austin's birthday

 we had lots of fun this week! austin turned 25 on july 18th & I wanted to make it super special since this was the first time we got to be in the same place for his birthday to celebrate. (last year I sent him a package with a week of goodies & presents).

I woke up a little bit earlier to start making him crepes for breakfast. I had never made crepes before but they turned out good!

austin also got to open a present before he left for work. I saw this book on amazon & a store last Christmas but I decided to wait to get it for him until his birthday. he loves it! its pretty nerdy but it is pretty much a jedi handbook that has been past down from jedi to jedi & they each wrote little notes in the margins (ex. anakin skywalker, count dooku, ahsoka, obi wan kenobi, yoda, luke skywalker, etc.)

it's been pretty stressful & busy at work the last couple of weeks. I stayed later every day the week of his birthday & it made me stress out a little when I was trying to get home to start cooking up his birthday dinner! I was happy with the way it turned out & austin sure loved being treated so special :) I ended up making spinach mushroom lasagna. I wanted something fancy but also something easy & simple. I didn't like any specific recipe I found on the internet so I ended up with 3 recipes that I dabbled between to put together the dish.

and of course, we got a freebie at starbucks for his birthday. they recommended a vanilla bean with raspberry syrup for him & it was so delicious! I got a strawberries & creme.

I love my husband so much & I am so lucky extremely blessed to be his wife! he is so wonderful for providing for all of our needs with a job that he absolutely loves. he is smart, supportive, kind, extremely handsome, thoughtful & everything that I have always wanted.

this little boy is all grown up!