birthday fun.

My birthday was last Thursday
and it was fun.

Here’s what I did….

Woke up to:
-a sweet note
-pretty flowers
-AND a mocha from the hubs



Then I went to the DMV, 
because I’m old and needed to renew my license.
Depressing.
BUT….looking on the bright side it was the quickest DMV trip EVER – all of five minutes!  WHAT?!?  AND….my picture turned out pretty good if I do say so myself.  This is just the paper version, but I wore some hot lipstick, so I’m excited to see if it looks good in the real version.  Hopefully the photo won’t read crazy cat-lady with lipstick on her teeth. 

I can’t figure out how to flip this photo….and it’s super blurry….but I promise….it’s pretty good for a license photo.


After that I spent the day with my mom getting spoiled.
Shopping, eating sushi and getting a pedicure.

Here is my new shirt (courtesy of my brother)
and my new shoes (courtesy of my parents).

I’m having second thoughts about the oxfords.  
Are they too gimmicky?
I’m not sure.  
Thoughts???


Pretty toes FINALLY!  My first pedi in a year!

After that, Craig’s grandma took us out to dinner at Papa Haydn.
Craig’s birthday is coming up this Thursday so it was a collaboration.

Had a glass of my favorite wine:

“Please pose for a picture Craig!”

Better.

My brother-in-law Cory made sure to wear his finest attire.
Or….maybe he forgot it was our birthday dinner
and had to wear his work uniform.

Here’s Craig’s cute grandma & mom. 
 I didn’t get any other photos of her :(.

My parents ♥ each other.

Dessert is the best part of going to Papa Haydn.
And apparently my brother Matt thinks so too :).


Birthday pressies.
Power tool for the boy.

Anthro pretties for me from the in-laws.
I got the soap I wished for on my list!

Also, my in-laws got us tickets to go to four OSU football games.

BUT….

My absolute favorite present was from Craig:

A roadtrip!!!
(He read my list!  And a surprise vacay was on it!
WAY better than all the other stuff on my list.)

We’re going to be flying to Texas for an OSU game V.S. TCU in Dallas at Cowboy Stadium.  THEN…after that we’ll be driving back to Oregon, making stops along the way.  We’ll be seeing The Grand Canyon (which I’ve never seen!), stopping in L.A., maybe surfing in Santa Cruz and hanging out in San Fran with Caroline!  I am BEYOND excited!  We haven’t been on a vacation in ages and we’re definitely due :).

AND….that’s it!  It was a lovely birthday filled with family and friends :).

xo
{Lauren}

Comments

  1. happy belated birthday, lovely girl!
    it appears that you had quite a good one.
    i’m glad for you!
    i hope the next year brings you and craig many blessings. 🙂

    xo.

    also, i love the oxfords!
    they’re super cute for you.

  2. I actually quite like the oxfords. Which is surprising because I have had a hard time warming up to the mens wear shoes thing. Looks like you had a really rad birthday. Happy Birthday!

  3. Ohh sounds like a perfect birthday! Happy belated wishes!

    I love the flowers…maybe I’ll have to hint to my boyfriend (my birthday is on Thursday…) 😉

  4. This is one amazing day!!!!! 🙂 Love the shoes girl. And yay for Craig having read your list. 🙂 Roadtrips are the best! 🙂 Happy Monday. xoxo

  5. Sounds like such an amazing birthday! I dream of the day when I have someone to bring me flowers and a mocha in bed 😀

  6. Ahhh amazing! Everything about your day looks perfect. Craig is such a good husband 🙂 you two are going to have a blast on that road trip!

  7. happy belated birthday! it looks like you had a very nice time. I really like both pairs of those shoes – not to gimmicky – awesome I think – I’ve been meaning to nab a pair myself. Glad your birthday was fun!

  8. Sounds like an awesome birthday. That dessert does look really good.

  9. looks like such a great day! happy birthday!

  10. Hi Lauren 🙂 Happy Belated Birthday!!! I have been reading your blog for quite a while, and I LOVE it! It looks like you had such a great bday, and the surprise trip would be my favorite too, how cute?!!?

  11. What a happy little celebration! Your license photo is really good- you really do look super pretty in all of those photos!
    And I like the blue shoes. Very cute and kinda different, in a good way 🙂

  12. Sounds like a great celebratory day! I hope your road trip is loads of fun!

    When are you guys taking the trip?

  13. It sounds like to had an amazing birthday Lauren!

    When I went to get my name changed on my driver’s license it took all of 5 minutes, which was a big change from when I needed to switch states from MN to WI and it took HOURS. I was happy for the 5 minute wait, lol.

