Kevin's 36th Birthday!

We celebrated Kevin's 36th Birthday today and a little bit yesterday and Friday too!! It was an awesome birthday weekend!!

On Friday during the day we went down to Facebook for a birthday lunch! The kids had fun exploring Kevin's new office building and getting some treats.

On Friday night we went out on a date to Blackhawk Grille. The food was delish, especially the rich brownie sundae and cookie sundae that we tried. Our neighbors were super sweet and surprised us by paying for our dinner. At the end of the meal the waiter told us our meal was covered. We didn't know who did it at first... but then we figured it out. Such sweet friends!

On Saturday morning Kevin went on a bike ride all the way to the top of Mt. Diablo with a friend.

We pretended that Sunday was officially Kevin's birthday so we let him sleep him and then we made him delicious coffee cake for breakfast. After church we had roast, potatoes, and carrots... his favorite meal choice!

Lastly we opened presents and ate some yummy lemon cake. It was a great day!

Bike to Work Day Success!

Last Spring Kevin bought a bike and was determined to start riding it regularly. I was skeptical... since he doesn't have a lot of free time. He has loved biking though and has been biking to and from the Google shuttle stop several days a week since he bought his bike. 

A few months ago he set a goal to participate in Bike to Work day. Going from the East Bay to Mountain View didn't sound like a super easy thing (over big East Bay hills and across the Dumbarton bridge)... but he would not be deterred. 

 

I was so impressed with Kevin's determination to accomplish his goal. Andrew was super excited but almost slept through the big send off (and so did I). I had to wake Andrew up at 7am (which never happens... usually he's up way before then).

Little dude was so proud of his dad and told everyone about how he rode his bike all the way to Google (about 50 miles... so taking 3 hours... I think?). I bragged a bit too. We were proud!

We welcomed Kevin home with some treats and a little sign! What a great example Kevin is to our family of working hard, preparing, and accomplishing a goal! He's already planning his next biking adventure...

Starting off Kevin's Birthday Long Weekend!

We started off Kevin's birthday long weekend (Thurs-Sun) with some sleeping in! 8am is sleeping in around here right now and Kevin lucked out and the kids slept in and the contractors started later than normal so he got to snooze a bit on his birthday yesterday.

Then I made him quite a beautiful (and big) birthday pancake before he had to race off to catch the Google shuttle for work.

Not too long after that we drove down to visit him for lunch at Google's YouTube offices. The kiddos were goofballs and kept us entertained while Ryan slept the day away in our stroller.

The highlight of the trip was the visit to the Google bathrooms to check out all the toilet features. The kiddos are obsessed with potty talk and bathrooms in general right now (lucky for us... maybe somewhat having to do with the bathroom show rooms we've been to lately too?). Too funny!

Kevin got lots of cuddles, tackles, and tickles.

After lunch we said goodbye to Kevin and trekked up to San Mateo to grab some of Kevin's favorite birthday treats... Sibby's Cupcakes. We stopped off at Central Park for a cupcake reward after enduring 40 minutes of Ryan squawking in the car. 

This pit stop made everyone much happier and then we trekked back across the bay to go home and finish getting a few things ready for birthday dinner and dessert.

Kevin got loads of treats for his birthday- lemon cake with rainbow chip frosting (plus the cupcakes from Sibbys) and we made him mexican manicotti and mexican rice for dinner too.

Scott, Cat, and baby Sophie also joined us for the celebrating!

We continued the partying with a late lunch family trip to PF Changs today that was quite an adventure (not to be repeated anytime soon) and we have a few more things to do over the weekend as the celebrating continues!

Happy Birthday Kevin!