April was a crazy month for birthdays! I have several friends and family members who were born in April, and we all took part in our fair share of birthday festivities. I turned 22 on April 25th, and my sweet friends and family were so creative and generous when it came to celebrating!
Day of birth with Mama and big brother!
My birthday was on a Saturday, so I was able to go home and celebrate with my parents and my brother. We have a tradition in our house of decorating the dining room table for the birthday person, so it was fun to wake up to the birthday hat/ sign/ balloons and gifts. Birthdays are lots of fun at our house! My mom always buys a Princess cake for my birthday, and this year was no different... except she forgot to take it out of the fridge and I was already back at school by the time she remembered. Too funny!
That Saturday also happened to be the Saturday that one of my best friends was celebrating her daughter's1st birthday. I was so happy to spend time with my friends from home and to celebrate Paityn's 1st!
Leigh and I at Paityn's party
After the party I picked up my roommate in Berkeley and we headed back to school. We met up with Annie for dinner at Hula's Island Grill, a Hawaiian bar and restaurant in downtown Santa Cruz. I had shrimp tacos which were delicious and then they surprised me with a piece of macadamia nut ice cream cake. Linnea and I shared it (poor Annie is allergic to nuts), and we both loved it.
At Hula's (I promise, I'll get a camera at some point!)
We headed back to our apartment afterwards for some champagne, flourless chocolate cake and movie watching. Miss Congeniality is one of my favorite movies, and it was totally appropriate because the perfect date is"...April 25th because it's not too hot and not too cold. All you need is a light jacket!" :)
Pure chocolate heaven. Thank you Linnea!
The following weekend we went out to Rosie's Irish Pub, also downtown, to celebrate with some of our other friends who were out of town the weekend before. We had some tasty appetizers before Annie's boyfriend, Christian, insisted that we take a spin on this crazy bike cab. It was hilarious and we were all dying of laughter when we got off. We felt bad for the poor guy who had to lug us around, but he insisted that it was no big deal because apparently he used to ride it around the hills of San Francisco. Impressive!
I don't think you can tell, but this thing had bubbles streaming out the back.
I am so grateful to have such loving and generous people in my life. I don't know about you but... I'm feeling twenty twoooo! Couldn't end without the obligatory TSwift reference!
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