Jon's 30th Birthday

Jon turned 30 on August 21.  We celebrated with his family on the 20th by going to Kanki Japanese Steakhouse and then back to his parents house for ice cream cake!!  Yum!  I brought my camera that night but forgot to get any pictures.  Then Jon and I spent all day on his birthday together.  Running errands, looking at baby things and then out to dinner.  It was lots of fun.

My parents were out of town on Jon's birthday weekend so we celebrated with them this past weekend.  With my family on our birthdays we typically get together and the birthday boy or girl gets to pick their favorite meal for dinner.  My mom asks Jon every year knowing what his answer will be; her homemade fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy.  We have tried to replicate her chicken and we never have.  In fact, the last time we tried to make it, it ended with us using our cast iron skillet, smoke throughout the house and grease splattered on our carpet. It is a long story but grease ended up on our family room carpet as we were trying to get the heavy cast iron skillet out of the house as it was smoking.  That was over 4 years ago.  It was tragic, so we have never attempted it again.
So, this year was like all the rest, fried chicken and mashed potatoes.  We always have a great time with family, especially the girls.  They fight over who gets to sit by us at dinner, and we both eat it up.  So, Ashley sat by me at dinner and Jenna sat by Jon.  For dessert they switched it up and Jenna was by me and Ashley by Jon.  They are so cute!!!