Last night I got to thinking and realized that Brad's birthdays have been pretty crappy since we've been married. Seriously. Maybe the worst birthdays ever. One year his birthday was on Sunday and almost everyone in the whole family (except me) forgot. He didn't get any presents until a few days afterwards (we were too poor to buy him something). Another year Lainy and I went to take Brad breakfast in bed, but instead of a nice breakfast he got Lainy puke all over him. She threw up for most of the day and we didn't do much celebrating. The other three birthdays have been less than memorable.
So, I think it's safe to say that he was due for a good birthday. And even though he's still studying like crazy to prepare for his boards next week, I was determined to make the day fun.
Last year my mom gave me a cookbook called
The Worldwide Ward Cookbook. It's full of recipes submitted by members of the LDS Church from around the world. The other day I was flipping through the cookbook and found a recipe called
Real West Virginia Hot Dawgs. It caught my attention because Brad served his mission in West Virginia and has talked about the "Slaw Dawgs" a member of his ward used to make. I showed the recipe to Brad, and was surprised to learn that it was submitted by the very same man who made Brad "Slaw Dawgs" while he was in West Virginia. Isn't that crazy?! We decided to make them for Brad's birthday dinner.
The recipe included not only hot dogs, but "Grandmaw's Special Cole Slaw", and a special "Dawg Sauce". I admit, I was quite skeptical of putting cole slaw and "Dawg Sauce" on my hot dog, but it was actually really good! You'll have to try it.
We had a fun day. The girls and I enjoyed planning little surprises for Brad, and we all had fun celebrating our favorite guy! Hopefully this makes up, in part, for the not-so-fun birthdays of the past few years!
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| After our birthday breakfast of stuffed french toast. Yum! |
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| As you can see, Brad had a lot of help opening his presents! |
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| Talking to his parents |
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| Brad's gift from his Dad |
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| Grilling hot dawgs |
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| Leah didn't want to wear her party hat... |
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| Making a wish... |
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| Opening Lainy's gift |
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| Chocolate dipped pineapple sent by my parents. Delicious! |
Happy Birthday Brad! We love you and love you!
1 comment:
Happy Birthday Brad! I am glad that you guys were able to really enjoy and celebrate the day. We can totally understand how things change when you have kid(s) and are in school.
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