On Saturday Ted turned the big 33 and on Sunday I had my golden birthday and turned 26. We started our birthday weekend off right on Friday with a trip to Valley Vineyards Winery for a relaxing evening of wine and steak. Saturday, on Ted’s birthday, we joined our friends out in the Williamsburg countryside for a rummage sale they were hosting…we had a few things we needed to part with as well! We made a few bucks, but more importantly, we had a really fun, relaxing morning just hanging out, eating fresh-from-the-oven cookies, picking tomatoes and peppers from the garden, and chatting with our friends outside in the cool morning air while selling some wares. In the afternoon we ran a few errands, grabbed dinner and a chocolate malt for the birthday boy, enjoyed a drink at our favorite little Mexican bar, and caught an evening showing of “Brave” at the theatre. It was such a fun movie and we had a really relaxing day, with no set agenda or schedule. When we came home Ted opened all of his wonderful birthday cards from our thoughtful friends and family and then Ted presented me with my/our birthday gift – tickets to Kings Island & Soak City – Cincinnati’s roller coaster and water slide theme park! We’ve been wanting to go since we moved to Cincinnati nearly two years ago, and thanks to a sweet friend who works there, Ted was able to secure us a pair of comp. tickets to spend the day riding roller coasters and slipping down water slides on my birthday!
I made Ted’s birthday cake using one of his favorite hobbies and his two favorite cake flavors – a bowling pin carrot cake and a pineapple upside-down bowling ball cake to celebrate his survival of 33 years on this planet. He loved it. :)
Sunday morning, my birthday, we arose bright and early to spend a day at King’s Island and Soak City. We rode some great roller coasters (loved the Firehawk!), slipped and slid down some really fun water slides until closing time, enjoyed tasty nachos, soft pretzels with cheese, and Dippin’ Dots ice cream throughout the day, hit up one of my favorite burger joints for a late night feast and drinks, and then finished off the day by opening all of my wonderful birthday cards from our thoughtful friends and family. It was the perfect golden birthday!
T&L birthday weekend = total success! :)
