Happy Birthday Scott!

Scott was able to take the day off for his birthday.  We were able to run together that morning while the three older kids were at school.  So I was happy about that.  We drove down to Salinas to go to Outback Steakhouse.  I don't think I've been to Salinas since we lived in Monterey ten years ago.  It looks just like I remember it.  :)  We had a nice lunch and John told the server it was Scott's birthday, so she brought Scott a surprise ice cream sundae at the end of the meal.  John has all kinds of cuts on his face.  He ran into the cupboards on Matthew's birthday and then fell down at the park getting a few new scrapes on his face.  :(

The server took a picture of us at lunch.  The lighting was not optimal for a photo but you get the idea.  Scott was able to go see a movie in the afternoon while I got the kids from school.

After the kids got back from school we celebrated with cake.  Here's Anna with the cake.  Scott requested yellow cake with chocolate frosting so I made a doctored up cake mix cake (uses a cake mix plus sour cream, pudding mix etc.) with homemade frosting.  I got a lot of compliments on the cake so I think that makes up for the simple presentation.

I had Anna carry the cake for me so I could take pictures.

Emma helped blow out the candles

And she helped open presents

Lots of helpers

We had our movie night (I think we watched Princess Bride which the kids really liked) and had pizza.  It was a nice evening and I was glad we got to spend more time with Scott.  I hope he had a good day too.  Happy Birthday Scott!