May 13, 2012

• Birthdays and Anniversarys

  When Andrew and I filled out the application for the marriage license, we discovered that our birthdays are exact opposites of each other.  Mine is 11/5 and his is 5/11!  Which means we get to celebrate his birthday two days before our anniversary.  I think its so fun to get to celebrate him right before we get to celebrate us.

  The day before his birthday, his parents came down to Greeley (they live a little over an hour away) for dinner at our place.  Andrew cooked his favorite meal (yes, HE cooked it, otherwise it would have been a disaster) and his parents brought salad and a side.  My contribution was purchasing a cookie cake for him (neither one of us love cake cake) and then adding a bit more decorations to it.

  It was the first time his parents have gotten to see our new apartment, as well as the first time we’ve really gotten to show it off.  It was really nice to have them here, and we had a fun evening.  Here is Andrew’s cake:

  

  It’s a chocolate chip cookie, and they place that made it did all the white icing.  They won’t mix plain and chocolate icing on one cake, and I hate the taste of icing that’s been tinted different colors.  So I had them just do white around the edges and white words, then I added the chocolate stuff myself.  The colorful parts of the balloon tops (yes, that’s what they are, balloons) are different kinds of sprinkles.  I think it turned out pretty good!

  

  We added some fun squiggly candles.

  

  The birthday boy!

  

  Look at that monkey face!  But, he got them all out in one blow.

   

  Then on Saturday we had a full day of rehearsal for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs which we both play very minor roles in.  Then we headed back to the Denver area because we (and Andrew’s parents) had tickets to see WICKED!  It was our anniversary present to ourselves, and we were so excited.  This was my 5th time seeing it, and I love it each and every time, but it was Andrew’s first time seeing it, which was extra exciting.

  Here we are, all ready to go!

  

  We had great seats! First row of the mezz level. 

  

  It was a fabulous production.  The actress who played Elphaba was by far the best I’ve seen – and I’ve seen it on Broadway, in Chicago, and in North Carolina.  And Andrew’s family knew the guy who played Fiyero!  Cool!

  So we had a very fun weekend celebrating all of that, plus getting to spend time with one of our mothers close by, and texting with the other mother who is far away and getting to celebrate both of them as well.  Happy Mother’s Day to our mothers!

  And Happy First Anniversary to us!
  

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