Blair's birthday surprise!

So Blair has been bogged down with the stresses of work lately and I'd been trying to think of how to really cheer him up for his birthday. But, beside a few presents and a dinner reservation, I just couldn't think of anything. My mom must have gotten wind of all this because what happened on the 11th (the day before his birthday) was incredible!

When we came home from church on Sunday, these were on our porch.


Here's what was in the bag:



My mom showed up as we were eating lunch and said, "Can I have your baby?" She picked up Paul and brought him to her house while we went on this birthday quest.

Here's the note found on the windshield of our car:


Blair figured it out in two seconds - Omsi. :)

We showed the person at the concierge desk Blair's name tag. The girl smiled and said, "Hello, Blair!"  and handed us the next clue.



Here's a close-up of that clue he's holding. The attached envelope had two tickets for the submarine tour.


The lady at the desk told us that the submarine tour would start at  2:30. It was exactly 2:30 right then! We dashed down the hall.

We waited for the tour to start:


After waiting for 20 minutes, we found out we had barely missed the tour when we arrived. :( So we headed back to the concierge desk for the next clue.

There were FOUR tickets in this next envelope. Two for a planetarium show about black holes and two for the next one about stars and finding constellations. Both shows were a half hour each. We enjoyed laying back and watching the beautiful shows about space on the large domed screen. We loved it! :)

Here's the last clue from the concierge desk. It's probably to small to read from the picture, so here's what it says: "To infinity, beyond and still even more. The joy that you bring can't be bought at a store. Sealed for eternity and blessed to the core, we gained a son - a man we adore! Visit the center at the temple of course!


Sooo we headed over to the temple's new visitor's center! If you haven't gone to see it yet, you need to! It's amazing what they were able to fit in that tiny building! It's all very interactive and high-tech. :)



After looking around, watching a video about eternal families and playing a temple geography game, we earned our final clue.


When we arrived at my parents' house, Paul was fast asleep and this delicious meal was waiting for us!


I had him open his presents after dinner since this elaborate celebration was totally going to outshine our plans for the next day.

So for anyone who still had any doubts, this aught to thoroughly convince you; my mom is extremely awesome. No questions asked.



On his actual birthday we went out to eat at a delicious Japanese restaurant called Yuzu's. (I would highly recommend this place. I think we'll definitely be going back.) Then we went to New Season's to buy some gelato and other goodies. Sorry, there are no pictures from his actual birthday, but I assure you, we were both in great spirits and we had a giddily good time!

Happy birthday, Blair! I'm now married to a twenty-eight year-old man, and I'm more crazy-in-love with you with every passing year. It really does just keep getting better and better. I love you!