Darren and I combined our birthdays and our anniversary gift into our getaway this weekend! We leave friday for St. Louis!! BUT he still managed to get me a few gifts to have on my birthday!
I saw this adorable mirror on craigslist for literally a STEAL of a deal! I showed Darren and voila it's MINE! I have soooo many ideas of what to do with it. The hard part will be deciding what idea to use! If you cant tell, this mirror is HUGE!!!!
Darren and I havn't really had a cute bedroom since we've been married. Usually if we have decorating in the budget we choose to use it on the rooms that get used and seen often, so our room was always neglected. Well not this time! For my birthday I got extra decorating pillows and the Tiffany blue throw! Yay for a room I get excited to sleep in every night!!
Mom's are the BEST at picking out Birthday presents! My mom found this at an art show/ trade show and thought of me! It's one of a kind, hand painted and matches perfectly with my kitchen!!!!!! It's an appetizer plate and a small pitcher for sauces and gravies! I may stress about it constantly getting broken in a house full of wild boys, but definitley worth it! (And it matches my birthday shirt!!)
For my birthday dinner I requested Chili's because I just love that place and their food sounded extremeley good! Dena and Farrell even came along to join us!!!! Our kids were crazy at dinner, but we knew they would be! lol. After dinner we headed back to our house for cake!
One of my special birthday requests was a cake made by a delicious bakery! Luckily I found one! Bliss Bakery, which is just down the street! They were featured on Cupcake Wars, a show on the Food Network! This cake was AMAZING! I literally can't even begin to describe how yummy it was!
Kaiden always jumps at the chance to blow out candles! lol.
The filling was a strawberry cream! If you've ever had one of those Lindor Truffles, the chocolate balls with the melt in your mouth centers, then you would know the amazing consistency of the strawberry cream filling! I couldn't believe how the taste and texture were just so perfect! Farrell REALLY liked this cake, he had the biggest piece of all and even called to request we save him another! lol.
After cake, Dena presented me with her gift to me! A beautiful Cupcake Cookie Jar! How cute! I just love decorating my little kitchen!!!! I may need to bake some cookies to fill it up!!!!
Once we got the kiddos to bed, Darren and I snuggled up and watched a movie on the couch! It was seriously such an amazing day! And I'm thankful for everyone who made it so! I just can't wait for this weekend!!!!!!!!!!! We need a vacation so bad! lol. =D
