Patrick's Birthday!!

Patrick had December 25th and 26th off for Christmas, and his regular days off are Sunday and Monday, so we planned to stay in Nampa through the weekend. The only problem was that Patrick had to work Saturday, his birthday. So he drove back to Hagerman (a 2 hour drive) Friday night, since the snow was supposed to start falling again early Saturday morning. He made it home, worked Saturday, and then was supposed to drive back Saturday night for a dinner and of course birthday cake. He made it about half way, but the roads were so bad that he was sliding all over the place and once even slid into the median and got stuck. Luckily, he was able to get out and make it to a town with a motel, but that meant that he didn't make it home for the birthday dinner and cake I had spent all day making for him. Needless to say, it was not the best birthday for him. I was pretty sad too, but grateful that he was okay, and we saved the dinner and cake for the next day when he was able to make it back. So here are some pictures of Patrick's belated-by-one-day birthday:

(Finally) enjoying the birthday manicotti.

Here's Patrick's cake pre-Kaiya. He thought it would be fun to teach her to stick her fingers in the frosting and lick them off.

A video of her doing so...

And the cake post Kaiya.

Even though it was postponed, we had fun celebrating Patrick's 28th birthday and only hope that next year's event goes more smoothly!