Branden is 35

For Branden's birthday this year I decided to let Branden decide what he wanted to do.  Normally I try to throw him a party or do something way special, but he doesn't seem to like what I come up with.  He had the day off so we started the day out just hanging out at home.  After a little while he decided he wanted to go to Lowe's and Home Depot to look at different things for the yard.  We did buy a new weed whacker, which we were in need of.  We then headed grocery shopping.  We got home and put stuff away, ate lunch, and went to finish our shopping.  For his birthday cake I also let him choose.  He isn't a fan of cake, so we had pies.  I made a strawberry cheesecake, 2 banana cream pies, and a double chocolate pie.  The chocolate pie was at Brax's request.

We have a friend who shares a similar birthday with Branden.  They were born the same year just a day apart.  We've been wanting to do something together so we decided to go out to dinner to celebrate their birthdays.  It was a lot of fun!  We tried going to Olive Garden, but since it was a Friday there was a 30-40 minute wait.  We then decided to head to Red Robin.  I've only been there once before so I didn't mind.  Brax tried onion rings for the first time and Brielle tried cheese sticks for the first time.  The Buell's picked the onion rings and we picked the cheese sticks.  The food was really good and our waitress did a good job in serving us.  Towards the end of our meal Branden pointed out a family from Glenwood right behind us.  It was part of the Rickenbach family so we talked to them a little bit too.

Brielle's first cheese stick

Branden and Brandon

Love Brax's face

Brielle and Brax both downed the cheese sticks and onion rings.

 After dinner we headed back to the house for dessert and games.  Branden had invited some other friends over for the night as well.  We played Apples to Apples and the kids played together.  I hope that everyone had fun, I know we did.    It was fun to celebrate Branden's birthday and I'm glad that he had fun.

Simon loved the banana cream pie.

Abbie is a day older than Branden and he makes sure to let her know that!