Der's Dirty Thirty

*If your confused about the new name, you can read here for the story behind the change*

My husband is 30 years old - I can't believe it (I guess it's hard to believe since he's got a few years on me and that milestone won't be coming around for me for a bit longer).  We've basically been celebrating since November started - his actual birthday was on the fourth.  The two of us celebrated in Dallas, we had a nice family dinner on the big day and this past weekend we got a bunch of our friends together for the final celebration.

Celebrating on Derek's actual birthday.  I eat ice cream cake once a year - on Derek's birthday.  He's not a big cake person but LOVES ice cream cake.  I usually look forward to the delicious frosting and things like that but hey, it's his day.

On Saturday we got a big bunch of our friends together to celebrate Derek in the city.  We had a full house with about seven people staying over - which made for a fun after party and many other friends met us out.  I did a terrible job at getting a group photo but 15/22 isn't that bad, right?!  Of course I focused more on the ladies and less on grabbing some shots of Derek and the men - next time.

We started off the night at one of our favorite sports bars - Fox and Hound before heading over to Lucky Strike for a few hours of bowling, drinks and enjoying being together.  (Bowling is Derek's favorite).  It was a great night, a fun celebration and always such a fantastic time getting so many of our friends together.

While we had our group of friends in town we celebrated "Friendsgiving" as well.  We've been trying to get this together for years and finally made it happen - more on that another day.

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Weekend in Dallas

We spent a quick but great weekend in Dallas!  Everyone/everything is so nice down there - because it's the south - if we didn't love living here (and the summers weren't quite that hot) we both would totally live in Dallas.  We're already planning our next trip..

Relaxing moments at the airport.. at 6am

 Our very first trip as a little family of two with the same last name

 Mini vacation underway

 52 texts before 10am.. something to be proud of or not?!

 We got upgraded from our suite to one of the penthouses - awesome! But the best part was definitely the huge terrace

We took a few minutes to relax and watch the Penn State game

 Our first (and probably favorite) stop of the day was Top Golf Dallas - a driving range with interactive games, a table at our driving range where we could get drinks and food delivered, the Penn State game on the TV and outdoor heaters (the weather there was great but in the shade it could be a little chilly with the breeze)

 We were thrilled to be able to watch the Penn State game down in Texas 

 We stayed definitely longer than we thought.  The first round I was winning the entire time - because Derek was actually golfing and I just tried to get my balls to roll into the first hole section, if you keep getting a couple points at a time they add up, right?! The second game he won and the third (after he told me to stop moving around so much and keep my feet still) I won… with only a couple lucky shots.  We spent the rest of the time playing a different game, which I was terrible at since I couldn't hit out to the farther targets

We decided to try all new things than we did last year so next we went to the Uptown Area for some shopping

 Ahhh! I was so excited to finally go in an actual Kendra store

 Then it was back downtown for some final adventuring 

 And we finished out the afternoon (before naps) at Pioneer Plaza

 We went to our favorite Dallas restaurant, Nick and Sam's for dinner then out for drinks to the bar next to the hotel.. our only photo from the night

 Derek saw a bunch of tables with this when he went to the bathroom.. a huge light up cotton candy display with homemade marshmallows and truffles underneath.. we had to have it!

 It was nice enough Sunday morning for breakfast out on the terrace

 And I was obviously thrilled to find a Chili's Too at the airport before we flew home (especially since we decided to forgo dinner downtown and stay at the post-game events at the stadium longer)

 My sweet husband - we were ready to get home!

Tomorrow… the game!

Xo CHS