An AMAZING Birthday Weekend!

This year for my birthday I told Micah that I just wanted him to surprise me and take me away somewhere for the night for my birthday! He was a little nervous about my request at first, but he stepped up and went OVER THE TOP this year!! I didn't know what we were doing until the morning of my birthday.....we met Mimi and Dooders at IHOP for breakfast and he gave me his gift to me....a sweet little note with 2 season passes to BUSCH GARDENS and 4 meal tickets:) I was SO SURPRISED!! Shortly after we finished breakfast Mimi and Dooders took the girls and we headed to Williamsburg! It was overcast and a bit rainy, but we managed to have a Great Day together doing whatever we wanted to do and not doing the things we didn't:) And for us that included NO ROLLER COASTERS this year! One of the great things about Micah is that he shares the same love of coasters as I do....the take it or leave it kind:) So we rode a few rides, walked and talked a lot, watched a lot of games, Micah day dreamed about how he could win the hoop shooting game, and we ate some yummy food and took pictures!! It was so nice! Then we stayed the night at a hotel in Williamsburg and had a yummy full continental breakfast on Saturday morning! And then we waited for our girls! You see, Mimi and Dooders were heading to VA Beach for the week so they agreed to meet us, on their way, with the girls so that we could have fun with them at Busch Gardens on Saturday!! And boy did they have FUN! They rode rides, ate yummy food, saw so many Sesame Street characters we lost count, we even decided to eat DINNER with Elmo and his Friends!!!! We had a blast, we arrived at the park around 11 on Saturday and didn't leave until 8:45 that evening!!! The girls were EXHAUSTED when we left!! We just put them in their PJs and headed home!! This was DEFINITELY a Birthday to remember, and I have my sweet sweet Micah Cordon to thank for it as he organized and planned THE WHOLE THING!!! I am one lucky wife and mommy that is for sure!!!

DAY ONE......Tip Toeing through the Tulips.....not really:)

We LOVE pictures, so why not one in front of the GRAY wolf sign:) Busch Gardens has SO Much Wild Life!! Micah really enjoyed this owl! We actually took the girls back to see it on Saturday!

Festhaus, one of the funnest places to eat!!

Taking a Ride on the Steam Engine Train!

Being Silly in "Italy"!!

And of course, since it's Italy....there has to be Romance!!

Bumper Cars, man I have always LOVED them!!

He looks good in a yellow car, don't ya think?

Fresh Out of DarKastle....at least I thought it was scary!!

Day TWO......The Girls Arrived!!

ZOE, Emily's FAVORITE Sesame Street character by far today!!

She thought Abby was pretty cool too though:)

And of course their had to be HUGS for Grover!

Zoe's hair was really fun!

Loves for Abby!

And this is as close as Haley was comfortable with!!

Emily wasn't nervous though:)

More LOVE for Zoe!

Elmo (with a crown) was pretty cool, especially after we just saw his performance!

She loved being wrapped up in furry Grover's arms too!

Haley's very FIRST (of many) rides!!

Daddy took the girls back to see the Owl on Saturday!

And here we are at Dinner with Elmo and Friends!!

And this picture pretty much explains how our dinner with the Sesame Street gang went!! Emily in LOVE and Haley scared out of her mind!!!

Cookie Monster stopped by for a little chit chat!

And Elmo wanted to say Hi Too!

One of my FAVORITE pictures of Emily with Big Bird!!

More Hugs for Elmo....thanking him for such a yummy dinner:)

Haley blowing kisses to Bert and Ernie as the walked away!

She saw another one!!!

Beautiful Lilac Tree!

Emily and I ready for some fun!

After we rode, we thought we would invite Daddy and Haley to Join us!

Here we go!! Cute little Haley's feet:)

We are done!!

Haley is processing what just happened!!

Sisters in a Balloon together!!

Now the Swings!!

And the Bumper Cars!!! (Haley wanted out shortly after this shot, she got frustrated that she couldn't reach the pedal!)

Our Day of Fun Together is coming to a Close!!