Golden Birthday

Let me just being by saying that for some reason, golden birthdays are just so much more cooler. But it's even sweeter that I turned 21! I am now legally able to purchase alcohol, adopt a child, supervise a person who is learning to drive, gamble in a casino, purchase and conceal a gun. And most importantly Garrick doesn't feel like he robbed the cradle anymore. Life is good!

My birthday week entailed my coworkers decorating my office with the sweetest notes, my amazing boss spoiling me with a gift and a lunch date, eating delicious food from Red Robins, IHOP, and Olive Garden (birthday freebies are the bomb), thoughtful gifts from my incredibly cute husband and my favorite part- 21 Krispy Kreme donuts to put me in a happy sugar coma (we may or may not have eaten 2 dozen donuts in 2 days...) I am so blessed to have so much. 

Playing Catch Up

Well Christmas break came and went way to quickly but it was so great. And now January is almost over. Time is just flying! Here is our documentation of our break. (This will be the longest post ever.)

We watched The Hobbit with the fam in the best theater ever (the chairs reclined all the way down!!)

We played games almost every night, Garrick and Mom loved it. Kayla and Dad were good sports.

All this kid wanted to do was eat pizza and wings over the break, he got his wish. And his pizza skills improved immensely since our last trip. 

He loved participating in our epic Beck family Christmas traditions, I loved it more.

Kayla, Garrick, and I participated in an after party most nights after the parentals went to bed. This entailed movies, food, and more games. This would often last until 4-5am. The power went out one night so we cuddled up in our bed while we watched a movie on the computer and played pandemic. (arguably the best board game ever created)

We were able to go on a temple date with my parents and it was so wonderful. It was the first time we had been back since our wedding, it was definitely one of the highlights of our trip.

And Garrick had to experience our world famous zoo!

We also made a point to visit our engagement spot, exactly a year later. (So precious, I know)

We even were able to spend a couple days with Rebekah and the kids, they are seriously the cutest. I can't believe how fast they are growing up, we love love love them! We even squeezed in seeing the movie Frozen right before we caught our flight. (see Alicia's incredible reenactment here)

Basically this was the best break we've ever had. We ate food allllll day, stayed up till 5, slept in until noon, went to plays, movies, caught up with friends, and spent some good quality time with my fam. Needless to say it was rough adjusting back to school life again. Thanks for the good times Iowa, you'll see us again soon.