Oops. It's pretty embarrassing that my last post was in April. We are now in June. But, it's only the second day of June. When you're living at home again and your mom's computer breaks, you just kind of have to go with the flow. (MORE ON THAT LATER! I'm working on a "Reid's...Where are they now?" post!...)
May is always like Christmas for us. It is SERIOUSLY insane. Like, I wanna drink all day errday insane. Eric kicks it off with his birthday on the 7th, Mother's Day, Maggie is the 11th, Levi is the 17th, and I am the 18th. Winner winner chicken dinner. I will go back and post about some of the NON birthday related things, but for now, let's focus on Eric. Because he is FORTY.
This was the big one! So big that we had 3 different celebrations. ;-) Well, 4 if you count his work...
The evening before his birthday, we set off to one of his favorites with our friends and old neighbors - Texas Roadhouse.
Jill was so sweet and made brownies for Eric! The waitress brought out good ol' glasses of milk and dessert was pretty perfect!
We don't get to see these guys too often now, so when we head out together, it's always a great time!
The next morning, on his actual birthday, his office staff made sure to treat him really special!
Complete with confetti, caution tape, and a homemade carrot cake. They even gave him a kazoo which he made sure to blow in my ear each time we talked on the phone. Oy.
So thankful for the people he works with! They are really great to him. :-)
We also celebrated after church one day with our Life Connection Group from church. I didn't take any pictures (boo!) but we filled up the back room at Kansai. Love those people so much. It's great doing life with them!
Disclaimer: The pictures ahead are completely awesome and if you try to steal them, we will bring a formal lawsuit against you.
Our last celebration was this weekend. You can't turn 40 and not get together with your old college buddies. My bestie and Paul even drove two hours so they could be here to celebrate with us! Love her!
Not only did she drive two hours to celebrate, BUT SHE BOUGHT A SELFIE STICK FOR THE OCCASION. What?!
Oh yes.
Eric decided he wanted to eat at Brazeiro's on Fourth Street. Lemme tell you about this place: They have 16 different types of meat. Pork, lamb, bacon wrapped chicken, filet mignon...you get the picture. They bring the meat out on these swords and you just KEEP EATING IT. It is an all you can eat meat fest!
It is what we referred to as a man's paradise.
They had an awesome salad bar and some Brazilian sides that they brought out (which were phenomenal) but you could barely see past all the meat!
The ladies opted for the "lite" meal and just did some chicken and sides.
Once the men all had those glazed over eyes and they looked like they had gotten their fill of protein, the waiter brought out a creme brulee for Eric's birthday! How sweet. :-)
Then it was time. Time to start with some selfie stick action. (Yes, I have a new camera. Yes, these are all horrible pics from my iPhone. You can't selfie stick with a Canon.)
We knew how to use it right away.
And, we were SPOT ON with our pictures.
Even the birthday boy didn't give us grief about taking his picture. At first.
Finally. A great group shot! Love these peeps SO MUCH!
I think we had plans to go to the movies or maybe even do a bonfire, but since it was a gorgeous evening out and the men had consumed 30 pounds of meat, we decided to hit up the Walking Bridge. More SELFIE STICK.
How did I get so lucky to have such great friends?
We topped off the evening grabbing some dessert and I can't tell you how happy this picture makes me. It's total blackmail material.
So, we will definitely chalk this up to one of those laugh-until-your-cheeks-hurt nights. So much fun! I am the luckiest girl I know.
Happy 40th birthday, Eric. I hope you will always look back on your birthday with the greatest of memories. Meat, lots of random pictures, and Josh shouting OY when the waitress told us she was from Wisconsin. ;-)
