a little birthday celebration!

so even though the mr. had a big ol' scary test today, and was maybe studying all day on his birthday, we still found time to celebrate. we had some friends over for dinner and dessert to welcome spence into this 27th year. we had a blast eating way too much, playing games, and catching up after everyones summer break.  the mr was spoiled with lots of love. 

my mr has a thing for brownies and ice cream. every year since we've been married i've made this for his birthday dessert. one year i attempted a cake as well but he said he liked the brownies and ice cream better ;-) 

love the great blowing out the candles pictures! 

of course we had to get a group photo! i personally love the funny picture the best. dan was mid throw of baby linc....too bad our self timing was off. 

i sure love my mr. and i sure love celebrating him. and even more i love celebrating for days. we have big plans for dinner out just the two of us tonight to continue the celebration! 

happy birthday mr.

to my mr.

happy birthday best friend. i know you are busy at school studying but i want you to know i'm thinking of you. on your special day i wanted to tell you a few things.....

-you are the most incredible person i know

-you have the best sense of humor 

-you are so smart it just kills me sometimes

-you have the biggest heart

-you are so thoughtful

-you are always up for a great adventure

-you are so stinkin handsome i can't stand it

-you have the best arms

-you are a dreamer

-you will be the most incredible father to our future kids

-you will also be an incredible dr. 

-you always strive to do what is right

-you are a great example to me of christ-like service

-you put me first

-you are my most favorite person

-you are the best thing that has ever happened to me

mr i hope you know how incredible you are. i love you so much. i still get butterflies when you walk into a room. 

i hope you enjoy your day and remember how special you are. even though you are an old man now ;-)  you are my old man and i wouldn't have it any other way! good luck studying. know i'm thinking of you and am slightly hating med school right now ;-) 

love your mrs.

the birthday celebrations for the mr. // plus a video!

finally getting around to post the mr.'s birthday celebrations. we celebrated for about two weeks. i guess that's what happens when you have school on your birthday and your mom comes to visit a week later. here are just a few pictures (overload) of celebrating the man i call my husband!

spencers favorite dessert....a pazookie. warm half baked cookie, ice cream and hot fudge. yum. of course we had to use our 26 candles and the sparklers.

mine had sprinkles. because i am in love with sprinkles. it makes everything look more fun.

just some simple birthday presents. now that we're on a budget we had to go small. but i had fun getting some small things for my mr.

loving opening present! of course. who doesn't love opening presents.

birthday plate. we made this together a couple years ago. i'm glad it made it to chicago with us. i was worried this little guy was lost on the way!

some simple birthday decor.

more presents!

this boy is loved by his friends and family!

birthday breakfast. my husband loves breakfast. so on his actual birthday i woke up early to make him his favorite. too bad he had to eat fast to run to school.

and i made him blow out the candles on his toast. i'm that kind of wife!

a little birthday picture.

i didn't get a ton of pictures of us celebrating with spence's mom. we were having too much fun together for pictures.

plus...something new and exciting!!! a video. just a note...i was holding a camera and taking pictures the same time i was doing video. when i put down the camera i was using my other one to take pictures. so thats is why you get the awkward video. i thought it would be more fun to start having videos. ya know so our kids can laugh at us later. as you can see in the video spence didn't think it was cool. oh well!

Spencers Birthday Celebration from Sydney on Vimeo.

the mr. is 26 today // happy birthday!

today is husband's birthday. i can't believe my mr. is 26 today! this is now our 3rd year celebrating his birthday together. too bad 4 years ago we had just met (still feel bad i didn't know it was his birthday). even though we are in a new city and living a new life we are celebrating just the same. he got to open a surprise present last night. then he had a special birthday breakfast today with his favorite star wars characters telling him happy birthday. i even got awesome sparkler candles on his toast...yep i'm that kind of wife.

too bad the mr. has class all day and a dinner tonight. but don't worry...we'll still celebrate. our time may be limited but i have plans all weekend! so excited to celebrate the wonderful man i call my husband. so spence...happy birthday hun. so glad you were born!!!!

everyone reading this....send my husband a birthday wish! even though he is has class today (and tomorrow) i want him to feel loved on his birthday.

happy birthday babe!!!!

the mrs. rambles

this week's ramblings...

