The other night when Lily and I were doing our walk, I mentioned Lily turning 38, and she informed me that she was only turning 37. That was amazing news, because I thought I was 37, and that meant that I’m only 36!! Somehow I lost track of my age, but I felt sheer joy feeling like I just gained a year. Time sure is moving fast, and that was one moment when I felt like time was on my side haha.
Lily and I dictated to each other what we wanted on our special days this weekend (for me Father’s day is tomorrow), and we agreed that is a great way to go. It takes the guesswork out of giving a wonderful day to each other. I love Lily soooooo much. She broadens me, puts so much into the children, loves me, forgives me, comforts me, inspires me and gives me sooo much happiness. Giving her a happy day was such a joy. Here is the report.
First, Lydia made popovers for breakfast for everyone. Lily took time to herself in her room most of the morning. Mostly, she was working on reviewing a book of poetry for our friend Kathryn Sonntag. Both the poetry and Lily’s review are outstanding. Here is the link to Lily’s review that was published by associationmormonletters.org: http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/2020/06/sonntag-the-tree-at-the-center-reviewed-by-lily-darais/
For lunch we had Mobetta’s Hawaiian food. We are all pretty sure it is not very healthy for us, but we are obsessed with how yummy it is. Given today was Lily’s birthday, I thought it was a perfect choice.
Over lunch, Lily opened her presents and nice notes. Lily self-selected my gift to her which was some fancy lip balm.
In the afternoon, Lily went to her favorite plant/decor shop on state street called Sun River Gardens. It is literally one of her favorite shops on the planet. It is perfectly curated and it seems everything there is beautiful and tasteful. Georgia gifted Lily some money for plants as a birthday present to help with the purchases and Lily came home with a beautiful selection. It was so fun to help Lily tidy the house, admire her new plant arrangements and “play house”.
For dinner we had Fat Daddy’s pizza, and red-velvet strawberry icecream cake. We are all crazy about that cake, except for Georgia who has sworn off chocolate (so she didn’t partake), so she had vanilla ice cream we got her from cold stone. Lily and I agreed we both loved the food we had throughout the day.
Lily also got a massage from me. Honey, I hope you had a wonderful birthday. You are the love and light of my life, and you work so hard for our family, and I hope you felt our love today and that the pampering gave you a little more wind in your sail. WE LOVE YOU!!