Ryan's #30!! (30?! Really?)

Ryan had his 30th birthday this last week! I think he is aging pretty well.

Maya and I met up with him for lunch on his birthday. Maya is wearing her "daddy makes me smile" shirt. You can see that it is true!

The celebration that night was a bust that turned into an unbust.

We had planned to go go-cart/race car driving the evening of his birthday, and celebrate it with our friends (one of his friends has the same birthday, so it was kind of a duo thing). The weather was supposed to be fine. And then, at 6:30 PM, as we were arriving at the track, a thunderstorm started. We were so disappointed.

After a lot of deliberating about what to do, we decided that we should go to dinner. We ended up at a pizza joint called Proto's, which I think I can safely say is our favorite "gourmet" pizza. We had a fun group with us, and Maya was absolutely stellar, even though we kept her up almost an hour past her bedtime. It was her birthday present to her daddy. :)

After dinner we came back to our house for cake. I found this recipe in my Gourmet cookbook that I received from Ryan's grandmother. The cake was delicious!

Ryan had a fun evening and we loved spending time with our friends.

Ryan loved legos as a kid, so I got him a lego set. Kind of childish, but he liked it (or at least pretended to...).

Maya just loved the bow on the present.

Happy 30th birthday, my husband!!