My 32nd Birthday, etc.

 (These pictures are in all kinds of weird order, including some I forgot from last week.)
 Here are the beautiful flowers I got for my birthday from Joel and Melanie. Well, actually, they sent them to Whitney at the hospital, but she couldn't get them home, so she gave them to me for my birthday. Sweet! (My kids have also LOVED playing with "It's a Boy" balloons all week!)

 Birthday dinner by Paul: breaded pork chops and sweet potatoes.

 Complete with cloth napkin folding!

 Birthday card from Paul, et al.

 Alice picked out these fake flowers for me at the dollar store.

 I think Grace had the original idea.

 The cookie/Reese's/brownie cupcakes turned out great!

 The next day (St. Patrick's Day) was a snow day!

 The girls played out in it for a while, but Paul and I were kind of over it.

 Happy St. Patty's to ya!

 Yesterday, I helped at the PTA Spring Fair at Grace's school by selling food.

 Paul kept the kids entertained with all the booths, crafts, games, fingernail painting, and face painting.

 Then we went to the temple to celebrate what would have been Grandma Flake's 100th birthday. Everyone in the big extended family was doing it too.

 We went on a nice family hike on the temple's nature trail. It kind of dead ends, but it was fun.

 Typical "Fruit Loops Hair" Gabrielsen.

 Alice has been reading these easy books. We decided Paul's hair looked a lot like the pig wig.

 She is so proud of herself when she reads! She loves to give a thumbs-up and say, "I'm doing it! I'm getting pretty good at it!"

 I made Whitney do one sad face during labor so people wouldn't think she was totally invincible.

 Alice begged for me to curl her hair one day.

 Alice is learning to write:)

 Pancakes for dinner = syrup everywhere!

 We played Scrabble with Derek. "I've got my I's on you." Har.

 A hike around Greenbelt Lake.

 Paul surprised me with a date to National Harbor. We went on a boat ride between National Harbor and Alexandria. Perfect!

 It was so fun!

 Cool boat and sunset.

 The fancy Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor is the biggest non-casino hotel in the East. It was awesome to walk around in!

 These kids love their mama!

 I bought Paul a used grill at a thrift store for his early birthday present.

The grill cover is the best part!