"YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY"

Yesterday we woke Mark up to a little Beatles Birthday song. I'm not so sure blaring music is the nicest way to wake up a person for breakfast, but he was a great sport about it. We served him an Omelette with his Coke zero. He had a big budget meeting, Karsyn had basketball and Bailee had a swim meet in Broomfield so there wasn't a whole lot of celebrating until later in the evening. Emmrey and I spent the afternoon getting things ready for Mark to come home .. .. ..

Mark had free choice of anywhere for dinner and he chose PANDA ...not sure what that says about him;)

 Then we went and killed some time at REI and Barnes & Noble while we waited to pick up Bailee.

 The girls love spending time at the bookstore just like their dad

 Kars really enjoys any gadget she can get her hands on:)

 We picked up Bailee and went home for Banana Splits. Poor Emm had a loose tooth that was bothering her and she just couldn't hold it together anymore!

 Mark opened cards from both parents

 My mom and dad sent him a check in this pinball machine. You have to get the balls in just right in order to get the check out. It was super hard to figure out and called for some reinforcement!
Leave it to my mom to find something like this;)

 Emmrey made Mark a party hat that was filled with caramels. When she put it on him, the candy fell all over. It was pretty cute. We also got him a new Kindle since his old one bit the dust and a handy veggie chopper like the one he used at my parents. Now he is all set to make Pico.

Mark isn't much for celebrating himself and therefore likes to keep his birthday on the "low down". The rest of us like having a day really devoted to a guy that does so much for all of us. I certainly think his 43 years of life deserve some celebrating.
I would be so lost without him!