Enoch turns 30 plus 7

Enoch on Thursday turned 37. Wow I can't believe it. We won't mention how he feels about it. He has been dreading getting older for months now. Every time I asked what he wanted for his birthday he would say it didn't matter because his birthday was months away even if it was a few weeks. Notice the title of the blog. Well we have decided that from now on he is turning 30 each year. He will eventually be the oldest looking 30 year old.

This year for his birthday we just did everything at home. I had a funeral during the day. I am the compassionate service person in our ward and was in charge of the funeral luncheon. If anybody knows anything about this calling when you do a funeral it is literally all day. Since I had this funeral I had to be ready for most everything the day before. I made the cake on Wednesday (cupcakes) and a lot of the sauces for dinner. The morning of I started dinner in the crockpot before I left for the funeral and so when I got home I could easily finish stuff. We just had us for dinner because I didn't want the stress of feeding everybody after being on my feet all day. Being 6 months pregnant I get tired all the time and when I am on my feet all day I get really sore. It worked out good because I actually ended up coming home after the funeral and falling asleep on the couch for an hour. I woke up just before Enoch got home from work.

For dinner I made homemade Cafe Rio. It is one of our favorite meals. Enoch especially loves it. The kids loves it as well so it is really nice. We enjoyed our dinner a lot. I decided earlier in the day that it would be fun if everybody came over in the family after dinner for cake and ice cream. Aunt Pam and Grandma Severe were visiting so they came over for his birthday. It was so nice to have them come and hang out for a couple of hours.

When Pam, Grandma and Gloria got to the house they were wearing really big glasses that they brought to make celebrating more fun. They also brought nasty teeth for the kids to wear. It was fun to see everybody wearing their glasses and ugly teeth.

We opened presents first. The kids got Enoch a new MP3 player. His broke while running the Ragnar in June and so Enoch has been without one all this time. He was really excited. It worked out great because Enoch bought some really nice ear buds a few weeks ago.

From Grandma and Pam they got him this gourmet candy apple. It was so good when we cut into it and ate it. Gloria and Chuck got him a 3 stair step ladder. Enoch as wanted one for a while now and the one they got him is extremely sturdy. It is so nice. It will be nice now to take that out instead of the big ladder.

His last gift was from me. I have been planning on getting him this for so long. I actually bought it over a month ago and was so anxious and excited to give it to him. I bought him a camera to have for scout camps and for what ever else he wants. It is really small and compact (it will fit in his pocket). When he came home from scout camp this last year he mentioned that it would have been nice to of had a camera so he could take pictures himself instead of replying on everybody else to take pictures. They always make a video of scout camp after it for all the boys and he would like to have more say in it because he took all the pictures. Well now he can. He also goes camping once a month and so it will be nice for him to have picture but also for me to see things that he talks about but that I never get to see. His camera actually takes better pictures than my camera does. It has way less features but every picture he has taken has come out clear and with perfect coloring. I want it for myself. Enoch was so shocked to get the camera. He did not expect that at all. He said that he has wanted one but never brought it up or thought he would get one. It is always so nice to surprise Enoch.

This year instead of a cake I did cupcakes. I couldn't think of what kind of cake to make and I was using a gluten free cake mix and it is not the best for making a cake you want to really decorate so I did the easiest and did cupcakes. I did make them look like food barbecuing on a grill. I made hot dogs, kabobs, and pork chops grilling on the grill. They turned out amazing. I loved them. It was nice too because when we all ate the cupcakes you just took the one you wanted and then ate it. We also had ice cream with homemade chocolate sauce that is of course to die for. Everybody always loves it.

Enoch really loved his birthday. He said even the next day how much he loved his presents and birthday. I was glad the despite being so busy I was able to make his birthday a special one even if it meant Enoch becoming a year older.