-sometimes the only thing you can do is cry. and i feel like i've done that a lot lately. nothing too dramatic  but moving out of state and still not having a place to live is a bit stressful. we move in t-minus 7 weeks (a little less then 2 months). i had my first realization this week of what it will be like living away from my family. and for one night i was heartbroken and a bit sad. but...after a good cry i was feeling a lot better.
we still don't have a place to live but we keep searching and hopefully the perfect place will just fall in our laps (or on our screen as we're doing this all online).

-when i was in jerusalem 3 summers ago (hate that it's been so long) i had the worst "homesickness" for my cabin. sure i missed home but for some reason jackson hole, wy just tugged at my heart strings. maybe it's because going to the cabin is a summer thing. whatever it was jackson hole has a huge place in my heart. well here is the deal...i'm feeling that same feeling again. spence and i are going to miss our annual jackson hole trip (we're moving that week...lame) and i can't get over my "homesickness" for my cabin. maybe we can convince our bosses to give us some more time off :-)

-in two weeks from today the mr. and i will be packing our bags for a glourious week aboard the royal caribbean oasis. the b.family is taking the whole lot of us (11 in total) on a cruise. i couldn't be more excited. it's about time i get working on my tan. i know we just took a little vaca but i think it's time for one more. feel free to come along. we're going to be enjoying endless amounts of food, musicals, flow-rider, mini-golf, beautiful beaches, snorkeling, and a whole lot more. plus a whole week hanging out with the family....what a way to say goodbye.

-southwest was having a sale on flights. $200 round trip chicago to slc. the sale ended yesterday. we forgot to get tickets. yeah...sad day.

-i fell in love with jcrew baubles when they started making their debut months ago. i didn't fall in love with the price tag. i may be a workin' girl but am about to me a med school wife. anyway i heard through the grapevine you can snatch a great deal on ebay. $15 later i had made my first ebay purchase. i couldn't be happier. here is me enjoying the simple pleasures of a new necklace.

so we're about to start the weekend. this week has been rough when it comes to med school prep but i couldn't be more grateful to my mr. he is constantly supporting me and lifting me up. he has his daily reminders that "everything will work out" and "we'll find the most perfect little home for us". how grateful i am for him. and for weekends!!!

i think we'll go swimming, or for a hike, or a picnic....or all 3!!! because it's summer and we can!!!

our new little toy

the mr. and mrs. are now proud owners of one of these pretty little things.
spence has wanted one forever and so as a special surprise for graduating i got him one.

you should have seen his face when he opened up the box with the case, he was so confused.
and then you should have seen his face when i had him open the box with the actual ipad in it.

we skipped out on a movie so we could play with our new little toy
(okay technically it's the mr.'s toy but i can pretend it's mine too)

yeah know we're newlyweds supposed to be saving our moneis but....
i think it's okay to be irresponsible newlyweds every once in a while.
soon enough we'll be paying med school debt so why not pay it while playing with our ipad ;-)

man i love having reasons to celebrate. thanks for graduating babe!

a proud mrs.

the mr. and i are celebrating tonight....

but shh....

he doesn't know.

we're celebrating something big

wanna hear what it is?

the mr. is graduating! 

yep. my cute spence is officially done with his undergrad. 

he can't actually graduate until april (we'll both walk together)

but he is done.

and i couldn't be more proud.

he worked so hard.

a degree in economics and he is pre-med 

usually people just do bio for pre-med.

my man did basically two majors.

and is graduating with a stellar gpa (more than his little wife can say).

so the point of this post....

i am so proud and grateful for all his hard work. byu is hard but spence worked even harder.

he has done so much already for our family.

one day he'll be a great doctor.

but today he's a great husband.

congrats baby! you made it!

now lets celebrate!!!!

(yep i even made you a congrats banner, you know how much i love banners!)