29

Finding it hard to believe there are 29 candles on the (vanilla) cupcakes this year as in my head we're still 21... oh wait we have a baby and careers and just bought a house... yep 29 sounds about accurate ;) The new house was the best present ever but besides that it was pretty much life as usual - the crazy celebrations of college are all but a distant memory. My mom made a lovely steak dinner the Sunday before to celebrate the trifecta bdays - Brian, Katie and I - so yummy! Loving that E can now participate in cheese portion of the the G&T, Wine, and Cheese happy hours in the tree house that have become a favorite memory of living in Burnsville this summer.



Um, aren't they adorable? Mr. Sam scored major brownie points by bringing the twin flowers on top of taking Katie on a rockstar birthday date - smart man!


My actual birthday was on a Tuesday (lame) and I worked late and Brian had golf league - boo. I wore sparkly heels to work to cheer me up and we had chips + quesso and champagne that evening while starting Season 3 of the Tudors (love that show) so it turned out to be a great night.


On the 31st we celebrated our birthdays jointly by sneaking in a hot 4:30pm date at Manny's Steakhouse. We even beat the old folks in as it was just us and the wait staff setting tables - too funny. Daycare is open till 6:30 so we were able to enjoy 2 hours as grown-ups before rushing over to pick up Baby Bear and relaxing the rest of the night.

We're heading down to Des Moines this weekend to see Brian's family and celebrate the July/August/Sept Woods Clan birthdays. Looking forward to seeing everyone and sending a special shout out to Brian's mom wishing her well in surgery tomorrow. We love you!

We've been blessed with an amazing 29 years - looking forward to the next 29+!