Birthday Weekend

They really are too sweet to me. I mean, announcing my birthday to the whole world every year. If I was shy it might just make me blush.

So I had a birthday on Saturday. My 29th one. But I'll forgive Google for getting the number wrong on the cake.

On Friday night Will took me to the Kalai concert at Thanksgiving Point. I have been a fan of Kalai since I was first introduced to his music in college. My roommate married one of his good friends, so she had his CDs and we played them in our apartment a lot. In fact, I liked his music so much that Will actually surprised me and sang one of the songs from that album to me on our wedding day. I have been hunting and searching and scouring the DI shelves for years looking for a copy of that album. But it's not available anywhere. And on Friday I found out why. Will went up to the table where they were selling CDs before the concert and had the following conversation:

Will: Hi, do you have Kalai's first album?

CD-selling-girl: Sure, it's right here. (Points to Acoustacism)

W: Um, no I mean is first album.

G, eyeing Will quizzically: This is Kalai's first official album.

W: Um, I'm looking for an album my wife heard in college. Back when Kalai worked with a guy named KC Blake.

G, surprised: Wow, I can't believe you've ever even heard that album. Kalai hates that stuff. He still has some but he doesn't sell them anymore.

I was so bummed. I harassed Will through the rest of the concert to go back and beg. "Did you tell them you sang a song from it at our wedding? It's our wedding song! You didn't tell them that?!?! Did you tell them it's my birthday?? It's my birthday and all I want is the album with our wedding song on it! You didn't tell them that??"

Despite that disappointment, I had a really nice birthday. I really enjoyed the concert, and I fell in love with his rendition of Be Still My Soul. (Which has always been my favorite hymn.) On Saturday, Jacey and I went to the practice for the primary program in the morning, and then I came home, watched some college football and HGTV and took a nap. EXACTLY how I wanted to spend my day. Marie and Ky had us over for a yummy dinner, then Marie, Mom and I went to the Relief Society broadcast. I always head into those things with a sour attitude (Why does this always have to be on my birthday? mumble grumble) but it was SUCH a good meeting. I loved Elder Uchtdorf's talk. The whole meeting made me excited for Conference this weekend.

Will asked what kind of cake I wanted, knowing that I don't like cake. I said I'd rather have pastries. So I got a pastry cake. It was yummy. :)

I might be biased, but I think these girls are the sweetest things ever. Londyn kept telling me all weekend, "It's your birfday! You're two!" I guess we told her that a few times on her birthday. After church on Sunday we went with my folks to look at a house they're thinking about, and then we went to dinner at Glen & Liz's where we had more birthday festivities. We took family pictures, which I considered a present to me since I know how the Robins family feels about pictures. Thanks, Corby, for making that happen!

All in all, a really fun weekend! And if it sounds like my birthday spanned three days . . . um, it kind of did. I didn't lift a finger all weekend. :)