summer ends.

Matt turned 30 on September 1st. In celebration he and I went to a spa to have a couples massage, Matt's first real massage ever, and we had a super hero birthday for him. Our massages were excellent and much needed at the old age of 3o. So why a superman birthday party? One of Matt's favorite movies when he was growing up was Superman so I decided to go with a super hero theme. For the party I made a crazy Superman cake. It only took me about 8 hours to make it, but it turned out pretty dang great. If you want to know how I did it you can view it here. I also covered our door with 29 pictures of Matt, one from each year of his life. I ordered some super hero posters (Superman, Spiderman, and Batman) that the boys are excited to have in their room now. And the best part is that our friends were required to come dressed as their favorite super heroes. Clark Kent, Lara Croft, Professor Xavier, Jean Gray, and even the entire Super family were in attendance. My cheetah leggings from the 80's party a few weeks ago came in handy yet again for my cat woman costume. We had a great time and I hope Matt felt special on his 30th birthday!

Here is some Matt Trivia for you:

How old was Matt when he...

1. got his driver's license? 18

2. graduated from high school? 17

3. started dating Jaime? 17

4. started college? 21

5. graduated from BYU? 26

6. got married? 22

7. became a daddy? 26

8. became an uncle? 4

9. started playing football? 13

10. bought his first car? 19

My niece Blake turned 2 on September 4th so we celebrated with my brother's family by going to Disneyland with them. The boys had so much fun with their cousins. Bentley especially loved being carried around by Chance. Happy Birthday, Blake!


Another gift I gave Matt for his birthday was a trip to Pismo Beach to ride his dirt bike. Our friends the Gundersons joined us for some fun in the sand. In order to prepare Matt had to make sure his bike still worked after not having ridden it in 3 or more years. The boys loved watching him work on his bike. They also loved scooping up all of the sand in the back of his truck (from the busted sand bags making his suspension not so bumpy).



Our trip to Pismo was awesome. It was short, but just right. We left Saturday morning and came back Sunday afternoon. We ate great food, had s'mores, sat around the campfire, and hung out with our fabulous friends. The boys had their own tent and did ok for the most part. Bentley woke up a few times, the first time because Gaige pushed him off the air mattress (he was using Bentley's tummy as a pillow), and the second time he got scared and said he wanted to go home. So we ended up playing musical tents in the middle of the night. He slept with me and Matt went and slept with Gaige. Now we definitely know camping with the boys is doable and fun.



The boys started preschool on Tuesday and I got to be their teacher (it's a co-op). They are in the same class since they are so close in age. Bentley did the same class last year so he is the oldest in the class, but loves going to school so much I couldn't deprive him of it. Their friends Ethan, Nicholas, Clare and Sloane are in their class so it will be lots of fun for them.
I can't believe it is already fall. With the weather around here not being warm all summer, I feel like it shouldn't be fall yet. And I am not ready for Matt's vacation to be over yet.