The Best Birthday I've Had in a Long TIme

Yesterday was an amazing day. I turned 23 and Sarah turned 21. We went out for breakfast at Northside Grill with some friends, after which I decided to get in some hammock relaxation time before the storm rolled in. Dillon, being the amazing coffee maker that he is, made delicious affogados (an espresso shot over vanilla ice cream) for Sarah and I to sip on while we relaxed.

Later on I decided to try a 4 ingredient cake recipe that I found online. The only ingredients were chocolate, butter, sugar, and eggs. (You know a recipe is going to be good when the first 2 ingredients are chocolate and butter).

 

folding in the whipped egg whites

 To finish it off, we topped it with fresh whipped cream and fruit with powdered sugar. It looked and tasted amazing! I will definitely make this one again.

For Sarah's birthday present I made her a leather bound journal with a button closure. It was really fun to make and I was so excited to finally give it to her. It has been a long time since I made a book so I made a few mistakes while sewing it together but I think it turned out pretty well. For my birthday, Sarah and Eric got me a climbing harness and a belay device. I was so excited when they gave it to me that I put it on over my dress, which looked ridiculous. I'm so pumped to start climbing!

That evening we went out to the bar with a bunch of our friends and got super drunk and sang karaoke. It's an LV tradition that you have to go in the river on your birthday so when we got home we all stripped down to our underoos and jumped off the dock at argo. It was freezing cold but also really fun. Best birthday ever.