My Country Fried Birthday

I somehow managed to have another birthday over the weekend. I don’t know how this keeps happening! The years are taking like 2 months now.

Anywho, another year older, more chubby, more wrinkled, more tired. Blah blah blah. Whatever.

But this birthday was actually a delight from sunup to sundown.

It began with a beautiful hike up Hidden Valley Trail in Ogden - a steep 90 minute intense walk up the mountain, ending in a fabulous view of a hidden valley! Julie and Holly were such lovely walking companions. Our hikes are even more emotionally and spiritually uplifting than physically! Amazing women. I’m so grateful for them. We solve all of the world’s problems in our hikes together. And more importantly, our own.

When I returned home, I baked my cake.

A week ago, I ate lunch at a cute little place called Plates and Palates with darling Krissy. For dessert, we shared a piece of their special dessert for the day - pumpkin cranberry pecan upside down bundt cake with whipped topping. How’s that for a mouthful! And indeed, it WAS a mouthful. Oh, it was divine. In fact, the man seated at the next table really wanted a bite of ours - we got the last piece!

It was so good I asked them for the recipe, knowing full well the answer would be no.

Then I figured I would just google it and see what popped up.

Well, by gosh golly, if google isn’t just the most amazing invention ever. Anything you need or want, it’s really at your fingertips in about 4 seconds. A miracle.

I found a recipe that sounded exactly like what I had eaten. I determined I would make it for my birthday cake.

And so I did.

 

 

It was easy. And beautiful. And I ate a piece all by myself while it was still warm and gooey and the children were still in school. It was a fantastic edible pleasure. Wow! My new favorite cake. Which is already completely gone.

The evening’s fun was the premiere of another one of Todd’s company’s movies - Nitro Circus Country Fried. We headed down to the Energy Solutions Arena at 6. Maddie took a friend, Nate took a friend, and Hannah took a friend. They immediately put Hannah and Karlie to work signing up raffle names at the entrance. She said people were asking for their autographs and photos with them all night long. They kept saying that they weren’t in the movie, not famous, nobodys, etc. But they didn’t seem to care. Autographs and photos anyway.

Our neighbors and friends joined us there. The movie started about 7:30. There was quite a full house. Standing room only. It was loads of fun.

Afterwards, we got photos of the kids with some of the celebs. And scored lots of free loot - hats, posters, stickers, and shirts.

Maddie, Jace, Tenacious J (Jeremy Rawle), Parker, Lauren 

Chillin with Erik Roner 

Andy Bell - washed up motorcyle rider 

This tandem motorcyle was Todd’s invention 

 

When we all got home about 10:30 p.m. the kids sent me upstairs for 10 minutes while they decorated the dining room and got their cards and flowers out. What a delightful way to end my long lovely birthday.

I love my family.

 

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