Only a few more days until I get the keys to my new place, which means I am in full on packing mode. I am excited to be back in my own place, but I will miss my fun little conversations with my roomie. But it was time for me to get back into my own space again, I just wish someone could do my packing for me lol. I don't have much left to pack, but the way I've been feeling I might as well be packing a 30 room mansion :p Which in turn mean I am exhausted, so I thought I would do a quick little post about Nathan's birthday :)
Nathan's birthday almost always falls on Thanksgiving, and anyone who has a birthday near a holiday knows that combining the two is never fun for the birthday celebrator. Knowing this, I decided that I would separate the two and make sure Nathan felt very special. Luckily for me Nathan loves shrimp almost as much as I do, and Nathan's parents hate any seafood so it's never made in the house. I decided to make him my Spicy Shrimp Linguine, and when I showed him the pictures he was sold on the yummy dinner. When it was just the two of us, I surprised Nathan with a sweet little card and some paintings that I did just for him :)
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| Texas flag for my Texan man |
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| A memento of our love and anniversary |
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| Happy birthday boy! |
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| Look at that beautiful delicious dish |
Of course I also made Nathan a delicious cake, chocolate of course as that is his favorite, but we decided to keep that for the family celebration on Thanksgiving. Since I had created Star Wars themed cupcakes for a birthday a couple months prior, it was quite obvious what the theme was going to be. We decided to go with a "rebel alliance" theme, and he let me run with my imagination. He told me (repeatedly) that I didn't need to make the symbols because he knows how temperamental marshmallow fondant can be, but I am both stubborn and determined lol!
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| chocolate cake with chocolate icing and marshmallow fondant |
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| I used blue coarse sugar to emulate a starry background :) |
Needless to say he was extremely happy and grateful with the results, and nothing makes me happier than to see him smile. I think now I have created a bar for myself when it comes to his birthday cakes, and knowing me I'll raise that bar every year from now on!
Well I really should get back to packing, but first I need to make some dinner. Thankfully I made a couple of chicken breasts the other night, purposely, so I'd have a quick meal option :) Yup, not just a pretty face over here lol ;) Until next time....
Stay sweet,
Jennifer xoxoxo
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