This is blog post number 100. That's crazy. Probably a very small number for someone who's had a blog for about four years, but an accomplishment nonetheless. So, I think for my 100th post I will write about when I turned 21. Two milestones in my life. I spent my twenty-first birthday in Boise, ID with the Day family and it was an amazing weekend away from school and work. Blake and I took a picture before we left:
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| Turns out Blake is a little bit tall. |
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| The second take was better. |
We got some snacks and drinks and we were on our way. After a couple hours we were in Idaho.
We went straight to Mason(Blake's brother)'s basketball game in Les Bois and met up with Blake's parents. We had some pizza for dinner and then headed to Tyler(Blake's other brother)'s Varsity basketball game. We arrived back at Blake's home and started watching Despicable Me with Mason in the media room, but I soon fell asleep, so we decided to call it a night.
Friday started out with a morning walk with Diane. She told me lots of fun stories of how she met Stephen and stories about little Blake that melted my heart. After we got ready for the day, Blake took me on a mini tour of Boise and we picked up Tyler from high school for a little lunch date. It was so weird walking through the halls of Capital High School because it was nothing like my high school. First of all, there are boys there. Second, there aren't uniforms. Third, everything else was different. I told Blake it was like a kind of high school you see in the TV shows with inside hallways and lockers and sophomore couples walking hand in hand in the hallway. WEIRD.
We went to a cute little ice cream/burger joint called Delsa's.
I love ice. Delsa's has good ice. I love Delsa's.
We went to Sakura for dinner that night and had some sushi and tepanyaki. I'm really good at catching the shrimp. I'm 3 for 3. We went to see The Eagle and then finished Despicable Me. We made an executive decision to celebrate Mindy's and my birthday starting at 7 AM and then I went to bed. Blake woke me up at 7 AM sharp and everyone sang happy birthday to me as I walked into the kitchen. I had candles in my homemade cheesecake and I made a wish as I blew them out. There were two piles of presents on either side of the kitchen table. One for me and one for Mindy. After we opened our presents some of us got ready for the Worldwide Leadership Training and enjoyed that meeting for a couple hours.
We played some fun games in between lunch and dinner: The Game of Things... and The Wrong game. I would recommend them. They are pretty fun. Then it was time for the special birthday dinner at The Mona Lisa. I've never been to a fondue restaurant, but it was simply wonderful. I ate way too much, but I'm allowed to do that on my birthday.
That's our pot of turtle fondue. Delicious. My favorite chocolate was the white chocolate with vanilla caramel and toffee bits.
Throughout the day I received so many wonderful messages and phone calls from my wonderful family and friends. Thank you all for making it such a special day. I love being twenty-one!
On Sunday we had some homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast and went to church. We were able to hear Diane say a few words during the combined Priesthood/Relief Society meeting and I met so many family friends. The ward members couldn't say enough nice things about Blake. It was such a wonderful weekend and one I will always remember.
