Birthday Extravaganza

This past weekend it was Rob's Birthday, but also his last official weekend in Carpinteria. I go up this Friday like normal, but we come back here Saturday morning with all his stuff in tow! Its extremely exciting to be done with driving and to be able to see each other more frequently. Phone calls are starting to get extremely annoying. I honestly cannot believe it's actually happening. It's been talked about for so long, but to have it here is sort of strange! Its also a very nerve-racking time for poor Rob. He is moving to a place he doesnt know, from a place he has lived his entire life. He doesnt have a job as of yet which is scary, and he will be going to a new campus... a whole bunch of new rolled into one. I am so glad that he is doing this though, so happy that he is able to take that leap of faith for me, while hoping he knows I would do it in return. It will be an exciting time in our engagement life together, and only 7 more weeks until the wedding! Can you believe it!? I absolutely CANNOT wait! I made Rob play dress up this weekend and put on his entire suit and it made me so excited for the wedding! I cannot wait to marry him! But anyways.. more about that later.. Birthdays.

On Friday Rob chose Outback, so we went and had a nice dinner. I made his favorite cupcakes and we sang happy birthday to him for the first time!

Earlier that day I went and got 27 balloons (one ended up popping) for a new tradition we will be starting! Our annual balloon "send off." We didnt get to it until later so you cant see the balloons flying unless you were there, but he was excited to come home to his balloons and we kept joking about his 50 or 60th birthday! Tons of balloons!

Here is Rob with his annual birthday sign from Dad!

And.. I don't think I promised to not show this.. but I was laughing so hard that I just had to! Here is Chad practicing his moves for the wedding - and thankfully I got it all on tape!! Sorry Chad - but the world has to see what their competition is!

Family came together on Sunday and Rob and I made a delicious meal that everyone seemed to enjoy! We sang happy birthday to him one final time and ate his tradition of mint ice cream cake. It was really good, and I made sure to watch Pam to ensure he will get it every birthday. It was fun to have everyone together for the last weekend with Rob living there, and I am sure he enjoyed it just as much as I did. It will be weird to have him living so close to me, but wow will it be wonderful! This just brings us one step closer to the wedding.. and have I mentioned how excited I am!?! Grandma and Grandpa.. get ready for Rob! You will love him just as much as I do - I promise!