My Birthday Celebration

My 34th birthday was amazing! I thought I would dread getting older, but honestly....I'm loving each year of life a little more!

This year, my birthday was on Mother's Day. My work friends celebrated withe me the Friday before my birthday. I walked in to some cute decorations and a beautiful cake!

 I had a short day at work and then headed to Spring Tea with this sweet girl.......

 After tea, I went home and packed for a quick little weekend get away with my mom and sister! I had decided I wanted to go to Ree Drummond's (The Pioneer Woman) restaurant and lodge in Pawhuska, OK. We left Friday after everyone was off work and drove down to Bartlesville. We couldn't find anything closer that was available AND cheap :) Bartlesville worked out perfectly! We stayed up late talking and woke up early to get to her restaurant before it was crazy busy. It opened at 7am and we got there around 7:30am. We were seated by about 8:15am, so it really wasn't too bad!

 We had a TOOOON of food. It worked out though because we all got to taste a little bit of everything. Biscuits and gravy, pancakes, bacon, eggs, sausage, potatoes....the list goes on and on. And ALL of it was delicious and fairly well priced too!

After we finished eating, we shopped in her store a bit and then went upstairs to the bakery. YUUUUM. I bought some cookies to take home to the kids and some pecan rolls for myself. 

 This was our attempt at getting a selfie with the sign....in our defense, it was VERY windy.

 They were doing free tours at her lodge, so we went there next. It's truly out in the middle of nowhere! And I almost died trying to park on the incline it's built on. But eventually, we made our way inside and it was BEAUTIFUL! And SO much bigger than it looks like on the show.

 Just call me Ree....

 I think my favorite thing to see was an entire ROOM labeled Ree's Props. It was FULL of beautiful things. Plates, tablecloths, vases, cups, MULTIPLE Kitchen Aid Mixers....everything you could imagine in the most beautiful prints and colors! They also have a prep kitchen in the back that was neat to see. There were several bedrooms and bathrooms with beautiful views of their ranch!

After we toured the lodge, we headed home. We stopped and shopped at a few places along the way. Brooke got a call that Michael was in a motorcycle accident (he was fine thank God, but his bike was totaled), so we tried to hurry home so she could be with him. He had one heck of a road rash. 

When we pulled in the driveway, I saw my Mother's Day present in the yard! Nick and the kids planted a new tree for me! I'm OBSESSED with the trees that bloom white flowers every year and I always mention every year that I want one in our yard. So this year, he got me one! I'm so excited for it to bloom next year.

Mom and Brooke went home for a bit and then all of my family came back that evening for a birthday bonfire/mother's day celebration. Nick decided to use his tractor to carry things....because we don't have hands....

 My sweet girl....

 I'm so glad that Nick's tractor makes him so happy--he seriously uses it every day for SOMETHING, whether it be to dig out a fire pit for my birthday bonfire, to carry chairs or to smooth the gravel in our driveway. He's literally on it EVERY. DAY.

We all relaxed while Nick got the fire going. I was picturing a small little fire to roast s'mores on. Instead, I got a 15 foot wide with a 15 foot flame fire--ha! It was CRAZY huge and hot and scary! Embers kept blowing into our pasture. Nick eventually had to get the four wheeler with the water tank on it to put it out before it got out of control. Maybe I'll build the fire next year ;)

 It was a fun night with my favorite people!

The next morning was my birthday/Mother's Day. They woke me up with a yummy breakfast in bed! Then the kids accidentally told me one of my presents. It was so funny--Nick said he'd left one of my presents in his truck and was starting to panic because he couldn't find it. Tommy said, "Yeah, Mr. Razey gave us a present for you and dad left it in his truck!" I was like, "Who??" He said, "Mr. Razey. From school. He gave us a present for your birthday!" It took me a second to put together that Mr. Razey's WIFE is my Lipsense lady and we sometimes have him give me my Lipsense when she's not able to meet me! I about died laughing!! They were both just convinced that Mr. Razey was being super nice and bought me a present--so funny!

We went to church and then saw my mom and Granny for a bit and then had dinner with his family for Mother's Day! It was a really good day and I got everything I could've ever wanted for my birthday!