My 23rd Birthday

 My birthday seemed to spill over into lots of days of celebrations with lots of friends and family. It started with a great dinner at Tucanos the first weekend in November; I love all the free meals restaurants send for your birthday. :) My birthday weekend Gerrit took me out to dinner (CPK, yum!) and to the symphony in Salt Lake where we heard beautiful renditions of Beethoven and Wagner. The next morning my good friend Jessica threw me a brunch party with all our old roommates, and a big surprise--one of my best friends, Sam! Sam lives in Arizona, but came up with her nice boyfriend Nolan to celebrate my birthday weekend. It was such a fun surprise! That night Gerrit and I enjoyed watching a fun BYU football win at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

On my actual birthday my little brother Marc and my sister-in-law Rachelle both came over for dinner. Gerrit did a great job on the meal and the cake! He's so impressive :) The following weekend we went to see the musical My Fair Lady at a theater in Salt Lake and went to dinner at the very yummy Tiburon. I should have taken a picture of my herb-crusted lamb tenderloin with blueberry reduction and a risotto cake. What a great birthday! I'm so grateful for all my wonderful friends and family who take care of me and love me. I was overwhelmed with all the cards, messages, and phone calls I received. I love you all!

 CPK!

 Before the symphony at Abravanel Hall in SLC

 Sam, Sarah, Kenz, Jennie, me, and Jessica (and Chelsea in spirit, who left early for work)

I love these girls!

With the boys

BYU Football--and they won!

 I got lots of pretty things!

And I enjoyed a wonderful meal, all prepared by my sweet husband.

Outside the theater before My Fair Lady

I wish you could see how much it actually snowed; it was crazy!

Outside of Tiburon Fine Dining in Sandy