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happy, happy birthday to my wonderful & amazing husband who turns 30 today! i have been teasing him a lot about being an old man, but i am really so honored to be his wife & be celebrating such a milestone with him.
aaron – i hope you have the most fantastic & awesome day today celebrating thirty amazing years! here’s to many more decades & milestone birthdays!
{if you missed the birthday party recap last week, see it here!}
happy day husband!
M
as i mentioned here we celebrated aaron’s big 3-0 this weekend with family & friends. his birthday isn’t really until this friday, but since that kicks off memorial day weekend, we figured it would be a better turn-out if we threw the party the weekend before.
i have spent the last few months planning & making party decorations, so it was really awesome to see it all come to life on saturday. originally i was going to do a james bond theme as it seemed like a good use of aaron’s white dinner jacket from andy & hailey’s wedding. but then i decided that as much as it would be fun to have the guys dress up in suits & the gals dress up in formals, it would be better as a theme for a big sit-down dinner (which we don’t have the space for). so i decided a beer theme would be fun for aaron (since i knew there would be beer at his party anyways) & went with that. i was able to find paper goods in the theme of a beer tasting & recruited a good friend who brews home brew regularly as our beer master.
i borrowed a few ideas from pinterest {if you are curious, my pinterest board for this party is here} & will share those & my sources below. for now, enjoy the pictures! {there were a few more pictures taken at the party, but for the sake of our guest’s privacy, i decided not to put all of them up here.}
there were {and still are} thirty gold balloons hanging in our front window & each one {well, almost} has a happy birthday wish or favorite memory of aaron from our close family & friends. it means a lot to aaron & me to have received these beautiful notes & thank you to those of you who i harassed to get them to me in time for the party!
source & inspiration list:
thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us – we had such an amazing time! &, last but not least, happy {early} birthday to my wonderful husband!
M
{did this weekend seem long to anyone else? friday seemed like it was an eternity away, even on thursday! also discovered the #abeautifulmess app & am loving it!}
{headed down to pike place market saturday morning to pick up fresh flowers for the party.}
{i finally got some peonies!}
{the happy birthday candles that i got for aaron’s doughnut cake weren’t quite right – can you catch the mistake? #thereareonly2psinhappy}
{his & hers rubba slippahs (as they say in hawaii).}
{my own version of this now famous quote that i did for my grandmother’s 91st birthday.}
{aaron & i did a little spring cleaning at my grandmother’s house by sweeping up the leaves & needles around her house. #justcallushergardeners}
{sunday night wrapped up the weekend with taco time & the great gatsby to celebrate my grandmother’s birthday – this is what she requested!}
we had a fun birthday-filled weekend celebrating both aaron’s birthday (early) & my grandmother’s birthday (even though she says she didn’t want to celebrate being any older, so she is starting to count backwards!). there aren’t many weekend pics to share here, but i will make up for it mid-week when i get aaron’s birthday party post together. we had so much fun seeing lots of friends & family this weekend – we are very blessed! how was your weekend?
M
{on thursday evening i attended the anthro petite launch at the downtown store & got to meet joy from oh joy! she is as lovely in person as she is on her blog. #bloggercrush}
{i needed a few jelly bellys to get me thru my friday at work.}
{it is finally peony season – at least at whole foods. i am waiting it out until tj’s gets them so i don’t have to spend $12 a dozen. #mightbeworthit #peonyseasonbegins}
{saturday was a beautiful sunny day which called for a floral dress & my fun new oxfords..}
{i finally got a new wreath for the front door.}
{i ordered some moo cards & am so excited!}
{sadie was great at supervising yard work on sunday afternoon.}
{happy mother’s day to my mom! #circa1992}
{we finally hit 1000 miles on our new car. pretty exciting!}
we had a fun weekend with some sun & some storms. it was nice to get a few projects out of the way & gear up for aaron’s big birthday bash next weekend {spolier alert: he will be thirty!} we got a chance to catch up with both of our moms today, but since neither of them are in town, we took my grandmother out for a mother’s day dinner. how was your weekend?
M
i wanted to wish every mom & mom-to-be out there a happy, happy mother’s day, especially to my mom, mother-in-law, & late mother-in-law! thank you for everything you do & have done to make us into the people aaron & i are today – we couldn’t have done it without you.
i saw this fun mad lib online this week & thought i would share. my answers are below. visit rue la la to create your own!
to my mom:
to my mother-in-law:
what are your plans for mother’s day? we are taking my almost 91-year-old grandmother out to dinner to celebrate {even though her motto is every day is mother’s day}.
M
*this is not a sponsored post.
