Pictures from Lincoln's races:
I had a great birthday! My whole family spoiled me. Tammy made me my favorite hash brown quiche for breakfast and also surprised me with birthday decorations. She sure knows how to make someone feel special. Mom and Linda took me out to lunch. It was so nice to hang with my ladies. Then I spent the day at the race track watching Lincoln race his go cart. This is not the kind of go cart you would typically think of, it actually looks like a mini race car. The weather was perfect and we all had a blast. My stomach would turn in knots every time he went speeding around one of the tight corners and his tires would lift off the pavement. He did an awesome job and took 2nd place. I'm so proud of him. To top the day off Shawn made me burgers for dinner. It was fabulous. I felt very loved. Tammy and Shawn gave me and Belle matching aprons. Tammy made them and they are oh so so cute! I absolutely love them. Wendi and Mom gave me a beautiful writing board and my wonderful husband gave me $$$$ to go shopping at my favorite store Thai Pan. I had many birthday wishes from family and friends. It was so nice. Wendi and I made a pact in January to go a full year without sugar. We decided since our birthdays are so close that we would celebrate them and eat sugar together. The plan was Wendi would have something little on her birthday, half way in between we would have chocolate cake together, and then I would have something little on my birthday to. The chocolate cake was fabulous but we were so sick. I wanted to die. It was horrible. I was so afraid to have more sugar that I didn't even have any on my actual birthday. Dustin did bring home some Divine donuts that I had a couple bites of later. Lesson learned: don't eat an enormous piece of chocolate cake with tons of frosting when you haven't had any sugar for six months. UGGH!!!
Another one of the coupons was to have an Un-Birthday Party! The kids loved this one. They drew names then we took them to the dollar store to spend a couple bucks on each other. We played games, had ice cream cone cake (the cake is baked in the cone and then a big scoop of ice cream on top, it was a hit), and exchanged gifts. It was a fun mini-party. 
Tate was the winner! (We all think he peeked a little)
One of Belle's best friends this trip was Ellie. I love that Ellie couldn't walk through the room without stopping to love on Belle. You could see in Belle's eyes how much she adores her. Belle would light up whenever she saw Ellie. It was so sweet to watch their little relationship.
Before the trip Wendi and I were brainstorming on all the things we were going to do for the kids to keep them entertained and happy. Wendi found this adorable coupon book that had a million fun things to choose from. The first coupon we used said something about getting to play with your food. The kids especially Jonah wanted to do this one. He told Aunt Wendi that he would do anything to be able to throw a pie in Kiegan's face. So what does wonderful Aunt Wendi do??? Plans a pie fight! The Steel's came over and all the kids had a blast. There were a few tears shed but all in all everyone had a good time.
Mason
Kiegan
Ellie
Jonah
