Happy Birthday!

On Friday it was Mike's 25th birthday. Of course everyone knows how we celebrate birthdays around here, with food! For lunch, Mike's friend Rob took us to Fudruckers where Mike and I split an Elk burger. It was very good, Mike said it tasted like Yak. Very lean and very delicious. Then for dinner we went out with Mike's family to India Palace. Yay mango lassi! They have awesome service and very good food. It helps that they know us by sight there. Mike got some happy birthday Indian mango ice cream and shared it with all of us. Yum!

Then on Saturday Mike got to go stand around at Rice Eccles Stadium (at the U of U) and listen to the Governor give a speech for Governor's day. But the exciting news is that we got to go back out to Salt Lake that evening and have then best food on the planet.

Cucina Toscana! It's a great Tuscan restaurant that we have to limit ourselves to only going twice a year because it is a little pricey. It is well worth the money though. They have the most excellent pasta, proteins, and desserts. We love their 7 chocolates hot chocolate with biscotti.

On Sunday we had monster ( like german pancakes) for dinner because it is one of Mike's favorite things in the world. It's called monster because when it is baking in the oven it expands and swells like a great edible monster, but then it shrinks back down when it is taken out. A very lovely sweet syrup is poured over the top.

So we had a fun birthday weekend for Mike. I finally got him into some stylish new jeans and we set up the crib for the baby. Two unrelated things except that I have been wanting to do both for a while. Well, now it's back to packing so we can move!

What's New

Mike started his new job teaching at Liahona. He teaches Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Geometry now. He loves teaching so much. He says his only regret is that he has to leave the kids that he's teaching in January. We move to Arizona this January for Mike's officer training for about 5 months. I've never been to Arizona, but I sure look forward to spending much of the winter without snow! Other than Mike's new job, we are working on packing up our house and moving out by October. Mike's parents are really nice and are letting us move in with them for a couple of months until we move to Arizona. It is really going to be a great help living with Mike's parents when the Baby gets here. I'm very grateful for the wonderful family that I had a chance to marry into. They really do take good care of us. I just don't know how to show just how grateful I am for all their help.

On Saturday, we had the baby shower here in Utah. It was very fun and relax. We just had a BBQ and people stopped by between noon and 4 at their leisure. It worked out very well I think. Thanks to Cassie and Tracy for throwing it! Sorry, no pictures because I forgot to get my camera out of my purse.

In other news, it's Mike's 25th birthday this Friday! And we start our prenatal classes at the hospital tonight. Hope it isn't too complicated.