happy birthday mr. eggertz

1. He has a great sense of humor. He always knows how to make me laugh. 

2. He can consume more otter pops in one day than ever I thought possible. 

3. He is good at basically anything he tries (which can sometimes be not so awesome for me). 

4. He loves his family more than anything. 

5. He is unbelievably patient. 

6. He shaves his mustache (more like mexistache) for me even though it's "Mustache March" or "No Shave November". 

7. He is always up for an adventure. 

8. He talks in his sleep and it can be crazy funny. Classic nighttime entertainment. 

9. He is a mind reader...well at least he can always read my mind. Talented I tell ya. 

10. He is the only person our cat Mia truly likes. 

11. He is a car man. This is super awesome when I need an oil change. 

12. He has a strong testimony. 

13. He is the one who starts cooking dinner because he knows his wife is challenged. 

14. He loves to read. 

15. He has a great sense of style - in both the fashion and design world - I love that. 

16. He is so cute with his nieces and nephews. 

17. He is my ultimate advise giver and always tells me what I need to hear. 

18. He always drives the speed limit, sometimes even under. Okay, this is not so awesome...

19. He is a PC man and he still loves me, his Apple obsessed wife. 

20. He remembers books and movies better than anyone I know.  

21. He tells me that he loves me every time we talk on the phone. 

22. He loves me in spite of my shopping problems (I say hobby, he says problem. Tomatoe, tomato). 

23. He supports me in everything I do. He's my #1 fan. And I love him for that. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICHOLAS PAUL EGGERTZ! I SURE LOVE YOU LOTS! 

birthday week.

My birthday celebration sort of occurred over the span of a week instead of just one day - thanks Mom for teaching me that birthday celebrations can last longer than a day. It started when we took a journey north for the weekend. The main reason for the trip was to get all my invites photographed for my new website (hopefully to be launched and blogged about soon). Nick didn't want me to go alone so we decided to make a weekend out of it. We took off Friday night after Nick got off work and drove through a blizzard for most of the drive. Driving through a blizzard in a Mini Cooper was not the most exciting thing I've ever done in my life. Luckily we survived, thanks to Nick and his awesome driving skills. I can't imagine if I'd have gone up by myself and had to drive through that. I probably would've just pulled over and let the snow bury me. We had a really fun weekend though. We stayed at "Hotel de Platt" (thanks so much Mikki for letting us invade your home) and spent all of Saturday afternoon shopping. Just so happens it was our 6 month anniversary that Sunday so we decided to head on up to Gateway and go on a little shopping-plus-dinner-and-a-movie date...the very best kind! It was freezing that night so we bought ourselves beanies to help keep us warm. The Christmas lights at Gateway were great - so great we decided they should probably count for Temple Square (I know, we're such slackers - but we're from the land of warmth so this cold was not welcome). Overall, it was the perfect anniversary/birthday kickoff weekend.

Actual birthday day was a little more low-key. Nick had just gotten back from a 2-1/2 day job in Malibu so he was pretty spent. We slept in, went and got me some chunky cinnamon french toast from Kneaders (drive-thru style cause we slept in), lunch at Durangos, Christmas shopped, went to our niece (still weird to say our niece) Kiley's dance recital, and wrapped up the night with dinner at Pasta Factory with our friends. 

My 23rd birthday was good to me. Thanks Nick for spoiling me and letting me shop til I dropped.