a johnny cash birthday bash!

more pictures ahead!

richard's 50th birthday presents :)

This deserves it's own post :) Sadie and I gave him his presents the day before his birthday (since I had a company event on the night of his birthday), and Emily + R3 gave him his presents on the night of his birthday (which is why there's video, because I asked that they record it and text it to me!). 

First, from moi...

A Queen Elizabeth t-shirt and whiskey made from the Humphrey Bogart estate!

And a flag that says it all.

The greatest homemade shirt ever (idea thanks to Sadie's friend, Makiyah!), haha.

Now Emily and Richard on his actual birthday...

Emily took inspiration from Richard messing around at the orthodontist, hahaha.

Grillby! (It's so hard to get detail because it's super dark, haha... but R3 made this at school with his 3D printer!)

And Mumsie got him some beloved Calphalon pots/pans! He was OVER THE MOON.

*Not pictured: Meghan's gift... tickets to a Stars game!!!

richard's birthday staycation!

This year, R and I took a 4 day week for his birthday! Here's some snippets...

On Thursday night, I had a our annual company party, so I was receiving lots of texts from R while I was out, haha.

Came home to the welcoming committee!

Friday was overtaken with us getting foundation work done (EXCITING) and me being hungover (...!), so we took it easy, got Ruby to the doggie spa and ordered takeout for dinner after sending the littles off to Terra's.

Saturday we went to see Bohemian Rhapsody! I was inadvertently wearing Freddie Mercury cosplay that day, haha.

After the movie, we went to III Forks and sat at the bar (this is me trying to get a handle of my new iPhone's portrait setting, haha).

The band was so cute (see video) and there were couples dancing around most of the night. When the bandleader asked R what his name was, he replied "Ricardo" so we got a rendition of "Happy Birthday" to Ricardo, haha.

They gave us complimentary cake annnd finally tried THE JUICE. Amazing!

On Sunday we drove out to go high-speed go-carting! I went one round with Mr. Man in a two-seater and it was SO FUN. 

Ruby getting cozy with her daddy!

Monday I still had to get the kids to school, so Ruby came with me!

Daddy got to lounge in bed and snuggle with his doggie :)

My two favorite bellies!

 Then we went to First Watch to have breakfast (we never get up and out for breakfast!)

Then in the afternoon, R had to take Emily and R3 to their orthodontist appointments (note: Emily got her HEADGEAR) and he had a fun time entertaining himself and sending us these photos in the family group chat. ;)

Meggie came over to get a "professional photo" for her work, which meant I used the portrait mode, haha. She looks beautiful!!

... and a good time was had by all! :)

richard's birthday!

This year for Richard's birthday, we had all the family over and he DID NOT COOK. ;P (Big deal!) Tonya made an awesome, killer, kick-ass lasagna (including enough for left-overs!) and we just hung out as one big happy. It was so fun! (There's also a big video on my hard-drive, haha)

Tonya, passed out from all the carbs!

The next morning, the 6 of us woke up and had breakfast together (which never happens!). I made the kiddos fill out these dumb little "dad surveys" and Richard read all their answers, it was so cute! (I now cannot find said dad surveys... the perils of blogging list months after the fact, haha).

Emily made a special card with her tablet. ;)

And a few days later, we went and saw Louis CK! LOUIEEE. It was so much fun! He had amazing openers, and the whole thing was hilarious (as per ush).

oldies of my husband :)

Bob did me the distinct pleasure of bringing these over one afternoon. Finally got around to scanning them in! (Much to Richard's chagrin, but that whole "the blog is an e-scrapbook for our kids!" excuse works pretty much every time... ;P) These are all circa 1991-1992.

At the Renaissance Faire

And Love Slug pictures :)

 Thanks, Bob! (That's Bob ;D)