Well, when Matthew said a small get together I was thinking of like 4 to 6 people so I asked Matthew who he wanted to invite and by the time the list was complete there were twenty people he on it. He assured me that only half the people you invite come so I sent out the invitations that indicated Papa John's would be provided. As time got closer to the party the responses to the invitation came in and all of them were in the affirmative. So we made some adjustments to the plan, like changing the location to our friends, the Chidester's home and asking everyone to bring a small donation so we could get enough Papa Johns for all! It was a fun time. For most of the night we just sat around and talked with our friends. Some of them we hadn't seen in months so it was good to catch up on what was happening in each others' lives. After a majority of people left, the rest of us decided to play a game that our friend Danny Johnson brought over called Snorta. It is a really fun game in which each player has a different animal and selects a noise that goes along with that animal. Everyone has a stack of cards and the point of the game is to get rid of your stack first. You can get rid of cards when you and another player have a match and you win the "Sound Off". So, when you and another player match cards you have to make their animal noise before they make your animal noise. The trick is you only get to see everyone else's animals at the beginning and then they are placed into little barns so no one can see them. And it gets harder with each round because everyone switches animals every round!On Monday, Matthew's actual birthday, we spent it like most other days...Matthew prefers it that way. When Matthew got home from work I had him open one of the gifts I got him. I went to this cool store called Grey Whale CD Exchange over the Christmas break and saw a couple of movies I knew Matthew would like and took note because I already had enough gifts for Christmas, but knew that his birthday was right around the corner. When I went in to buy the movies I had in mind I got up to the counter and the cashier told me that because of the price of the two movies I picked out I could get a third movie free from a certain section of the store. 
He brought me over to that section and I rummaged through the movies and found one! I ended up getting Matthew "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium", "Hitch" and "Finding Neverland" all for only $12.80!! I think that was the most exciting part! Matthew really liked the movies I picked. I was glad to hear that because I was a little worried about getting him movies, but he said that he wished people would get him movies and music more. He says he likes them because they are something he can enjoy over and over again.
He brought me over to that section and I rummaged through the movies and found one! I ended up getting Matthew "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium", "Hitch" and "Finding Neverland" all for only $12.80!! I think that was the most exciting part! Matthew really liked the movies I picked. I was glad to hear that because I was a little worried about getting him movies, but he said that he wished people would get him movies and music more. He says he likes them because they are something he can enjoy over and over again.After eating dinner and opening gifts Matthew and I went over to Friendship Manor for Family Home Evening. As we were driving to the Manor Matthew got a call from his brother Trevor and was still talking with him when we were about to walk into the meeting. He stayed outside for a moment so he could finish his conversation and I walked in, sat down and informed the branch members that it was Matthew's birthday. They then decided that as soon as he walked in we would sing Happy Birthday and as soon as he stepped into the room the singing began. Matthew knew right away that I had put them up to it and he gave me one of his classic smirks and thanked everyone.
Unfortunately the gift I ordered for him did not make it in time for his actual birthday, but it did come later within the week and we were both pretty excited about it. I know to many this sounds silly, but nevertheless we are hoping it turns out to be a wonderful tool. So one day a week or so before Matthew's birthday I was flipping through the TV channels and an infomercial caught my eye when the item was able to effortlessly peel a butternut squash.
Why, you may be thinking, would that catch her eye? Well, it all really started back when Matthew and I got a butternut squash from his parents. At first I wasn't so sure about it, but then Matthew and I created our own infomercial featuring mainly zucchini, but with a little highlight on the butternut squash (I may explain this story more in detail later) and that helped me to warm up to it. After it's video debut Matthew and I decided that this quirky veggie needed to be eaten with some style, so we looked thru our handy dandy Better Homes and Gardens recipe book and found a Butternut Squash Soup with Raviolis recipe. This is where our troubles began. We loved the soup, but alas peeling the butternut was a pain. It took Matthew at least 20 minutes to peel it. So, with all that drama to make a simple soup we were a bit bummed. As you can imagine, when I saw that this peeler could peel away that hard layer with little to no effort I was sold on it and knew the perfect gift for Matthew was the Titan Peeler. Unfortunately we have yet to try it on the butternut it is truly intended for, but we have been impressed by the fine slices of cucumber it produces, and Matthew said that that took no effort at all, so we are hoping for the best.
Why, you may be thinking, would that catch her eye? Well, it all really started back when Matthew and I got a butternut squash from his parents. At first I wasn't so sure about it, but then Matthew and I created our own infomercial featuring mainly zucchini, but with a little highlight on the butternut squash (I may explain this story more in detail later) and that helped me to warm up to it. After it's video debut Matthew and I decided that this quirky veggie needed to be eaten with some style, so we looked thru our handy dandy Better Homes and Gardens recipe book and found a Butternut Squash Soup with Raviolis recipe. This is where our troubles began. We loved the soup, but alas peeling the butternut was a pain. It took Matthew at least 20 minutes to peel it. So, with all that drama to make a simple soup we were a bit bummed. As you can imagine, when I saw that this peeler could peel away that hard layer with little to no effort I was sold on it and knew the perfect gift for Matthew was the Titan Peeler. Unfortunately we have yet to try it on the butternut it is truly intended for, but we have been impressed by the fine slices of cucumber it produces, and Matthew said that that took no effort at all, so we are hoping for the best.On Saturday the 30th we celebrated Matthew's birthday with his family. We went over to his parents house for some Navajo Tacos, pie and ice cream, and fun games. The food was wonderful as usual, although making the fry bread did raise a little smoke and a couple of us had watery eyes for a little bit. Matthew and I played Clue with our nephew Cole and brother in law Zac.
It was fun to play such an old classic. Matthew won, but we let him because he was the birthday boy! Just kidding, he won fair and square and he didn't even cheat this time, well not that we know of anyway. Oh, we brought the ice cream to the party, because our friend Danny Johnson told us that the store WinCo carried a brand of ice cream called Tillamook and said it was the best ice cream he had ever had and we wanted to try it. It was really good ice cream, unfortunatley we only got vanilla because we were putting it on pie, so I still have yet to determine if it is the best I have ever tasted. Well, all in all I think he had a good birthday!
It was fun to play such an old classic. Matthew won, but we let him because he was the birthday boy! Just kidding, he won fair and square and he didn't even cheat this time, well not that we know of anyway. Oh, we brought the ice cream to the party, because our friend Danny Johnson told us that the store WinCo carried a brand of ice cream called Tillamook and said it was the best ice cream he had ever had and we wanted to try it. It was really good ice cream, unfortunatley we only got vanilla because we were putting it on pie, so I still have yet to determine if it is the best I have ever tasted. Well, all in all I think he had a good birthday!
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