First I decided to take dessert to my dancers on Friday. It's a little backwards for me to bring my own birthday dessert, but I just loved having someone to cook for. (And one of my students actually brought me cookies as a present anyway.) It was a brownie with icing and strawberries. They all seemed to like it- success #1!
On Saturday Mom came up and she, Ryan, Sara and I all went to breakfast together and then went birthday shopping. Woohoo! Being with family is the absolute best part about a birthday. Every opportunity for celebrating should be seized I'm now deciding. Mom couldn't stay for dinner, but she did take me to Costco and bought me some steaks as a birthday present. Sara and Joe came over and we all ate together. So, so fun! I love that the weather is finally warm enough and the food was delicious. Yum!
We had steak and stuffed tomatoes,
... with grilled pineapple and a citrus glaze for dessert.
I meant to do something fresh too, but it just didn't happen.
Sadly Sara had a conference to go to this weekend, so Joe took her to the airport after dinner. Thankfully, to push away the sadness of being without my awesome roomie for the next couple days, a couple of my friends, Nate and Brandon, had planned an 80's night concert so Ash and Jess came up and we all went together. Nate played a fabulous rendition of Time After Time that I absolutely loved and Brandon even danced with me at the very end of the night as a birthday present and gave me some flower seeds. So sweet...
And after that Jess and Ash came to my house and brought me a birthday cake. They even had candles and sang Happy Birthday and everything. They gave me a stress relief kit with candy and kids movies and a children's book that I absolutely love. It even had a tiara in it for especially bad days. It was all arranged in a somewhat terrible 70's era wicker basket for magazines in the shape of a duck. They informed me his name is Leonard. Love you guys! Thanks for the best birthday eve ever. :)
It was late at night, so forgive the shiny face. haha
Thanks so much for all the birthday calls and wishes on Facebook and cards and email! I love you all!!
