterday on the intercom, "Have a Happy Belated Birthday Mrs. Graf Tuesday." So, yesterday was another day of Happy Belated Birthdays for me. Can it be possible for a birthday celebration to go on for 2+ weeks??

Well, all in all 34 has been good for me. I will try to post some pictures, but for now I better at least get this dialogue up. It might be March before you see pictures from February...the sad thing is that I am not kidding! :)

Tracy's Birthday song

Tracy's Bday Party

I'm backtracking a bit, but we celebrated Tracy's bday a couple of weeks ago and I had an adorable clip of Gman singing the Birthday song to her...plus another clip of him wearing her bluetooth!! Happy Birthday Tracy...we love you! Oh, the pictures are of the ice cream Tracy had for her bday celebration. It is a bright blue, pink and purple ice cream...the flavor is cotton candy. It actually tasted just like cotton candy, so I loved it and my blue tongue!

Peter Pan

Grant was really lucky the past two days because he has been treated like a KING. Aunt Lisa took him to Disneyland yesterday all day long!! They left in the morning and didn't get back until 8ish. Needless to say, he was exhausted and full of stories this morning. He was very excited to tell me about his day with his favorite. :)

Then, I told him that he was going to go to the movies with Gramma, Aunt Kris, Aunt Lisa, and Daddy to see Peter Pan. They are showing Peter Pan at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood. They left in the morning and got back around 3:30pm. Grant was an "angel." He sat in his own seat for awhile and enjoyed the movie. He lasted the whole movie.

Well, all in all Grant has had a blast the past two days and unfortunately with my new workload I haven't been a part of it...I am glad he has so many people in his life that want to take care of him. We are truly blessed! Sorry no pictures, I forgot to send my camera...next time.