Monday, August 17, 2009

Happy Birthday to Kenny!!

Kenny's birthday weekend started when the Admin group surprised Kenny with balloons, a card, and a sweet "Daddy's Girl" frame - how nice!

Friday was a half-day - it was TCD's annual office party at the LA Downs race track. We had fun losing a few dollars on the ponies. Mira is looking through the program and deciding on her next bet.

When we got home, Kenny had a package on the front porch. The Hughes' sent homemade chocolate butterscotch pecan cupcakes and beautiful, original artworks! The artwork arrived intact...can't say as much about the cupcakes. But, they were still delicious!! Kenny is stuffing his mouth here, not gagging - just in case it isn't clear...we had polished these babies off by Saturday night!

Mira and I made Kenny a surprise - homemade carrot cake with cream cheese icing! He's been wanting some for months! I made sure and put all 28 candles on there! Hope your wish comes true, Sweetie! Mira is helping and practicing for her birthday which is coming soon!

On Saturday, our friend April, came over and hung out with Mira while Kenny and I went to the Horseshoe to celebrate his birthday together. We were all pumped about our first visit to the casino since we moved out here!

We were both looking forward to playing blackjack, but ended up only playing three hands. I lost all three - Kenny won 2 out of the 3 rounds, so he did pretty good there. We played a lot of roulette; it was fun learning all the different ways to place a bet and the odds of different bets. Fun, but I still lost all but $10 of my money.

I blew the last $10 on slots which was the most boring, mindless way I have ever spent $10. Losing it in the washing machine would have been more thought-provoking!! Losing it in a vending machine would have been more thrilling! Accidentally dropping it into a shredder would have been more interesting! Ugh! Slots are SO boring and such a waste of time as far as I'm concerned!!!!

Kenny did a little better than I did - he still had about $30 or $40 left by the time I ran out of money completely. Afterwards, we headed over to the Boardwalk and grabbed a pretzel and lemonade at Auntie Ann's - YUM!!

It was a lot of fun hanging out with my BFF while Mira was playing happily and napping soundly at home. =)

Just when Kenny might have thought all the birthday celebrations were over...the office threw him and Matthew a surprise party today! The CFO and President's birthdays are only a few days apart - can you believe they're both only 28?

They both got these beautifully framed photos of the first well drilled in TCD's AMI. They really liked the gifts and were totally surprised about the party. Kenny found out a little earlier than planned, but was surprised when he did find out! Matthew was surprised when he was supposed to be. (Good job, Matthew)
Happy 28th Sweetie!! I hope it was a good one!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Cracking up about the cupcakes. I am glad that appearance didn't make much of a difference. Happy Wolverine had a great bday.