Late Arrival and Celebration

Shawn arrived from Alabama later than he expected.  We lounged around all day watching movies and went to R&R for Mexican food.  The boys were more than happy to lay around with us all day.

We also had a belated birthday celebration.  Shawn made me sit on the couch and relax while he made a German Chocolate cake from scratch and smoked ribs.  Everything turned out extremely delicious.  I think he felt bad for not being able to be with me on my actual birthday.

 the boys and I helped Shawn recover after 2.5 weeks in Alabama

Isn't he the cutest?!

relaxing while Shawn made me a cake and ribs

belated birthday celebration

Bath, Maine

I was in Bath, ME for a quick trip.  I was able to enjoy a lobster dinner (my first) and tried to see the water but the fog was not cooperating.  Maine was so beautiful and peacefully quiet.  I am dying to go back for a vacation.  Hopefully one day.

Dock by restaurant

When I was younger we were in Maine visiting Uncle Richie...we went to a lobster farm where I happily picked out a lobster.  When we got home I realized what they were going to do with him.  I cried so much I passed out and when I woke up dinner was over!  I have never had a lobster dinner until now.  IT WAS DELICIOUS!

28th Birthday

Shawn was unable to come home for my birthday so I went to work...

BUT I did get together with many of my great friends and went out for dinner!  We had amazing Thai food and two ice cream cakes.  I enjoyed great food and company.  Thank you Jay, Billy, Joey, Janna, Ken, Jasmine, and Zach!!!!

Ice cream cake miscommunication...I'm not mad

Enjoying the cake too much

Zach's Birthday

Zach celebrates his birthday two days before me.  We have birthday celebrations all week!  For his birthday we did presents at the house, walked around the mall, and then went into Baltimore for a fancy dinner...the crab cakes were delicious!  Happy Birthday to a great friend!

Zach wishes Walter was his present.

We hung out at the mall like tweens and Zach got stuck in BBB!

No birthday is complete without a Blizzard from DQ.

Wine Tasting in Lodi, CA

Work sent me to the Sacramento, CA area a day early (on accident) so I was able to get some wine tasting done in Lodi, CA.  Luckily for me my co-worker is very knowledgable when it comes to wine.  I had so much fun and learned a lot...and drank a lot!

An old fermentation tank turned into a wine tasting room in the 60s. Held about 50,000 gallons of wine. Wish Shawn could have seen it.

My new favorite wine - Michael David's Petite Petit

A margarita for National Margarita Day!

All the DELICIOUS California food I could get

I had a very bad flying experience to get home...many hours, delays, missed connections, etc.

Decided to just relax in Denver and enjoy some food and beer.

Farewell

Shawn left me for a little over two weeks to go to Alabama and redo a bathroom for his mama.  He knew how sad I was and decided to take me out for a goodbye dinner of sushi and sashimi (my favorite).  We tried a few different things that we haven't had, mackerel and tuna tacos.  They were delicious.

Shawn was suppose to return after 12 days but it has been a little longer than expected...maybe he owes me another sushi date!

4th of July

This year we went out to the farm and enjoyed the 4th with friends, bbq ribs, and karaoke.  We had too much of everything.  I made potato salad, Greek wheat salad, apple pie, and apple crisp!  Like I said, too much of everything.

Sparklers

Smile normal, worse than a kid

This guy (that hat)...

Sherman the donkey

I love mornings on the farm!