My Burf-Day Day.

So, here's a run-down of my birthday day: It started out early. Really early. This picture mosaic shows: 1. Me, JUST out of bed with the super sun-shiney sunshine blasting on my not-so-happy morning face 2. eating breakfast from a Burger King drive thru (a Croisson'wich made with a sesame seed bun? whatever. I'm too tired to complain.) 3. Taking a nap 4. Putting on makeup & doing my hair before we arrive to our destination.

After our morning appointment, the fun could begin!!!! We stopped by Snoqualmie Falls & took some photos from the observatory deck. It was very high up. I HATE heights. Yikes!

Almost every time I take a self portrait in public I always have someone ask me, "Oh, would you like me to take your photo?" So, I politely let them take a picture & 100 times out of 100 I like the self portrait photo the best. Do people just not "get" the power of the self-portrait? the hilarity of the self-portrait? the awesomeness that is "the self portrait"?

I snapped this photo as we drove past. I'm sure it would've been a great place to eat lunch, but it wasn't quite eatin' time yet & we had more ground to cover.

We ate in North Bend at the North Bend Bar & Grill & I had a decent BBQ pulled pork sandwich & fries. Scott & I shared THE BEST plate of homemade chips. Oh. My. Gosh. So delicious. It was served with some creamy french onion dip.

I didn't have much luck shopping. I was mostly looking for old forks for my fork easels, as my supply is running oh-so-low due to a fantastic large order I just got from a customer for her wedding! I did pick up a few forks, some cute vintage pillowcases & a vintage embroidered pillow.

It was fun to just wander around randomly with my hubby & see what we could find. It was REALLY fun to be kidless for a day. (Although, we both did miss the girls by late afternoon!)

We arrived home & a bouquet of sunny yellow balloons was tied up by our front door. A sneaky balloon surprise from Tia. I untied them to take some self portrait jumpy shots. My neighbors think I'm nuts: setting the self-timer, running with my balloons to the bench, crouching down, jumping in time with the camera's timing, running over to the camera to see if the photo was a good one or not & repeating the whole process about 10 times.

After unpacking our stuff, we traveled down the street to my parents house to pick up the girls. I stepped out of the car & followed all the chalky birthday messages & drawings my 6 year old made for me.

Look! It's a sign-in sheet for all the party guests to write their names on! Isn't that so cute? Dinner was waiting & some of my family showed up to help celebrate. I was very surprised & so very happy!
Here's 3 of my favorite girls EVER: my 4 year old niece & my 2 daughters.

My mom served cupcakes that the girls picked out earlier in the day at the grocery store.

Lookie what I got! My parents' gift to me were these plastic Adirondack chairs I've been eyeing over at Big Lots. These were the only colors left. I guess I'm lucky I got any at all -they are going quickly! I plan on using them this weekend for a s'mores party!!
Thanks for all your birthday wishes & greetings. It was so fun to come home & read all the comments on my blog, twitter, flickr & Etsy convos!!