Birthday, Wendover and Babies!

Since Derek and I started dating we have celebrated three of his birthdays! I love traditions, so I always try to make his day important!

The first birthday we celebrated for Derek was his 21st! I was so excited to throw him a party. Not just any party, but a paintball themed one complete with paintball themed decorations and all the guests wearing camouflage! I loved doing that for him!

On his next birthday, his 22nd, I didn’t throw him a party, but I still tried to make his day special. Decorations, nice dinner, nice presents and a cake from Dairy Queen, his favorite, completed did the job.

This year was different. Derek is working two jobs, and had to work his entire birthday. On top of that, he got some computer parts a few weeks before his birthday for his present, so I couldn’t even go shopping for a gift. I was so bummed! I decided that I was going to make him a cake from scratch for his birthday! A deadly chocolate cake with chocolate ganache to be exact! The cake came out of the bundt pan perfectly (this never happens!) and I set it on the beautifully covered plate. I iced the entire cake with the ganache! Not until the end did I decide to taste the ganache! It tasted horrible (I had bought the wrong chocolate). There was no way to scrape the ganache off, so I had to cut half of the cake (bawling the whole time). What should have looked like this…

…looked like a big ugly donut! I was devastated, but my cute husband came home and didn’t even notice how horrible the cake looked. Instead, he was so appreciative of me even making a cake for him! Even though I know it matters more to me then it does him, I still wish I would have been able to make him a beautiful cake, but I am so happy that I have a husband that is appreciative for the small things!

Because we weren’t able to celebrate his birthday on his actual day, we decided that we would go to Wendover with our friends Andy and Aryn. Andy’s birthday is exactly a week before Derek’s, so we decided that it would be a birthday trip for them! We stayed at the Montego Bay! I only took a few pictures because I forgot that I had my camera until end, but we had a fun time! I lost six dollars in the penny slots and gave up! Derek played black jack for a while and ended up winning $35 (Go baby!) I was so excited to be able to take a bath (we only have a shower at our place) and I think Derek was excited to sleep in a king size bed so he didn’t have to sleep on the edge with me taking up the whole thing! Overall, it was a fun trip and I want to go back!

Our Room...

...and our view :)

On another note, I am so excited to have one (and almost one more) baby in my family! My cousin’s wife had her little girl on April 6th and my other cousin is having her little boy any day! I love holding these new babies and plan on becoming their favorite “aunt”!