Let birthday week begin...

Saturday kicked off my "birthday week" celebrations. Jackson and I went to Upland to have dinner and dessert with my Mom and Guy. The menu, which I selected, consisted of stuffed mushrooms, BBQ baked chicken, twice baked potatoes, wheat dinner rolls and a peach pie with Ivanhoe's soft serve ice cream. (I know. This meal threw my diet out the window and my scale still doesn't listen to me when I say that Upland calories do not count.)

It was as good as it looks!

We also celebrated Macy's 9th birthday! She doesn't look a day over 5. :)

Macy enjoying a new birthday toy from MacKenzie

Since we'd eaten like it was our last meal, we decided to take Addie (the 100+ pound giant schnauzer) and MacKenzie for a walk around town.

Addie is quite strong and tired herself (and Jackson) out quite quickly

It was hilarious to see MacKenzie look back at Addie like, "come on, dummy! This isn't even a long walk. Let's GO!" MacK and I lead the way the entire walk. When we returned Addie headed to her water bucket and basically dunked her head in it. She proceeded to catch her breath for the next two hours or so. I'm not kidding. She's out of shape. (Perhaps she needs walks more often, Mom!)

Guy and Jackson working on the landscaping

While Addie recovered, Jackson helped Guy with some landscaping work around the front yard. I don't like working in the yard and I'm not very good at it so I hung out with the dogs and cleaned the outdoor furniture. Wait...wasn't this supposed to be my birthday celebration? Hmm...something clearly isn't adding up! HA! I joke. I joke.

Anyway, soon the boys sent us on a beer run. They claimed it was for the people coming over the next day, but I think they just both wanted cold ones! My Mom drove me to the Gas City liquor store where I proceeded to buy two 6-packs thinking that was what I needed to get. I got my license checked and headed to the car happy to be out of that small, dirty store. Then I was reminded that I was supposed to get two 12-packs. CRAP! I had to go back into the store and make another purchase. The cashier was like, "umm...didn't you just buy the exact same thing like 4 minutes ago?" Yes, I did. Thanks for noticing. Ha! Anyway, in the end the beer was cold and got to the boys for their enjoyment. At least someone got to celebrate the beginning of my birthday week. ;)