Revisiting: Our Special Days

These delicious Dairy Queen treats have somewhat become a tradition to get on my birthday. No one seemed to be complaining.

The 1st Tuesday of May (my birthday!) was discount day at the Indy Zoo. The Dolphin Show was a hit.

And I managed to get ONE good picture. WITHOUT any dolphins. Such talent!

My awesome photography. Cian's face is priceless.

Can you tell that we like free stickers?

Baby elephant! SOO cute.

Can I sleep on one leg too?

LOVE. Love. Love.

I will always treasure the quiet rides.

That night, we started a 4 week dance class together--the Mr. and I. SOO much fun. 

And I had my Tuesday night volleyball, complete with surprise treats and homemade bread from my friends. 

It was perfect.

Pictureless: The day break (May 8th) between our special days, we invited friends and neighbors over for a BBQ. It's our second year doing it and may just become a tradition. 

I love celebrating on a day that is not our own---it's actually our nephew's birthday! 

Close enough to our day but without the stress ON our day. You know? 

We also had a birthday party for just Brycen's friends, the day after his birthday (May 10th)--birthday ALL week long! 

More because he had joy school on his birthday and we wanted to do a morning thing with his friends.
Pizza, cake, games, presents--it was hard work but Brycen loved it all.

And we crashed hard that night.

But back to the 4 year old's special day:

Just opened the BYU Jersey and plane ticket to Utah, from Grandma.

Counting down to his birthday from January was exhausting. He was so excited, he woke up at 5am. A nap was needed.

LOVE this picture. That night he was sung to at Texas Roadhouse.

These cowboy hats are going to be perfect for Halloween. Stay tuned!

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Update: Totally found more pictures after publishing the above:

Birthday donut. Blowing out the candles was his favorite part. We re-lit them 5 times.

Birthday Gifts after dinner.

Birthday Party with Friends.

Crazy fun.

 

He loved his birthday money from Grandma Great. And wrote his own Thank You cards. Oh man, I love that he can write!