Birthday!

I know I promised that the next post would be called "Springtime!" but since it's dumping snow outside right now, I decided to hold that one until a more appropriate weather climate. Instead I thought I'd post the pictures from my birthday that I promised to several people (several weeks ago). I had a wonderfully relaxing birthday, the funny part of Joel's gift to me was the Oregon Trail computer game which both of us played as children. It frequently comes up in conversation as one of those great nostalgic memories (you died from snakebite!). So we played the Oregon Trail and made it safely to Oregon City all in one day, although Kate did die of thirst and Whiskey from a snakebite. So sad. The other part of his gift was perfume, which we picked out together. Joel was a real sport and went with me to smell countless scents until I found the one I wanted, one hour and two headaches later. That night Joel made me dinner (home-made pizza) and we went out for drinks and dessert with friends afterwards. It was great.





Davey and Joel were there also, but they both sneakily managed to avoid the camera. I also took pictures of the parent's gifts. Mom and Dad Ditton gave me this beautiful Monet painting for our bedroom. Obviously it doesn't have that glowing spot of light in the center, I was having a hard time taking a good picture of it. In fact, if you're really interested you can find a better picture here.



And Mom and Dad Cohen gave me a full set of these beautiful pottery barn towels. Really the picture doesn't do their bright, springy colors justice. But yes, they are reversible. And they were meant to go in our downstairs bathroom (I was going for the whole lemon/lime theme) but after seeing them (and feeling them) I put them in our upstairs bathroom and am simply ignoring the fact that they clash with the picture on the wall.



So there you have it! The promised post on my birthday bash. Maybe next time I post the weather will actually reflect the season we're in.