27 Years!

This weekend/Monday we celebrated my 27th birthday!

On Sunday we went up to my bro and sis-in-laws house for cake and ice cream.  Kari made a super yummy cake for me.  We celebrated and played games.  My mother-in-law and sis-in-law stopped by for a bit, which was fun.  Then we stopped by Connor's family's house before heading home.

The awesome cake and card that Kari made me. 

At midnight I made Connor give me my present.  (I'm not a very patient person when it comes to presents.)  I already knew what I was getting, and I was very excited.  I got a Nook!  I had considered getting a Kindle, and almost did, but then when I was comparing the 2 I found out that on Nooks you can borrow library books, which I think is a huge plus because I don't want to have to buy every single book I read.  So that was the deciding factor.

Anyway, a little after midnight Connor gave me my present.  My Nook!  And then I realized that it had to be fully charged before I could even turn it on.  Which takes about 3 hours.  (Remember what I said about being patient?)  So I stayed up until 3am so I could play with my Nook before I went to bed.  (I know, I'm crazy.)  Regardless, I am very excited.  I bought my first book, "The Help," which I am already enjoying thoroughly.  

On Monday I did basically nothing all day long, which is exactly what I wanted to do.  And then Monday night we went out to eat.  I couldn't decide where I wanted to go.  I considered The Melting Pot but then I looked at their prices online.  Then we were thinking of going to The Garden Cafe at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.  Then Eric called me and sang the awesomest birthday song ever, and then gave me the idea of going to Benihana.  So we went there and it was delicious.  It's a Japanese Steakhouse where they cook the food in front of you.  I had been to one similar once before, but Connor had never been there and we both really enjoyed it.

Before the restaurant.

Funny story of the night - I accidentally drank the water of the little 13 year-old girl sitting next to me.  Without thinking, I grabbed the glass of water, took a sip, and then while I was putting it down I realized what I had down and she started to look over at me, also realizing what I had done.  I said "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry I just drank your water!"  And then I found a server and asked her to bring the girl a new glass.  It was pretty funny.  I had to make a conscious effort for the rest of the night to not drink her water.

Anyway, since it was my birthday they gave me a free dessert, and took our picture.  It was also another person at our table's birthday.

Then, since we didn't have our dessert fix fulfilled, we went to Cold Stone and got some ice cream from there.  I got my fav, All Lovin' No Oven.  Yum!

It was a really great day.