Derek's Birthday

We are having a good time celebrating Derek on his birthday. The weekend has been planned for some time. On Friday I finally told Derek that while he thought his parents were babysitting so we could go out to dinner, they were also keeping the boys overnight. On Saturday we dropped them off and headed to the restaurant. Chez Daniel. We were early so I told him I had an idea. We pulled in at the restaurant which is located on the first floor of the Embassy Suites Hotel. He said, "I thought we were early." I said, "We are but I wanted to make sure where it is so we don't miss our reservation." I drove through the parking lot and parked. I said, "Well should we check into our room first?" He was very surprised that we were going to stay at the hotel. We had a good time enjoying the pool and hot tub. Allie liked pushing the buttons on the elevator (we were on the 7th floor). The boys, at Grandma and Papa Johnson's house (Thanks so much by the way!) enjoyed keeping G and G up until 11:30. The next morning we breakfasted at the complimentary hot buffet and then joined up with the boys and Derek's parents and brothers at Olive Garden. Boy am I stuffed! We opened presents at our house after we had gotten home. The boys made seashell art for Daddy by gluing shells onto cardboard. They were very proud. Tyler also photographed it all. Once I get his pictures downloaded he can put them on his blog.