I love my birthday and I've kind of gotten jipped out of a fun birthday for the last five birthdays for one reason or another, so I told Nate that this year, since I was going to turn 30, I wanted a really great birthday. Poor Nate, I told him this back in April because I was already thinking about it and I figured I would give him plenty of time/warning. I think I made him a little nervous because a couple times after that he would say that he just needed a couple of ideas or a hint at the kind of birthday I was hoping for. So I told him that I wanted it to be an all day long celebration, it didn't have to cost a lot of money or anything, just as long as we were doing something all day. Well he did a perfect job because I had a GREAT!!! birthday.
My actual birthday was on a Wednesday, right in the middle of Nate's finals, so the day long celebration was planned for the following Saturday. But the day of my birthday we invited some friends to a bbq and I had a lot of fun planning the menu and preparing everything. We went to a park for the bbq but unfortunately it was unusually cold that day so it wasn't as enjoyable outside. So for dessert we moved the party to Chad and Brittany Ericksons' house so that the kids could be put down for bed and the party could continue. It was a lot of fun to spend my birhday with our friends.
Nate was so cute, he went to the park before me to meet our friends while I finished up the last of the food and when I got there he had the table all set up with a tablecloth and everything.
I've wanted to try making a red velvet cake from scratch so I figured my birthday is a perfect excuse. It seemed to turn out, although, not the prettiest frosting job. I was pretty excited.
First thing, my first present - some Converse Jack Purcells. I have loved those shoes ever since high school and I have a pair that I've had since my freshman year in college that are pretty old and trashy looking but I love them so much that I still wear them. Nate doesn't really like it when I wear them so, now I have a new pair!
Next we went for a bike ride around the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, but we forgot to take pictures there. After that we went to a soda fountain in a pharmacy in South Pasadena that a lot of Nate's classmates love.
We relaxed by the pool that afternoon and then the day ended with a concert at the Hollywood Bowl. I've wanted to go there since I saw it on a movie when I was little. It is a beautiful outdoor amphitheater. And to make it perfect, they played one of my all time favorite pieces, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 and then ended with the 1812 Overture, with the USC marching band and fireworks. It was so incredible. It was the perfect ending to a perfect birthday. Thank you so much bud!!