{sidenote: my weekend update is backwards this week due to my not-so-quick-to-learn the quirks of my new computer.}
{our rhodie is finally starting to bloom – very exciting! it is strange though that it is coming in bright pink because last year it was white… anyone know why?}
{sunday brunch with old & new friends at americana in capital hill.}
{caught up on some glossies this weekend. yep, that is vogue from march. i am a bit behind.}
{yep, painting again. finally finishing up the hallway that i started last weekend.}
{one of two trips this weekend to the lowe’s paint counter. has anyone else tried to match ceiling paint without a really good ceiling sample? fellow homeowners please do us all a favor & leave a sample paint can of the ceiling paint for the next owner.}
{paint samples to figure out what color to paint the hallway. we went with driftwood grey by martha stewart. grey, i know, surprising.}
{on friday night we celebrated my good friend sascha’s thirtieth birthday at bastille in ballard. happy birthday sascha!}
{you can’t come empty handed to a birthday party, right? cupcakes it is!}
this weekend flew by – did it for you too? i don’t understand how monday thru friday often drag on & on, & then saturday & sunday are gone in a blink! we were busy wrapping up a few on-going projects on the house & trying to tackle our ever-growing {out of control} yard. how was your weekend?
M
i spend a lot of time taking & sharing pictures of our two kids, the house & sadie. but, we have been really bad about talking (& sharing) pictures of us, even though this is aaronandmisha.com.
i have {informally} resolved to get behind the camera less & in front of it more, & share more pictures of us on this blog of ours. so, in an effort to make good on this resolution, here are a few recent shots of aaron & me.
{tibi dress rented from RTR // j.crew clutch}
{taken at our friends dave & maryalice’s engagement party in january. we are very excited to both be in the wedding party!}
{aaron with the tiniest bottle of tabasco sauce ever at my birthday dinner.}
{happy i am so thankful she didn’t bring out 28 candles birthday!}
{old cape // zara dress // shoemint shoes // j.crew clutch}
expected more? i know, it wasn’t much of a photo dump. like i said, we don’t take very many photos of us & are really good {too good} at being behind the camera! i hope this is the first of many snapshots of us lately posts.
are you a good self picture taker? if you are, spill your secrets!
M
{birthday dinner outfit. the best outfits include a cape & 5 inch heels!}
{commuting home with flowers aaron sent to the office on thursday.}
{sadie giving aaron a “welcome home” hug on friday evening.}
{valentine’s day celebrations thru-out the weekend included heart shaped pancakes from scratch!}
{saturday afternoon was spent antiquing with amanda in pioneer square!}
{my shopping finds: liquor “name tags” on chains – wodka, whisky, cognac & gin, & vintage indiana & idaho maps – like to become a pinterest craft.}
{it is still a thrill to see the space needle.}
{weekly trip to lowe’s. so excited for what is in that box! any guesses?}
{cupcakes!}
{these poor little bulbs didn’t get the memo that it is still mid-february. guess it is taking the groundhog too seriously this year.}
{a little yard clean-up as our flower beds were looking a bit unkempt.}
{assembled my awesome wooden moose head courtesy of amanda all the way from new zealand! thanks, i love him!}
{our house is stocked with fresh blooms in celebration of my birthday & valentine’s day. aaron was so sweet to send me flowers to the office & to the house on thursday!}
{sadie got a bath this weekend & has decided that the hair dryer is pretty neat when it is so cold outside!}
we had a wonderful weekend filled with continued birthday celebrations! thank you for all the sweet birthday wishes via various social media this week – i am feeling very loved. how was your weekend?
M
{wouldn’t it be amazing to get a giant heart balloon from geronimo balloons from your valentine? i think i would keep it forever.}
i hope everyone has an amazing & love-filled day celebrating! people ask me a lot whether i like having my birthday on valentine’s day & the answer is a resounding yes! i do feel bad for my husband because growing up my birthday & valentine’s day were two very separate holidays, both celebrated {thanks mom & dad!}, but i really do love it. since i do share a birthday with a holiday, i love that it is a day that is filled with joy & compassion for those around you. where gestures of love – big & small – are made in return for a few x’s & o’s.
whether you have an official valentine or not i hope that you find a lot of love today!
xo M
to wrap up my valentine’s day diy {just two days away, eek!}, i have two small projects to share.
first up is a card which is loosely based off of a card i have seen before in stores.
supplies:
i cut out a folding card from plain white cardstock. i put the fold on the top edge, but you could put it on the side edge too. then i laid down the matchstick where i wanted it on the card – a bit off-centered – & punched two tiny holes on both sides of the matchstick. then i thread a short piece of wire thru the holes, looping around the matchstick, & putting the ends thru the back of the card. i twisted the wire to secure the matchstick.
then i wrote out “sparks fly” on the outside of the card, & “when we’re together” in the inside. simple as that.
the last project i have to share is a fun valentine’s gift for aaron – a date night jar. we have been talking about the fact that two-and-a-half years into marriage that we don’t go on dates really anymore. at least not like we used to. so, i thought it would be fun to compile some ideas so that when we find ourselves looking for something fun to do, we could skip past the brainstorming & move right to the date!
there are lots of “date night jars” on pinterest so definitely search there if you want some more versions of this idea.
supplies:
i started out by brainstorming & writing out all of my date ideas. i tried to make half of them free dates & half of them pay dates. i was with some girlfriends during this process which helped the idea-flowing tremendously, but i tried to think of all of those things that we always say we want to do or only do when out-of-town guests are visiting. then i painted the ends of the sticks {both sides} – red signifying the pay dates & pink the free ones.
then i put all of the sticks in the jar, painted side up. i traced a heart out of felt & tied it onto the jar with some string.
it’s not too late to whip up a fun something for your valentine! do you craft or buy for valentine’s day?
M