A Day Full of Birthday Fun!!

Katelyn and Kaden went up Provo Canyon to set up a fun birthday surprise for me this afternoon! We met them at a pic nic area at Vivian Park-- it was super crowded-- a lot of people had the same idea to head up the canyon today! It meant a lot to me because I knew they both had a lot going on this weekend! When Bill, me, Brooke and Ben got there, they already had everything set up! (We got Swig on the way to buy them more time I found out later!) They had these cute balloon flowers, a matching tablecloth and Katelyn had made me a bouquet of flowers and put them in a cute vase! I even got a "Birthday Queen" sash to wear, which I did all day and whenever anyone saw it, they wished me a Happy Birthday!  She even got me a cute pineapple cup with a straw, which I put my Swig drink in immediately-- hahaha!  Katelyn and Kaden even went by Jimmy Johns and ordered all of us sandwiches and we had a really nice pic nic lunch/dinner! (We got there just before 4pm.) After we ate, Katelyn had gotten a pinata for me to swing at, which was fun! It was FULL of cute hair things, some earrings and some gum! She really put a lot of thought into things!! Ben wrote me a really sweet card, which I read later. We played 6 handed Rook and had lots of fun playing that for a while. Everyone enjoyed throwing a football for a bit, and then Katelyn and Kaden had to head to a wedding reception for one of his friends. The four of us ended up playing another round of regular Rook and then we roasted s'mores. Brooke cooked mine perfectly-- I've been crazing them since we didn't have them in San Diego!! We headed back to our hotel to drop some things off and hung out there for a bit and then the 4 of us headed to a late night (10pm!!) showing of F1-- a story about Formula One racing. Ben has wanted to see it for a while now. It was actually a really good movie and I stayed awake and it kept my attention the whole time! We got back to our hotel around 1am but Brooke still had to drive to Lehi and Ben had to go all the way to North Salt Lake, so they both got to bed even later than we did!! It was a fun day and luckily I got to sleep in the next day because thankfully, Brooke has late church!!! It was a fun day and everyone made it super special! I love my family and am grateful for all that they do to make my life joyful!!!!