Nate is 30 years old!!! (10/24/07)

Misty had a surprise open house/birthday party for Nate! It was great - family and friends came over a 3 hour afternoon to tour the remodeled house and congratulate Nate by sharing a delicious chocolate cake and cookies and cream ice cream! Misty took pictures of the surprise party and all the guests that attended. I was serving and eating the refreshments so I didn't take any pictures!!! The cake was superb!!!

These pictures were taken a few days after the party. These are the gifts that I gave to Nate in celebration for his 30th birthday.




This is a book "Love" by Truman Madsen, one of Nate's favorite authors.










A navy sweater for Dr. Tanner to wear to the dental office to keep warm! I was so happy that it fit well. :)



















The sweater looks great!

(Don't forget to notice Misty too. This picture of her tells quite a few words!)












This apron has the latest family picture on it. This family picture was taken at Cannon Beach on Charity's 30th birthday!

Little Adalei knows everyone by name on this apron. (Adalei was in bed during the opening of the gifts so she's not in any of these pictures. I know Charity will be disappointed. I'm sorry Charity!)

Nate seems to like to make cookies on Sunday evenings so this apron will keep his clothes clean if he doesn't change out of his suit!






I really wanted to do something special for Nate's 30th birthday but had a hard time coming up with the perfect gift for the occasion. After some time, I remembered this summer when Nate discovered about 10 packages of chocolate chips in my cupboard. He was so excited and wanted to make cookies using double the chocolate chips! I was afraid my stash was going to be eliminated! Remembering this Sunday evening, I decided to get Nate 30 packages of chocolate chip cookies for his birthday. When Nate first opened this heavy bag, he was excited to see the chocolate chips!

Nate was looking inside the bag with awe! He asked if it was a year's supply of chocolate chips! Misty and I hope the chocolate chips will last a year but I won't be surprised if they are gone sooner than that! If you come visit Nate in the next 30 weeks, you'll have a good chance of having some of Nate's great cookies!







Nate was thrilled to see how many packages were there!












Nate started counting to find 30 bags of chocolate chips! One package for each year of his life so far!

Actually there were 10 different types of chips for cookies with 3 bags of each type - milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips, mint chips, chips with toffee, caramel chips, etc.






Nate was overjoyed with all the chocolate chips. He laughed as I repeated the reason why I choose the chocolate chips for his birthday gift.












As you can see, Nate was very happy with his birthday gifts in celebration of his 30th birthday.

Unfortunately, Nate didn't receive his birthday presents until two days after his birthday. I took my car for an oil change on the Monday before Nate's birthday and was shocked to find out that my car needed a new engine. All of Nate's birthday gifts were in my car so he had to wait until my car engine was replaced and I got my car back that Friday after his birthday. I hope Nate will always remember his 30th birthday and I'll be able to enjoy some of the cookies from this birthday gift!