Has it Really been 27 Years?????

This week was my birthday...well Tuesday to be exact. I really can't believe I am 27 years old. I know what you are all thinking, well you don't look 27 yrs old & I surely don't feel it but Holy Cow aren't 27 yr olds suppose to be really mature & know what their doing in life & have families & have experienced soo much?? Well I don't feel like I fit in many of these categories although I can say even though my life is not quite as what I would have imagined it would be at 27 I am definately glad its mine!!! Mike is always the best at making my birthday feel special and this year was no exception.

First he surprised me with a dozen pink roses at work. So just because I want to remember this day I will tell you what he did. At work we get our birthdays off but since Mike had school (yes Mike is in school - I will explain in another post) I decided to take Weds off so I could spend it with him. Anyways he called me around lunch time to see how my day was going & was actually getting ready to head out the door to go lunch with my coworkers for my birthday. Well I asked what he was doing and he said he was at the book store then when I came down the stairs to go outside, there he was! Looking super handsome of course & holding a dozen pink roses!! My heart went Pitter Patter & I ran to him (yes, I really remember running) and gave him a big hug!! He is soo sweet!!!! And I really wasn't expecting it. Anyways he got to enjoy lunch with me & back off to school he went.

Then that night he invited a bunch of our friends and we had a nice birthday celebration. Thanks to everyone who came!!! And thanks to everyone that texted, called & facebooked me on my birthday!! It always feels really good to be remembered on your Birthday :) (can't you just tell that I LOVE birthdays!!)

We planned on going snowboarding on Weds but somethings came up so we went on Saturday for my bday. Not the best pic but it was the only one we took :(

Then that night my good friends, Victoria & Eric, called and invited us to the Jazz game with them. It was really fun catching up and seeing them. They live in Idaho & Vic & I were good friends in High School & I always love the trips down Memory Lane!

So yes a GREAT birthday in deed!! And all thanks to my many friends, family & of course My Sweetheart!!

A Holly Jolly Christmas

This year we had a Holly Jolly Christmas!! Really :) We had Christmas with Mike's family this year & his mom wanted to switch things up so she planned a Holly Jolly Christmas Dinner & then we played our own version of the Amazing Race afterwards. It was alot of fun! For the dinner we had a menu & each spouse had to select their Spouse's meal. Of course there was a catch. The items to choose from were "Glacier Ice", "Elf's Tree's", "Mrs Claus's Yarn", etc. Of course Mike tried to figure out what everything was so I had a somewhat "normal" meal. Me, well I'm not that patient so I just chose whatever & it was quite funny to see what we ended up getting. Of course Mike did pretty good and guessing what things really were & each course I recieved was "mostly" normal. Well, sorry honey I wasn't as thoughtful because he got some interesting mixtures. I can't remember what they all were but the meal really was suppose to be Salad, Spaghetti and meatballs w/ a roll, brocolli & ice cream w/ caramel & chocolate cookies. But I don't think any of us got what we were suppose to in the right order. It was also funny because you had to choose the utensils as well & if you didn't select them until the 3rd course then the 1st & second course you were left w/ eating w/ just your hands & that is what happened to Dave (Angie's husband) It was pretty funny watching him eat spaghetti, salad & ice cream with just his fingers!! We also played the Amazing race afterwards where we had to use our minds fast & put together a Christmas puzzle, then our coordination and throw Christmas Bulbs into moving Mickey Mouse butterfly catchers, then we solved a Christmas word scramble & shared our beautiful voices as we shoulted out Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer. Sadly Mike & I lost because we read the instructions too fast & we ended it all wrong :( Thanks Connie for such a fun time & a great memory!!

Of course there is Always presents on Christmas :) Although this year was a more "simple" Christmas we definately still got spoiled (mostly thanks to the Day after Thanksgiving sales). Mike's mom also got us Christmas PJ's since growing up my family I had the tradition of opening up one present on Christmas Eve which surprisingly (not really) was always PJ's - Mike's mom is good to help me carry on that tradition when I am away from my family!! Our PJ's were definately fun w/ mine having snowboarding bunnys on them & Mike's had Moose all over this pants, Hence the pic w/ him wearing the antlers in his PJ's (It was probably a had to of been there moment)

I hope you all had a Wonderful Christmas!!!! Now its time to Embrace the New Year!