Happy Birthday Seth!!

Last Thursday (January 10) was my dear husband's birthday!! He turned 24 years old; he's almost a quarter of a century! :) I'm a little late posting because we've been in Utah. We were in Salt Lake on Seth's b-day because Nicci had a Dr. appt. We found out everything looks good and she wont need another surgery for 2 years! It was a great birthday present for Seth to hear all was well with Nicci. After the Dr. appt we went out to 'Rodizio Grill' (a Brazilian Steakhouse) for Seth's birthday dinner with Mom, Dad, and Jeff. It was a blast!! It was so awesome for all of us to hear a bunch of stories from Seth's mission and taste a lot of the things he actually ate in Brazil, and it was so fun for Seth to relive some of those special memories from his mission. It was a very special dinner for all of us. :) The next day Seth and i went snowboarding at Brighton ALL day long- until 9:00pm! It rocked to say the least!! We had so much fun; it snowed the entire time we were there. Everytime we went up on the lift we would board down on fresh snow!! The craziest part of the day though was when the guy at the ticket window told Seth he didn't have to buy an 'adult' pass for his 'child'... yeah...Seth thought it was hilarious, but i was mildly irritated. The day after that (Saturday) we had a "football" day! It was so fun...We watched the Packers vs. Seahawks (we weren't so happy that the Packers won...grr...) but the MOST important game of the day was the Patriots vs. Jaguars and our Patriots came out undefeated once again!! It was awesome. Overall Seth had a wonderful birthday weekend!!

Here we are at Rodizio Grill!


Here is Seth with his favorite drink 'Guarana' and one of his favorite Brazilian sausages.

(he is so adorable...)

We had way too much fun on the lift rides! Seth had me laughing so hard i couldn't even keep my eyes open for this picture.

Funny Story: So we are riding along having a good ol' time and Seth says, "Oh look, lets go down there i think there's some awesome jumps!"...so i follow...Let's just say there were NO jumps...just a WHOLE lot of deep powder!! We got stuck and we had NO idea where we were at so we decided to bust out the camera and take some pictures to remember this very cold but hilarious moment!

Seth has his own snowboard but it wouldn't fit in our trunk. (Mine fit perfectly because i'm a midget, but his was a tad too long) We thought about putting it in the backseat but Seth didn't want to take the chance of getting into a car accident and having it hurt Nicci, so we decided to just rent him a board when we got there. Since it was his birthday we decided to rent him the newest and nicest board they had, "the Demo" and Seth LOVED it! It took all he had to take it back the next day! lol.

Last week we had Family Home Evening with our friends Dan & Amanda and they had a really fun activity planed. We were suppose to write down the first word or a phrase that came to our minds, starting with every letter in the alphabet, when thinking about our spouse. It was really fun and i thought since it was Seth's birthday it would be special to share my "A-Z Feelings" for my wonderful husband.

A- Ambitious
B- Brilliant mind
C- Comfy; Colorful personality
D- Determined; Darling dishwasher
E- Endures to the end
F- Father of the century; Forgiving; Family focused
G- Genuine; Gracious
H- Humble; Helper
I- Intimate
J- Joker
K- Kite lover
L- Like Grandpa Ras; Listener; Loving
M- Meditator; Manly
N- Never-ending smile
O- Optimistic about everything
P- Polite
Q- Quick to help
R- Rescuer
S- Sings me to sleep
T- Tender; Truthful
U- Underestimated for his potential
V- Valiant; Vivacious
W- Willing to serve; Wiper of tears
X- eXhilarating personality
Y- Yearning to learn (constantly)
Z- Zipper - he has his family zipped up inside his heart and remembers us in all he does.

Happy Birthday Sweetheart - I love you to the moon...& back again. :)