Birthday Recap!

Sunday was my birthday and it was fabulous! I really love birthdays. I think it is so fun to have a day where everyone celebrates you! I'm sure as I continue to age I will change my mind and just want to forget it... but for now, I am enjoying it :)

We started celebrating Saturday night with dinner (SmashBurger) and a movie (Skyfall) with Ryan and Michelle. Dinner was delicious - if you haven't been there yet, we all highly recommend it! The movie was pretty awesome as well. Michelle, Josh and I hadn't seen any of the previous James Bond flicks, so we were wondering if we'd be confused the whole time, but we really weren't. (Michelle still wasn't a fan though... ha!) Ryan has seen them all and he said there are a lot of things that link back to the other movies, so if you've seen them all there are extra little comical tidbits, but nothing that makes a first timer feel like they are missing something.

Sunday (BIRTHDAY!) we were heathens and skipped church...sorry Jesus. Later we met Josh's grandparents, his Mom, and Nichele for lunch at Texas Corral. Mmm. Delicious. And highly entertaining... Grandpa and Grandma Horn are a hoot, that's for sure. Pretty sure the tables around us thought we were crazy!! But that's really nothing new... :) After lunch we walked around Menards and got Christmas lights for Josh to deck the house out with ($1.88 for 21 feet of lighted goodness! Holla!) and then stopped by VerHage Cider Mill in Kalamazoo for some end of season cider and donuts. So good. All in all it was a pretty perfect day :)

Sunday night I came down with some sort of 24 hour flu bug... so Sunday night and all day yesterday I was pretty much down for the count. That was a less than enjoyable way to end my birthday, but oh well. It was nice though because Josh is off this week from work, so he was home to take care of me (between his other jobs conference calls... that boy never really 'vacations'!!) Today I am feeling much better, and I'm really thankful that it was just a short bug and I can still enjoy Thanksgiving!

Alright... that's enough. But first, a photo round up of some of my gifts :) 

Nail polish and S tissues: Nichele (not pictured: a wine glass she decorated all pink and sparkly for me). 'I Can't Believe My Cat Did That' and delicious apple smelling reed diffuser: Mother in law (not pictured: huge picture collage frame). Flowers: hubby :)

OH - and this beauty that Josh got me! An ice cream maker attachment for the KitchenAid. Now we can make our own ice cream. Wheeeee! Tonight we tried our hand at a caramel apple flavored ice cream. It's still freezing but so far the verdict is: AMAZING.  Can't wait to test it tomorrow!

Side note: I can't beleive my mixer doesn't yet have a name. This is a travesty in my book. I shall name it: Kirby. There, that's better. Don't you feel better? I sure do.

Plus a bunch of cards (my favorite!), some gift cards from when we celebrated with my family before, and a Groupon for a really cool canvas collage that I can't wait to pick out (thanks sister!). And I got a TON of well wishes on Facebook from friends and family near and far :) I think that is one of my favorite parts of Facebook. Yes, it reminds them that it is your birthday, but still. They don't HAVE to write on your wall, they choose to. And I like that.

I am SO blessed!