  14. You guys are such a cute family. What a great birthday! I’m so excited for your road trip. How perfect!

  15. Looks like a fun birthday!!! Love the pic of you & Craig (smiling) – you are gorgeous, girl!

  16. oh wow what an amazing celebration! looks like you had a wonderful day surrounded by the people you love most!
    happy day to you
    xo.
    k

  17. You and craig are adorable and that note is so sweet 🙂 Not to mention the road trip! You make me miss Oregon so much 🙂

  18. Looks like you had an amazing birthday! You deserve it. Oh, and for the record, I think your new shoes are awesome. 🙂

  19. What a fun birthday! I love the Oxfords, I think they’re classic and adorable. I also LOOOVE the blue shoes… where are they from?! Dinner looked wonderful, you guys are so adorable together. & road trip?! amazing. the grand canyon is perfect, you’ll love it!

  20. What a wonderful special day! And cute pictures, love those blue polka-dot shades! Too cute. And the oxfords? Love em!

  21. Happy Birthday! I’m glad you had a great day.

  22. What an amazing birthday! Craig’s note cute and the fact that he put together a surprise vacation is so thoughtful! Papa Haydns looks so good, the deserts are certainly the best part! Yay you finally got the soap…isn’t it funny the things we get excited about? Those candles smell amazing too! And yes we totally need to hang out again, maybe next time with less heat and strangers 🙂 I’m glad you survived ultimate frisbee in that heat! Happy Monday!

  23. yay for roadtrips!!!!! i love emmm.

  24. This sounds like the best birthday ever!! And a suprise road trip to top it off?! How fun 🙂

  25. What a fun birthday! I love it when hubbies do surprises like that. It makes life and being married to them even more awesome. Umm, LOVE both of those shoes. The Oxfords aren’t too much, I have totally been wanting a pair.

  26. Um first off HAPPY BELATED my sweet leo friend!! I know I wished you happy birthday but you can never say happy birthday too much and YES I can’t believe you will be visiting!! WAHOOO!! Can’t wait my home is your home :)!! XO

  27. glad you had a such a great birthday! I LOVE the black and white brogues!

  28. I love that shirt your brother got you where is it from. Looks like a lovely day!

  29. Happy belated birthday Lauren, sounds like a fab day! so glad you enjoyed it so much! xoxo

  30. Lauren! happy birthday (Even though I’m an April baby it’s becoming clear that the best people are born in August lol – My mum, my hubbs, my Grandad, Kate @ Katie Blair Designs had her birthday earlier this week and someone else had their birthday and now I’ve forgotten – thats no good lol!)

    I love Anthro goodies too!

  31. Happy Birthday Lauren!!! It sounds like it was a perfect, lovely day! I want that soap so bad!

    Your license pic is way cute! I just took a new photo as well and it’s SO much better than my last license! WHEW! xoxo

  32. I’m so glad you had a happy birthday Lauren!! I love those blue t strap flats! They are SO cute!! And that road trip will be so much fun!! Definitely something to look forward to 🙂

  33. i’m glad you had a happy birthday! your brother did a good job with that shirt, it’s really cute. and i really like both pairs of shoes there. if i could manage to find oxfords in my size, i’d definitely get some! a while back, i saw a really cute pair on someone elses blog, and she actually got them from target, but sadly, mine never got them, and they were sold out od size 5 on the website 🙁

    i hope you had a good monday! too bad we won’t be in san francisco at the same time!

    love you, old lady (even though i’m older)!

  34. Oh wow. You’re birthday was perfect. Happy, happy belated birthday.

  35. sounds like a fabulous birthday! we took a trip to portland recently but didn’t make it to papa haydn for dessert like we wanted. now i’m more sad!

  36. Sounds like a wonderful birthday! & a roadtrip?! What a perfect present! Can’t wait to hear all about it! <3

  37. happy belated birthday miss lauren!!!! it looks like it was fabulous 🙂

  38. Happy happy birthday! 1. I love the oxfords and totally think you can rock them. 2. I have the polka dot sunnies too! 🙂

  39. Wow! Happy Belated! I looooove Papa Haydn’s! I go there every time I’m in Portland!

  40. What a perfect birthday! And I agree, you totally rock those Oxfords.

  41. Happy late birthday! Looks like you had an awesome day. I am so jealous of the surprise trip! How fun! Also, you and Craig are just so stinkin’ cute! I feel like I haven’t commented on your blog forever. Where have I been?? I miss you! Is that weird? I guess I just haven’t been looking at blogs lately so I’m having fun catching up on yours!

  42. Happy belated B-Day Lauren! Sounds like an awesome day and you have such a sweet husband!

    xoxo

    p.s. road trips are fantastic!

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