James' 30th Birthday!

It's soo weird that James is now 30! It just feels like that makes us much older than we feel. Thankfully he has over 4 years on me, so I can tease him. His birthday was July 2nd. He had to work, like he does every day :( I crawled out of bed while he was getting ready for work (a major sacrifice for this sleep-loving lady). I really don't think I've made breakfast for him in like 3 months since he got this promotion because it's just too early for me. But I did on his birthday!

He took one look at his eggs and said, "Gross." Then he quickly mixed them out of the '30' shape. He said it looked like a pile of turds. Awesome. At least he appreciated the poster and video I took of Ezra singing happy birthday and left on his phone that morning.

Then we went to work to meet him for lunch. I was hoping to go someplace nicer than Five Guys or McDonald's, but he had court for work, so we waited until he was available and by then he didn't have much time for lunch :( We opted for Quizno's.

Then he went back to work and the boys and I stayed behind and decorated his car:

You can't see the paint in any of the pictures I took, but this side says, "Caution, old man driving." There are 30 post-it kisses and a big happy birthday sign on his steering wheel.

Then we waited an waited and waited for him to come home from work so we could have a little party. He came home about an hour and a half later than we thought he would, so Makai didn't quite make it to the party.

There are 30 balloons each attached to one thing I love about him. He seemed to enjoy this part. We also had some decorations including light-up balloons because Mr. Tressler is slightly obsessed with LED and light up thingys. Ezra and I hid in the dark and yelled surprise when he came in, which of course Ezra loved.

His "cake". It's key lime pie because the local store had to throw out their cakes due to a power outage and this is the next best thing for James.

Then I gave him his present. I searched all day for a fish tank because he has wanted one since before we got married and even has a "secret" stash in his drawer for one. However, I never did find out and when I told him about it he told me we're just going to use that money for our family vacation in September. So I gave him my back-up gift that he has been in need of: A new pillow. He wasn't too excited about it and each morning while I'm making the bed I notice his new pillow on the floor and his old lumpy pillow in its' place.

Even though the day wasn't as successful as I had hoped, I tried at least and I think he appreciates my efforts. We did end up taking him to dinner the next time he got a day off and we went to Six Flags and called it part of his birthday too :)

Here's proof that he will always be young at heart:

This is at six flags in the big ball room. James had way more fun than the kids. I had to tell him we were ready to go about 3 times before he finally came with us. haha. 

While he can be very serious, he doesn't ever take himself too seriously.
 And yes, James, to answer your question, of course I'd still love you if you looked like this!

Love that "old" man of mine!