What I did for my birthday .... AKA the post that should have been up on November 20th.

Ah! Time to play some blogging catch up  now that I can get photos to post. Let's roll back time a bit to the weekend before my birthday....

On the Saturday morning before my birthday my best friends came over and we had an awesome morning of coffee and crafting. Sometimes we do fun bday dinners with each other but what I really wanted most was just a relaxing time to catch up on life with my friends while we got a bit creative.

This was my project - a wreath for our front door. Pinterest has tons of wreath ideas so I went with this one (that was actually a project my friend Marianne had made for Ashley's shower). I wrapped a styrofoam wreath in red yarn, glued on 2 yarn scrapbooking stickers, and attached a rhinestone B ornament that I already had. The whole thing cost under $5 and was super easy, although it was time consuming to wrap the wreath in yarn.

Saturday night we celebrated my birthday with my parents. We went out to eat at Saltgrass steakhouse and then walked around the Gaylord Texan to see all the magical lights.

 Ryan and I also got to do their winter snow tubing adventure. Wheee!!!

Handsome hubby and me. I love it when he dresses up for a night out :)

 The lights there are awesome. I would love to be able to stay at the hotel over the holidays one year.

I life size ginger bread house? I think I'll take a bite. Just kidding. It's not for eating, but it is made out of all edible pieces.

Ryan couldn' t stand not eating the gingerbread house so instead he ordered the world's largest single person cookie. It was bigger than Eva's head.

A new birthday tradition! The morning of my birthday Ryan slaved in the kitchen to make some delicious birthday cake pancakes for me. The are made with yellow cake mix, sprinkles, and topped with glaze.

 Then Eva and I got to be treated to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory with my mom and grandma Dede. What a fun girl's day!

Let's face it. The best part of my birthday or any day would be spending time with this giggle box!