The next morning Ben skipped his usual gym time so that he could get the kids ready for school and I could sleep in. When I was finally getting up at the very lazy school-day hour of about 7:15, the power was out. I realized that we had little to eat in the way of breakfast food that could be enjoyably consumed without electricity and decided to reverse the originally planned order of things and have cake for breakfast. There were no complaints. And, as luck would have it, the power stayed off just long enough for us to enjoy our birthday breakfast and then it came back on. Worked out just fine.
Ben got the kids to school and the rest of the day was pretty routine, but with lots of fun phone calls, text messages, FB messages, cards, treats, and other surprises mixed in. A stealthy group of YW with unfortunate timing even heart-attacked our door and left us a plate of cookies during family scripture reading. When Jack and Eliza heard them scuffling at the door they immediately investigated, and the youth ran away yelling, "You can't see us! We're invisible!" It was great.
Ben arranged his schedule so that he could be home early enough to help with dinner and enjoy a second cake (oy!) before going to the church for mutual. In addition to the beautiful roses, I received a Costco-pack of cinnamon gum (yum!) and a new watch from Ben and the kids. Life is good!
Wonderful birthday!
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