the Fitzner Family: Over the hill

The last 4 days has been one big long celebration for the day of Gibb's birth 30 years ago.

It started out on Friday night when Brett & Jenny came to watch our kiddos while we went out to this delicious restaurant to eat. Gibb had a steak and I had the lamb, they were both great. Of course we got dessert too, chocolate cake for the birthday boy and I had my usual, creme brulee...the pistachio creme brulee was incredible! We were going to go mini golfing, but dinner went too late.

So Saturday morning we packed up the kids and went as a family. Jayna had pretty much no interest in golfing, but was obsessed with the rocks and the water, she almost fell in a couple times. Kepler actually slept in his car seat for the first 10 or 11 holes (this is so unheard of for him), and so it kind of still felt like we were on a date...in a weird way. Gibb marked this momentous day by beating me at mini golf for the first time ever! Of course it had nothing to do with the fact that I had Kepler in the baby bjorn for the last 8 holes and I was going easy on him (I mean, he's getting pretty old).

Sunday we continued the celebrations over at his parents with the whole family. The night included a yummy home cooked meal by Pat, featuring Japanese Chicken Wings (if you haven't had these you're missing out), Gibb's usual birthday cake (the only kind he ever asks for) and Cake Pops (I got this idea from a friend and was hooked, she found them here)

Gibb was actually excited to get clothes for his birthday for once

This is how we feel about Gibb turning 30

Hooray, a picture with Pat's eyes open!

Just in case you missed it, Gibb's 30 now

Today, for his actual birthday I was worried it might be a little bit anti climactic since we've already been celebrating for 3 days...

So I had this delicious dinner waiting for him when he got home from work. And we're going to pee our pants laughing at this hilarious movie all night (seriously I can't remember the last time I laughed this hard for so long).