Happy Birthday to Me!

I had a wonderful 31st birthday on thursday!  I didn't have to work so I went to Lethbridge with Jared for a Bull Sale!  My sister and brother-in-law came too, so we decided to go out for lunch before the sale!  Jared has never been to an auction sale before so he asked Buck to come along and coach him on what to look for in a good bull.  He helped immensely!

The four of us went to Five Guys Burgers and Fries for lunch and it was soooooo yummy!  Oh, as we were leaving home I asked what the weather was like outside, Arren informed me that it was gorgeous, so I wore a light sweater!  By the time we drove out to Balog's the weather had definitely turned cooler,  and by the time the auction was over only two hours later there was at least a quarter of an inch of snow on the ground!!

Dave also met us at the auction, which was great for Jared having Dave's input in deciding which bull to bid on!  While we were sitting in the arena Jared turned to Dave and whispered, "Are you going to do the bidding?"  Dave turned back and whispered, "No, you do it!!"  Before the auction had started the guys went out and looked at all the bulls and determined which were their top picks, when they came into the little cafe, frozen to the core, they then looked over all the statistics for each bull, they picked their number one and hoped it wouldn't go for more then their allotted $2000-$2500.  When 232, their top pick, came out Jared raised his hand to bid, and then again, and again....and then SOLD to Mr.  "Pozey" for $2000!  He really is a good looking bull, the guys decided to name him after his father and grandfather Mambo!  I guess the purebred bulls are all given names, though Mambo's father and grandfather had a much longer name, Mambo was just one of the many names that made up the loooooong name.  So we just kept it simple and left it only as Mambo!

We got home around 4:30pm to find the boys didn't have my Dad, Grandpa Glen, tied up and gagged! They seemed to have a great time together!  Dad did have to change a super smelly diaper, which Armin found absolutely hilarious!  Dad was gagging and dry heaving all while Armin was laughing!  When we got home Dad asked Armin what Grandpa did when he changed his diaper, and with a huge grin Armin stuck out his tongue and gagged and coughed!  It was really quite funny!  I did feel bad because Armin has been having some of the smoothie I have been making for Jared and I every morning, a blueberry, spinach and carrot juice smoothie!!

Once home we put the frozen pizzas in the oven that dad had brought with him and we had a birthday party!!  Mom and Mark brought the paper plates, a huge lifesaver and Arren made a cake!!  It was lots of fun spent with my favourite people!  After cake we were sitting around visiting when a little lull in the conversation came so Calum chimed in, "What games are we going to play?"  So cute!  Arren gave me the cutest little cupcake stands!  Like a big cake stand only mini!!  Emry and Lily made me a necklace with jingle bells on it!!  It too was so cute!

I had a great day, spent with Jared, my very best friend, and all my family!  I really couldn't have asked for a better way to spend the day!