Happy Birthday Tiff!!

Yes, I know that I am a week late, but I need to acknowledge Tiff's birthday. It was the best weekend ever!! It all starts a week ago Friday, when my parents called to let us know that they were coming down to St. George for a weekend of fun. They decided to come down to Vegas that afternoon so that they could take us out to dinner and celebrate Tiff's birthday. We ended up going to the Cheesecake Factory and it was AMAZING. I got some chinese dish that I can't remember the name of- it was like carmalized asian chicken or something... anyways it was the most delicious chinese food I have ever had. And that is saying something. I have been craving it like crazy ever since. I am disappointed that I didn't take any pictures of that night, but thanks so much mom and dad!

The awesomeness continued later that night when Tiff's whole family showed up at 12:30 a.m. to surprise Tiff! It was my surprise Saturday to her- the fact that I kept it a secret. It was quite funny actually, because I knew that if Tiff were to know that her whole family was going to be staying with us she would freakishly clean the house and make it perfect. So, I thought "If I were Tiff, how well would I clean and prepare the house?" and I became that person. I should have cleaned a bit better, but I was at least able to get new shower curtains for the extra bathroom and totally clean up our extra bedroom and put new lamps in there. Tiff just thought I was being extra nice making the house look great... but it was for her family's comfort. Plus I'm nice. Tiff was so surprised and excited that she started crying when they came in- it was awesome.

After they arrived we stayed up a bit chatting, then went to bed. During the day Saturday we went shopping, watched the BYU game, and then went out to eat at California Pizza Kitchen. It was some goooood stuff. They were able to stay and come to church with us, then we had dinner at Tiff's aunts house Sunday afternoon. It was AWESOME!! I am so glad that they were able to come stay with us. I was also VERY impressed that our apartment is able to accommodate 4 extra people very comfortably (if you don't mind sleeping on an air mattress on the floor) - so if you are in the area feel free to stay over!

On Tiff's actual birthday (Monday) we were able to celebrate on our own. We had presents and instead of cake we had cinnamon rolls (Mmmmmmmmmm).

Tiff wanted some Harry Potter movies

She mainly wanted a Brita filter since the water in Vegas tastes like sewage

I don't think either of us needed this gift in the house... but I couldn't resist it at Costco for her

Tiff asked for sheets. Sheets? That's a boring birthday present. But, to her defense, the white sheets that we have been using recently turned pink in the wash... so maybe its time.

Here is Tiff's cinnamon roll cake. it was gooooooood!

For Tiff's Birthday dinner we went out to a place called Sammy's woodfire pizza. It was SO GOOD. Seriously. I got a Thai chicken salad that was off the hizzy. Tiff got a hawaiian pizza that was also no longer on the hizzy. It was so good. the pineapples on it were pre-barbequed even. Oh man. THEN they brought out a birthday dessert that was one of my favorite things ever. It wasn't necessarily something different than others in ingredients, but just presentation. This next picture does it no justice since it was taken with my phone. It was ice cream with tons of chocolate sauce and caramel, a huge thing of whipped cream on top, and walnuts all over. The sauces were running down the sides of the cup onto the plate. Delicious.

This next section is dedicated to our Surprise Saturday yesterday. We went to the airshow!! It was awesome. There's nothing like getting a few tax dollars back with a free show after they spend billions on war planes.

Here are a few videos for your enjoyment