BIRTHDAY BENSON BESNON BIRTHDAY

November 10th is an important day (Its also a day that was about a month ago..sorry about the delay).

Benson turned 23 on November 10th. He was lucky enough for it to land on a Saturday this year so I got to plan a whole day of partying!!! And party we did.

I had a lot to live up to this birthday since last year I surprised Benson with tickets to go see one of his idols, Bill Cosby in Vegas.

Our buddy Bill was sooooooooo funny. He was a lot older than I remembered him ever being. He should be stuck at the age he was on the Cosby show right?? lame. Anyways, needless to say I had to make Benson's birthday and especially his birthday present REALLY great or he would probably leave me.... haha KIDDING. Honestly Benson is so easy to please. He is so gracious about whatever he gets. :D
LOVE HIM.

 So here is how it went down:

Houston (Benson's best friend) and I had been orchestrating a plan to get Houston to Provo to surprise Benson for his bday. I realize from this experience I am not super skilled at being sneaky. At one point I left my cell phone next to Benson when Houston and I were texting and he saw the text. BOOO! Then I had to hide the key so Houston could get in and I didn't know how to do it smoothly so while we were watching TV I jumped up and said "DID YOU HEAR THAT?" and ran to the door, slipped the key under the mat, and then came back inside and said "Hmm that was weird". Benson looked at me like I was crazy. Which I am pretty sure I was at that point. :D

So Thursday night after our shift at the temple we came home to Houston washing our dishes. Benson was super surprised and really excited. Until we realized his car was getting towed. Luckily Benson was really nice to the tow guys and they ended up letting us go without the typically RIDICULOUS fee. TEMPLE BLESSINGS!!

Then on Saturday Benson went to work and teach the missionaries Korean. Then he came home and I gave him his gifts!! :D I was so excited. So I got him some Ferrari cologne and told him that although he can't have a Ferrari at least he could smell like someone who should. Then he unrolled the papers you see rolled above, read its contents and jumped up and down and giggle like a girl!

What the Groupon says is "1 Hour Ferrari F430 Experience"  So he gets to drive a really fast car. Pretty much his favorite thing. Other than me of course! :D He is so happy he can't even keep his eyes open. 

Then we had lunch with my brother Jason, his wife Brittany and our nephew Janson. Benson asked me to make Cafe Rio style pork salads. This is quite a feat for those of you who have never done it because you have to make all of the following: 

• The pork
• Pico de Gallo
• Tomatillo Dressing
• Cilantro Lime rice 

 And you have to warm the tortillas and build the salad. The best part was that I had to wake up early to put the Pork in the crock pot and because Houston was sleeping on our couch (yea we only really have two rooms in our apartment) I had to be really quiet as I cooked. So at one point I took the marinade I was putting together into our bathroom with a hand mixer and plugged it in where I typically plug in my blow dryer so I wouldn't wake him up. Weird I know.. but it worked.

Sadly this meal ended up being more eventful for some of us then I wanted it to be (more to come later in story).

Then Brittany and Jason took us out to get cupcakes at the CoCo Bean Cafe. Love that place.

Here are Janson and Benson bonding. :D Two very cute boys! :D

Then a little bit later we tried to go out to eat at one of Benson's favorite places to eat: PF Changs but the line was too long so we just walked around the mall together. 

Then we had some of Benson's friends over for cake and ice cream. I brought out my BlenderBottle Box that I get to give away to friends and family and let everyone pick a bottle. Nothing like going to a birthday party and getting a present instead of giving one! LOVE IT! 

 Anyways it was a great day and Benson is sooo excited to go drive the Ferrari when we go to Vegas over Christmas Break.

Sunday evening however me, and my brother and his wife got MAJOR food poisoning. I felt really bad because I think it might have been the dang Pork Salads I slaved over. I've never poisoned someone before. Guess there is a first time for everything. However just to ease anyone's fears of ever eating my food we shared another meal with them Sunday night and so it could have been something from there or a bug because half of the other people who at my Pork Salad did not get sick at all. *SIGH* whatever it was I will not be eating Cafe Rio for a really long time. There is nothing like sitting on the toilet while tossing your cookies into a garbage can in your arms.


And on that lovely note I will leave you! UNTIL OUR NEXT ADVENTURE!!

Kaitlyn!