Happy Birthday Daddy

Today is Matt’s 30th birthday!  We started off the day with making him breakfast.  Gracie helped me with the scrambled eggs.  This girl loves to help with cooking.  Although, I think her favorite part is playing in the water while I am doing the stuff that she can’t help with.  After our delicious breakfast, Matt wanted to go to the gym so Gracie and I just watched TV for a little while. (I still don’t understand why you would want to go to the gym on your birthday but to each their own I guess right?)  After he got home, we went bowling.  We have been doing a lot of bowling lately.  We can bowl a game on post for $10 bucks, so it is a cheap way to keep us entertained and cool during the hot hours of the day. 

As you an see, this girl loves to bowl!  Ice cream was on the agenda next.  I think the Cunningham’s are the sole reason why Dairy Queen and Sonic stay in business.  Matt’s birthday cake was a Megamind birthday cake from DQ and then we went to DQ again today.  Ft. Bliss didn’t help matters by putting a DQ right next to the kid’s play area.  Talk about enabling us!  Ha!  When we got home, Gracie and I got busy once again in the kitchen to make Matt his birthday dinner.  He wanted BBQ chicken, fresh green beans with potatoes, and corn off the cob.  I have found out that I have a pro bean snapper!  Her Great Grandpa Bob would be so proud of her!  She had a blast doing it too.  I wish I had that much enthusiasm for it when I was younger….oh how I hated to snap beans!  Oh wait, I still hate it, but I have a sidekick now that makes it better.  There is nothing more hysterical then talking to your 3 year old about anything when snapping beans!

Now we are just relaxing while Matt plays his newest game, Deadliest Catch on the Wii.  Well, I am relaxing, Gracie is chasing Harley around holding her.  Harley is not thrilled.at.all.

Yesterday was actually the kick off to Matt’s birthday.  It was swimming lessons first and then dinner with the Elliott’s.  We hardly ever eat at Red Lobster, but it was the boys’ pick.  Matt and Wes share a birthday month with Matt’s being the 22nd and Wes’ being the 30th.  So we had dinner and cake over at our house.  Ever since my birthday, Gracie has been telling Daddy that he was going to have a Megamind birthday.  So he did:

She has been so excited about this for a long time.  Overall, I think Matt had a great birthday!  So, in case you are counting, this is where we are at in our celebrations (April-June is a crazy time for us!):

My Birthday

Mother’s Day

Amy’s Birthday (Matt’s sister)

Matt’s Birthday

Our 10 year Anniversary

Father’s Day

Just two more to go!!!! I will check back in later this week.  Next weekend is going to be CRAZY busy!  However, I will leave you with a family picture, there are just not that many but I love this one.