Happy Birthday!

It’s birthday time at the Rees household!  Maria and I turned 25, ha ha. But the biggest birthday was Deacon! He turned 3 on the 22nd. We celebrated by having a meltdown at preschool, going to the doctor and not having a meltdown (yay!). They were so nice and gave the boys a racecar.

Then we had lunch at Tucano’s (Terry’s favorite! All meat!) And a killer cheesecake for me. Deacon loves that place because of all-you-can-eat “cookies”, aka croutons (I have no idea where he gets these things!!)

Then we headed home for the big birthday surprise: A trampoline!! I loved my trampoline as a kid, so naturally we go Deacon one. Terry was a pro and had it set up in no time with minimal swearing

We had a party with the family, and they spoiled Deacon rotten. I decided to make the cake myself this year. It will be LAST time I do it!!

This is what it was supposed to look like.

Yup, nailed it.

Only 4 tries this year to blow out the candle!!

Deacon, we love you so much!! It’s been the best 3 years of our lives with you in them!!

Onion Days

It’s that time of year again: Onion Days! I started off the day bright and early running the city sponsored 5k. I haven’t been running as much at home, so I was pleasantly surprised at my time (29:51, 6 minutes faster than a year ago!) They printed out a cool little card for us to show our pace and placement. Payson, you rock.

Then we hit the parade, which was slightly more boring than last year, or maybe I’m just getting older?

Uncle Kevin spreads the love with cookies

Then we hit the carnival. Deacon can’t get enough of this ride!

Evan called it quits after the parade and missed all the rides

Another sign that I’m getting old? That merry-go-round went really fast!

We saw some friends and neighbors (my mom’s good friend Michelle)

We slept over at Grandpa’s

And the next day Deacon started preschool!