It was all about the effort

I had a wonderful birthday Saturday. Unlike my husband, I actually like birthdays. Any reason to eat cake. I woke up Saturday morning and went for a great 5 mile run, came home and started to clean the house. Deron and the boys helped by tackling the bathrooms. Since they make the mess in there, they should clean it. Then Deron took both boys to run "errands", leaving me with some alone time. Didn't really need it, but I still welcomed it. When they returned, the party began. They came bearing two pizzas, a carrot cake (my favorite) and 4 different types of cupcakes (another favorite). I was so excited, three of my most favorite food items. After we ate, the dear hubby and both boys gave me my gifts. In each 3 gift bags, there was a coupon for 5 hugs and kisses. I already cashed one from each. The dear hubby knew that I have been wanting a Garmin sports watch for the longest, and was actually going to buy it for myself this year. All week, I had sent some links of the actual watch to let him know which one it was and where to get the best buy. So when he gave me my gift, I was surprised that it wasn't the one I wanted. He ran downstairs and got the box and receipt only to find out that what he bought was just a heart rate monitor. But he went to such effort, buying it 2 weeks ago and even had it shipped to his school. It was no problem, we were able to exchange for the correct one, just waiting for it to arrive. Another surprise was my cake, my favorite cake is carrot cake and we get it every year. We watch the Cake Boss on TLC faithfully, we love it! So Deron decided that he was going to order my birthday cake from them and have them ship it to me from New Jersey. Unfortunately they do not ship, but I was just so thrilled that he even thought of that. That night for my birthday, we were joined by 3 other great couples for a dinner out and then a little on the town. Had a great time, but was ready to call it a night at 10:30. I guess I was starting to feel my age. The boys are the grandparents for a week, so much to do!!