Birthday & Valentine's Day Weekend

This past weekend, we had a 5 day valentines day and birthday extravaganza! My birthday happens to fall on the 15th, the day after V-day, which always calls for a long celebration! Here is a run down of the events:

• February 12 - H and I went to see Spring Awakening - this was a very good and very different show. You must leave your modesty at home, it tells the raw truth about life, and is very insightful. Many people did get up and leave the show because it was a little vulgar. You have to prepare yourself otherwise you will be caught off gaurd.
  
• February 13 - Birthday Bowing at the Flamingo Bowl
• February 14 - H and Mike were responsible for planning Valentines Day this year and it was a surprise. That morning the boys went out to run errands, and I had the day to relax and pamper myself, which was wonderful. Erica was traveling back from a conference in Florida, and got back that afternoon. I was instructed to go to Erica's apartment at 4:30 p.m. and wait until we received more instructions. We were then asked to meet at our condo at 6:20 p.m. We were there on time, and then asked to sit on the patio and wait, but they did provide us with wine! Around 6:30 the boys came to the door with a printed off menu and a full dinner waiting for us. It was so sweet and really yummy! They did an outstanding job! They may have this resopnsibility now ever year - just kidding :) After dinner and relaxing for a while - I think we ate too much -we headed out to meet some friends. We went to Soulard for a while, but due to the Taste of Soulard - it was crazy! We decided to head to the Gaust House - which is one of our favorite places! At midnight, they sang happy birthday and graced me with a bottle of wine! Such a wonderful evening!

• February 15 - Birthday day! We had a pretty low key day, which was nice. H and I rarely get this kind of time together. We went out for breakfast with Mike, Erica, Whitney and Aaron, then hung out at home for the rest of the morning and early afternoon. We had a memorial service for a neighbor of ours at 3 p.m., which was a beautiful service. After that, we headed to Dewey's Pizza for dinner (which is one of the best pizzeria's in town) and then to the Moolah to see "He's Just Not That Into You" - which was very good!

• February 16 - We were lucky to have President's day off, we did some birthday shopping and errands. That evening, H, myself, mom, dad, Erica and Mike headed to Tony's for my last birthday dinner!

It was a wonderful birthday and valentine's day week! Here are the rest of the pictures