Randy's Fabulous Forty!

Randy turned 40!

April 12 that is.

And let me tell you, it looks good on him.  If this is mid-life, it looks great!

So I thought, if he is going to be "over the hill" we should head over the hill , mountain pass to a secret location.

Well for Randy it was. Secret.

The kids and I surprised him with a trip to Lake Chelan.  A pristine, glacier fed lake. Dark evergreens and vineyards cover the mountainside. We have been wanting to go for some time and his birthday was a great chance to just do it. Already, we can't wait to go back!

We stayed at the Grandview on the Lake, http://www.grandviewonthelake.com/
It literally was a grand view on the lake!

 Showing us at 40 he can still do front and back flips off the rock slide.  Such a show off!

 Makayla helped blow out the "candles"....oops forgot those!

Even helped clean up.....on his b-day trip!

When we got home, he had work the following day. However, while he was at work, the kids and I set up for a pre-planned get together with some friends and neighbors.  I casually had told him a few people might stop by.  He didn't want some big surprise party but 40 is a big deal.  Partying with the family is all good but sometimes it is nice to have just a party for you.  Aren't adults just older kids? 

He knew we were doing something, but not quite.  This is a theme than seems to run through our marriage.  I am up to something, he knows it, but not quite sure what "it" is. 

The kids helped revamp the signs, which actually were some his mom had made.  So in a small way, it was like Bon had helped decorate for her son's party. 

We sent him off to get a massage at Massage Envy.  Told the guy, deep tissue massage, this guy is a runner.  Later he called me from Costco.  What?  We were waiting for him at home with guests arriving and he thought he would stop by to grab some items and wanted to know what I needed.  Uhhh, trying not to sound too frantic I told him to head on home since we were hungry and wanted to eat.  Thankfully he got home just as his first guests arrived to the open house. 

Birthday well wishers came all night long!  He was really surprised that our few guests were an entire household and then some!  Thank you to everyone that made his birthday so memorable! 

One of my birthday gifts to him was a book I made about his Boston Marathon run.  It was nice, but with one typo.....argh!  But I was so touched by the video Makayla made for him.  We periodically played it throughout the evening.  See it here - http://animoto.com/play/SZpCm0FZU65fB6BZDYL6ZA

Note to self, have someone else take the pictures. 

I got so busy gabbing, I missed taking pics of a lot of our friends.

Happy Birthday Randog!

You Own 40!!!