Our Weekend - The One with Four of My Birthday Celebrations

I just had the most perfect birthday weekend ever and I truly couldn’t have asked for more!!  Loads and loads of family time, lots of fun outside, and my allergies (mostly) stayed in check, so we’re calling this weekend a TOTAL WIN!

Friday morning I started out the day with my free birthday coffee from Starbucks and then I was ready to tackle another productive day.  All day I had sweet phone calls, text messages, FB messages, and IG messages rolling in and it was so nice getting caught up with everyone.  I got to talk to several people I hadn’t spoken with in a while and it was just so nice!  Thank you all for making me feel very loved!

After B got off of work, we all headed downtown to meet my parents, brothers, SIL, niece, nephew, and uncle for dinner at our favorite Brew Pub and I got to get some sweet baby snuggles while drinking one of my favorite IPAs.  No better way to ring in 37!!  After dinner we all stepped outside where everyone was gathering for the first concert of the spring outdoor concert series.  We always enjoy these so much every year and I’d been counting down the days until the first one… so fun that it landed on my actual birthday!  A Billy Joel cover band performed and they were really good.  The kids had fun dancing and hanging out and the weather was just perfection.  My Aunt Joy and Uncle Greg joined us for the concert and we also got to chat with several other people who we knew that were also down there, one of whom was one of my old coworkers!

After hanging out at the concert for about an hour we all walked down to the Frozen Yogurt place for dessert and after we were done there we headed home since it was getting late  When we got home, B busted out some Gigi’s Cupcakes and he and the kids sang Happy Birthday to me.  We let the kids splurge and eat a half of a cupcake (even though they had just had frozen yogurt) before finally getting them settled into bed way after their bedtimes. 

After the kids went to bed, I opened my gifts from B (he gave me the best card EVER) and then we had our cupcakes… since he had gotten so many flavors, we split them all up so we could try a little of each… a half of a funfetti, a quarter of a lemon, and a quarter of a strawberry.  All were delicious!  While eating our cupcakes, we watched the last two episodes of season two of The OA and I’m already dying for the third season to come out!  Too bad we’ll probably have to wait two more years.  Ha!

Saturday morning we got up and did some things around the house.  I went through both kids’ closets and got rid of all of the stuff they’ve outgrown and then I made a list of all of the odds and ends they each need for summer… new khaki shorts, polos, and sunglasses for J, and new Natives, leggings, and a couple of church dresses for O. 

Jacob had a late soccer game at 1:30, so we had to get ready and eat lunch a little earlier and then we headed to the field.  They got whooped 15-2 by what looked like a bunch of 12 year old professionals.  Lol.  Seriously, it was reeeeally hard to believe that a few of those kids on the other team were six and seven years old.  They were HUGE and really good and we got stomped. 

After soccer, we headed to Lowe’s to grab some ferns for the front porch, and we also bought some shelving to hang in our outdoor shed to hold some odds and ends.  Now all B has to do is hang them and we’ll finally be able to get our Christmas wreaths off of the back porch.  Haha.  Yes, they’re still not put up all these months later.  See, I promise I don’t always have everything together.  ;o)

Saturday evening we had my birthday celebration with my father-in-law and B’s sis and her fam joined us.  We had Longhorn for dinner because I’d been craving a steak, and then we headed back to my FIL’s for cookie cake and presents and to watch the end of the Auburn vs. Virginia basketball game.  It was a heartbreaker for AU fans for sure.

Saturday evening after the kids went to bed, B and I downloaded a free trial of Hulu to give The Handmaids Tale a go and, y’all, I AM HOOOOKED.  It is so good.  In a very creepy, horrible way.  Can y’all even imagine if that ever actually happened?!  OMG.  I’m sure we’ll be blowing through those seasons quickly because I can’t stop watching.

Sunday morning I finished cleaning out Jacob’s closet since I hadn’t quite been able to finish it Saturday and then we headed to my mother-in-law and step father-in-law’s for Sunday lunch and for yet another birthday celebration for moi!  She made my favorite of her meals – cheesy chicken and lawnmower potatoes (I need to share the recipe because – best potatoes I’ve ever had in my whole life), and also asparagus, carrots, black eyed peas, and cornbread.  It was so good.

After lunch we had more cookie cake for my birthday dessert and then the kids helped me open presents.  I received a few things off of my birthday wish list, and then my MIL surprised me with seven large pots of herbs to grow in our back yard!!  I am SO EXCITED!  And she had already planted them for me and everything!  I cannot wait to use these beauties in our dinners and in my drinks… mint, anyone?  Mmmm!!

We spent the rest of the afternoon watching the kids play in the back yard because the weather was beautiful yet again (even though it was mostly cloudy) and then we headed home to relax for a bit before heading to my parents’ house.

My Momma cooked my favorite Sunday dinner – meatloaf and mashed potatoes with broccolli casserole and black eyed peas, and then we had a Funfetti cake for dessert (my fave since I was a little girl!) and I opened presents from them as well.  We spent the rest of the evening gathered around the dinner table, drinking wine, and cutting up like we always do, and it was just the perfect way to end the perfect birthday weekend.

It was truly the most perfect birthday weekend I could have asked for and I have so much to look forward to still because I get to celebrate with my girls next week!

I’m off to run a crapload of errands today so I can stay home and get things done around the house the rest of the week!  Happy Monday, y’all!

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