My B-day In Pictures!

I'm falling behind yet again, but I had such an awesome birthday that I want to make sure I write about it.  Aside from the fact that we left Benji with my mom for the night, it was the perfect day.  We missed the little man like crazy, but we also enjoyed some much needed adult time.  I kicked off my b-day weekend with some cupcakes from my co-workers.   As if it isn't hard enough to focus on work on a Friday afternoon,  it got even harder when I had to figure out which cupcake to eat first... YUM.

Since many of our favorite get away locales have a 2 night minimum on the weekends, we decided to go out on a Sunday and take off of work on Monday.  (Bonus: awesome 3-day weekend is followed by a 4 day work week!)  After giving Ben over 1 million kisses, we headed to Lake Geneva!  Believe it or not, our first stop was...the farm!  Andy had never gone horseback riding before, so I figured, why not?

I am not exactly sure why we have so many horse pictures.  Maybe Andy was afraid I was never going to want to do this again so he had to make the most of it.  How is my posture, Anna?

RC and Ranger did not disappoint.  I was a little very concerned that there were no helmets, but thankfully the horses were going mighty slowly...

As if it wasn't odd enough that it was my idea to go to a farm, I should also mention that there was a petting farm there as well.  Despite the fact that I am not a huge animal lover, I must say that we had a fantastic time.

Even though horseback riding is not exactly athletic, in my opinion, we worked up quite an appetite so we were off to find some food.  We found a quaint little spot where we could eat outside and of course enjoy some beverages.  There was an artisan fair of sorts going on along the lake, so we wanderer around there for a bit after lunch.  We did some window shopping before ending up at one of our favorite places.

We love, love, love LG for many reasons, but one of the most obvious reasons is because it is where we got engaged.   We had to go to our favorite wine bar, Pop More Corks, and play scrabble like we did on our engagement weekend.   It was fairly nice out (totally HOT) so I kind of felt like a bum being inside, but when we learned that there was a piano/cello duo playing, it was obvious that we were staying inside.  It was so relaxing that I might have fallen asleep if my brain wasn't working so hard trying to beat Andy at Scrabble.  (He did not even let me win on my birthday.)

This is the only picture I could find from our Scrabble game a few years ago.  Such a young pup!

While I am pretty sure we would have/ could have stayed there until they kicked us out, we decided to continue our day 'o R&R by checking into our room.  Although we love a good B&B, we decided to check out the Grand Geneva this time around.  We knew we were going to like it when we were waiting in line to check in and they were offering complimentary champagne.  Even though champagne nearly came out of my nose when the lady at the desk told Andy to have a "grand"-tastic day, I'll take service with a smile (and a drink) any day.  I will also take a view like this any day.

I almost forgot to mention how super cute Andy was in preparing for our night away.  He did all of the research and planning!  Since we are kind of obsessed with picnics, he went all out on my picnic favs.  He even went in search of a picnic basket but didn't have any luck.  He brought fancy cheeses and crackers, fruit, chips and salsa, a baguette, and I'm sure there are other things that I am forgetting.  These goodies paired with some vino from Pop More Corks?  HEAVENLY!!!

Andy even did his research on nice restaurants in the area, but after our picnic, we weren't really hungry for a big meal.  We decided to continue relaxing (and cocktailing), so we checked out the pool/hot tub for a bit.  We did go in the water, but I must have forgotten to take pictures of that...  I did, however,  manage to snap a shot with Will, Kate, and George when our mirror turned into a TV.   :)

After feeling sufficiently relaxed, we opted to hang out at the bar in the lobby instead of going out.  It was so nice to just chat!

We attempted to sleep in on Monday morning, but I was up with the sun, of course.  We enjoyed our view and peacefulness a little longer before heading home to the outlet mall.  As I told Andy, how often do we get to go to the outlet mall during the week?!  Being the super shopper hubby that he is, he readily obliged. :)  We grabbed a quick lunch before heading home to our babe.  I seriously missed him soooooo much!!!  I had a great 30th year and I'm looking forward to year #31!  A HUGE thank you to my wonderful husband for making my birthday awesome!  I know I've said it before but he is just the BEST.