celebrating 41

happy birthday to the sweetest, kindest, funniest, most supportive, loving, intelligent, creative & talented husband. I love you to the moon & back, robert. thanks for choosing me!

{birthday dinner tonight}

tuesday

robert & I decided to take the day off today. and it was awesome. I have no doubt that if I were financially independent, I could entertain myself for years on end without a bit of boredom. ah, a girl can dream. here are a few snapshots from the day. 

{breakfast at metro diner}

{flowers from robert}

{craft time}

{one of robert's new faves- a belgium stout}

{dinner prep}

{roasted sweet garlic bread & almond soup- homemade by robert. amazing.}

snippets from valentine's day

happy valentine's day! I like to think I celebrate love all year round. so v-day isn't too big of a fuss. here are snippets from the day. hope you guys had a lovely, low-key day.

{sweet tulips from my sweet husband}

{super target had pillsbury cinnamon rolls... with chocolate icing! yes, they were awesome.}

{my annual heart tights - goin' on three years with these babies}

{I made some white chocolate covered pretzels}

{treats for my work friends}

{I printed out a bunch of our instagram photos as a gift for robert. idea courtesy of elsie}

{and right now I have a handsome man in my kitchen, whipping up a three course meal. best gift ever -both the man, & the meal!}

boys weekend

last weekend robert had a little male bonding time with all of his vw buddies. they all caravanned over to tampa for the annual vw bus show. they camped out in tents & some in their buses & cooked all their meals over a fire. how cute is that?

music poster show

a few months ago robert designed a poster for a local poster show. the rules were simple: choose a song that inspires you & then design a poster around it. he chose m83's "midnight city" (so envious that my sister got to go see them last week in concert!). listen to the song here (oh, and just for the record- this was before victoria secret started using the song in their commercial!) then check out his poster. pretty clever, huh? he's good. ;)

{music inspiration}

{see the city in the keys??}

 {there were over 75 posters in the show!}

 {loved these simple cotton clouds hanging from the ceiling}

{tons of great designers}

 {see the tv reference in this one?}

{bryant in front of robert's poster & robert in front of bryant's winning poster: sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band!}

robert's 40th birthday southern picnic party

robert's a pretty special guy, so I thought he deserved a pretty special party for his 40th birthday. and I think we definitely accomplished that in a laid-back, southern-sort-of-way. thanks to my incredible parents, with their endless gifts & talents for helping me pull this off (oh, & for owning an awesome party-house). and my sweet sister who used her vacation time to drive six hours just to get here. and to all our friends & family who came (several from other cities & states!) to help shower my "old man" with lots of love & support on the big day. we both feel so blessed to have so many funny, creative, kind & thoughtful people in our lives.

I didn't take pictures of many things that I wish I had- like all the amazing people who came to celebrate with us. but I managed to get a few right as the party started. hope you enjoy.

  {so I made the birthday boy design his own invites. is that so bad?} 

 {I filled lots of little mason jars with wildflowers for decoration} 

{this was a perfect project to practice my sewing skills - 45 cloth napkins} 

{I had a poster printed with all of robert's childhood photos}

{this was my mom's cute spin on the tired (& much-hated by myself) veggie tray. robert made the pimento cheese} 

 {what would a southern party be without two giant pots of boiled p-nuts?} 

{we had mint, sweet tea & lemonade for people to make arnold palmers. refreshing!} 

 {watermelon on sticks}  

 {my mom made the cheese grits & robert cooked the shrimp. I think everyone went back for seconds}  

 {pulled pork sammies, sweet potato chips, cornbread & deviled eggs}  

 {in lieu of birthday cake, I made a bunch of pies (one not pictured). we had parchment, wood fork & baggies to take a slice-to-go} 

  {"ya'll come back" moonpies as favors. yes, I have eaten all the extras by myself}  

  {only one of my corn hole bags busted. can someone teach me how to double-stitch?} 

  {I took this brilliant idea from this woman via pinterest. so easy to set up & tons of fun} 

{my dad set up some bait + poles for people to fish}  

here are a few pics from the surprise "photobooth" that my dad & I set up. we actually didn't get many people it in, but the kids loved it. will post the rest of the pictures later.

{happy birthday, lovah}