Birthday Boy

Kyle's B-day was monday... I love birthdays.



Kyle made a GIANT leap of faith when he moved to Texas with me exactly 2 years ago, I am grateful every single day for that decision. In honor of my man turning 33 years old, here are 33 things that I think are awesome about him.

1-he is always fair and kind
2-he is confident and never afraid to be himself
3-he always tells the truth
4-he is a good driver & he never makes me drive
5-he NEVER looses his temper (except sometimes driving, specifically in Lubbock)
6-if you touch the end of his nose, he can't breathe
7-he knows a billion "country" sayings that I have never heard before
8-he ALWAYS is my biggest cheerleader
9-he helps me do things I never thought I could do
10-he always pays attention to me when I need attention ( and I need a LOT of it)
11-he makes my lunch every day, with love
12-we carpool
13-he makes us awesome veggie food every single night!
14-he never prepares meat for us to eat although he likes to eat it
15-he knows how to relax
16-he has beautiful hair
17-he has a HUGE head (I think large heads are rather attractive)
18-when I have a headache, he can push it out of my head!... magic!
19-he is extremely patient
20-he loves our dog (even though he was not a dog person before he met me)
21-he taught me how to like cats
22-he washes the dishes (which is AWESOME because I have a phobia of room temp. standing water)
23-he is amazingly creative
24-he is a brilliant musician
25-he notices all the small stuff
26-he always notices big birds... and points them out to me
27-he encourages me to do things I never thought possible
28-he calls me on every work break, and ALWAYS has something interesting to tell me
29-he tells me about his dreams, and listens to mine (no matter how crazy or long)
30-he likes to snuggle
31-he enjoys brunch, and going to interesting places to eat
32-he enjoys a good thrift-store find
33-he loves me and always treats me as his #1
...and there are a billion more.

I love you Kyle, hope you had a great one!

on monday... I turned 30

and it was grand.

On saturday night K made me a dinner that was composed of 2 of my very favorite things... sweet potatoes, and corn. The way this man makes corn, makes me have day dreams about the stuff... If we ever have any type of eating establishment (which is one of the many things we talk about doing in the future) THIS corn will be one of the staples! After dinner K slaved away the evening and part of sunday creating my birthday cake, which was nothing less than the MOST AWESOME birthday cake EVER! I would describe it... but you just gotta see the pics below.

me at dinner showing off my lioness ring, also given to me by K. 
the good stuff... even served on the special plate, and a Corona to boot!
Yeah, that's right, my man crafted my b-day cake into a replication of my guitar, amp and big muff pedal! 
... and the original. 

Ok, so here is my 30th birthday story: On sunday, the day before my 30th, I spent the morning working/digging in the yard, then we went straight to the gym, and then to a photo shoot where I chased around 3 adorable kids for 2.5 hours, then stayed up talking to friends and eating b-day cake until 2am... so what I'm getting at, is a lot of activities that I don't usually do. When I woke up on monday, my b-day, my body hurt, BAD, I could hardly move, and I had a little cry to K... "is this what 30 feels like?"

Fortunately, K assured me that "30 is for cool people," and i was just sore from all the unfamiliar activities... turns out he was right, and now at 30 and 3 days I feel great! But dang that 30 was a doozy!