Ben turned 31 on Saturday (and sadly enough this is the only picture I could find of him. He avoids the camera about as much as I do). I didn't take the camera along for the day, but we still had a great day.
We started with a nice yummy pumpkin waffle and bacon breakfast (thank you Daddy for helping :) and were so full (not to mention ate so late) we didn't even bother eating lunch. Plus we were saving up for dinner later.
Ben enjoyed watching the BYU game while I ran errands, and he claimed BYU won just for him. I thought that was rather nice of them to win the game just because it was his birthday.
That night we went to his favorite place for Chinese food and we ordered TONS of food. I'm still full today! Afterwards we came home to open presents and to have pie and ice cream, but we bagged the pie and ice cream since we were so unbelievably full, and decided to just save if for Sunday.
After dinner and presents our wonderful neighbors came over to watch the kids so we could go to see Ben's favorite thing of all time The Farley Family Reunion at the Scera. Those of you who are unfamiliar with the Farley Reunion are really missing out. It's a one man comedy show, where he is making fun of mormon family reunions, while doing all the parts. Ben remembers watching a video of this guy way back in the 80's in Ohio, so imagine our surprise when we saw he was still doing shows and one right where we live.
Ben and Ruth (Ben's sister) were laughing so hard throughout the whole thing, that people kept turning around to look at us. I was cracking up as well, especially when he acts the part of the magician, classic! I can't even explain how absolutely hilarious it is.
Then there was a section of the show where they asked if any ones birthday was today and Ben actually got to go up stage and they ad libbed him in as part of the family. Of course he would have to tell them his name was Samsonite Farley (we had name tags to put on at the beginning, I was Persephone). The guy gave him a bunch of random coupons, plus a free ticket to his Christmas show. Ben was so excited like he'd met a real celebrity. He claimed it was the best day of his whole life, which I'm not so sure about since there was a wedding and three kids mixed in there. I guess you just can't compete with the Farley Family. We love you Ben!
6 comments:
Sounds like you two had a lot of fun. Always nice to get out without the children. Comedians, that is great, and they pulled Ben on stage, awesome! What chinese place did you go to?
How fun! Can't wait to see you soon!
China Town, on the corner of 300 S. and 700 E. The owners are actually from China and we've had friends who know Chinese who ate there and said it was very authentic. Plus they have good prices as well.
sounds like a awesome birthday. happy birthday ben. i have never heard of the comedian. i will have to check it out sometime. sounds like a blast. good to know of a good chinese resturant. thanks for the tip. hope all is well with you guys.
it was SUCH an amazing evening. i had an absolute BLAST!!! thanks for having me along :)
Sounds like a great Birthday! Ben is brave, Ryan would have hidden and denied it was his B-day, unless it was at a Metallica concert! lol
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