My first birthday as a wife was wonderful! I have a great feeling about being 28. The past couple of years have brought some big and exciting changes, and I can't wait to see what this year has in store for us.
It's a little embarrassing to admit, but I told Darren that in lieu of gifts I just wanted to eat out for every meal on my birthday--can you tell I enjoy a good meal and not having to do dishes? Like the family reunion, I meant for this day to be much more well-documented in photos, but in my excitement for the day I often forgot to take those pictures. Hopefully the following description and few pictures will do the day justice.
I woke up early on my birthday excited to start the fun day we had planned. Darren had arranged to take the day off so that we could spend it together, and I just couldn't wait! I came into the kitchen area that morning to get ready for breakfast and found a bouquet of pink tulips (my favorite) and gerber daisies on the table. They were beautiful! Darren had apparently retrieved them out of their hiding place and put them on the table early that morning. As excited as I was for the day and being the light sleeper that I am, I'm amazed he did all that without waking me up. For breakfast I decided that I wanted to go to Kneaders in Provo for their delicious French Toast. I was never a french toast fan growing up, but there's something about the syrup and strawberries and creme that come with this french toast that makes it impossible to resist.
After breakfast, I decided that I wanted to open some sweet cards and gifts from family and friends. From my parents I received a contribution to a bike of my choice (see earlier post :) and a book called Parisian Chic: A Style Guide by Ines de la Fressange. So fun! Chris gave me an awesome new running outfit from Georgetown. I wore it to the gym later that morning and felt so smart and sophisticated being associated with Georgetown's School of Medicine. My in-laws gave us a generous gift so that that night's dinner could be on them. Thank you everyone! The gifts and cards were all so wonderful.
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| The Georgetown running outfit from Chris and flowers from Darren |
Though I was still a little full from breakfast when lunch time came around, I didn't want to pass up the opportunity to go to an old favorite: Darren and I ate light at Provo's Zupas Cafe. There are a lot of fun memories with roommates and great sandwiches, soups, and salads to be found there.
Later that afternoon, we came home to find white roses (my other favorite flower) delivered to our apartment from my parents. What a lucky girl I was to have two such beautiful flower arrangements in my apartment!
Darren then offered to take me to a movie I had been dying to see since I read the book and found out they were making it into a movie: The Help. I LOVED it! I have already seen it again with some girls in my book group and loved it just as much the second time as the first. I really appreciated Darren taking me to see it as I know it wasn't at the top of his list of movies to see, but I think he secretly really enjoyed it. The movie is sweet, sad, and poignant with some very funny moments in between.
We went to Carrabas for dinner (yum, yum!) and grabbed a cupcake from my new favorite cupcake place, The Cocoa Bean, for dessert on the way home. It was a fantastic day filled with fun and food (neither of us had to eat much for the next several days!). Thanks for all the birthday wishes and your help in making it such a great day!
