happy b-day, ty

let me begin by saying i love birthdays.  i once took a personality test and the first feedback that it gave me was that i was the "keeper of birthdays". it was a little freaky. how did they know about my passion for celebrating birthdays? {haha} 

growing up birthdays were a huge deal to me {who are we kidding, they still are}.  in my family, it wasn't just a day, it was called "birthday week".  and sometimes it even evolved into "birthday month".  with so much different family and people to celebrate with, sometimes we would just have to drag it out.   

tyler, on the other hand doesn't get into birthdays as much.  maybe after a few years of marriage my enthusiasm will rub off on him...we'll see. 

anyways, {tangent} june 10th has arrived.  tyler's birthday is always fun for me to celebrate, because it reminds me of the different events of our relationship.  when i met him, he was a mere nineteen {i was eighteen. baby} and we were at camp.  we had become good friends, and i remember hearing that his birthday was the upcoming weekend.  his birthday?! because i was in the early stages of a crush, i panicked.  i had to do something nice for him...but without being OBVIOUS.  i had some extra stationary, so i decided to make him a birthday card.  i had all of the other workcrew girls sign it, so not to give away my crush.  

crazy times at camp

by the time his next birthday rolled around, we had been dating long distance for almost a year and he was studing abroad in London.  now i could do something big.  he knew that i liked him, so need need to worry about freaking him out. right? so what did i do? flew to England a week early before my study abroad began to surprise him on his big birthday.  never been to Europe before, but how hard could this be?  it was quite a journey over the pond to get the most priceless reaction from him.  he opened the door to his flat and was so shocked he shut the door on my face. hilarious.  by the grace of God and lots of prayer, everything worked out beautifully.

fresh off the plane

now he is twenty-four and we are married. crazy how time flies by.  there were no huge surprises this year, just a sweet day of celebrating him.  i got to have lunch with him at CNN and go on a little tour of his office and then have a lovely dinner with him at the amazing Agave.  and what would a birthday be without cake?  i whipped up the red velvet cake for him and doused it with birthday sprinkles {thank you katie for keeping me company through that fun process!}.   

happy birthday, tyler!

the finished product.

so many candles. and sprinkles.

make a wish :)

yummy layers {i did 5 this time!}