Much Needed.

Last night, Bob & I took Helen to have dinner at my parents’ house. Dad made steak, and it was really really good. Helen ate more than I did, I think she wants steak for dinner every night. :) We had a really great time hanging out and playing games. We also got the 35mm pictures back from the developer last night. A lot of the shots turned out really well (some of them are better than any of the shots I took on the trip!), though a lot of them are of me, haha.

Falls Cave

The Trail

To the cave

Pictures of Each Other

Twin Falls

Tree Shots

By the river

Like a Sasquatch sighting!

Smiling at the extremely handsome boy behind the camera.

Shooting by the river.

Got up, got ready, and Bob and I went to the auto show. It wasn’t quite like it’s been in years past, but we had a good time. Then we had lunch and watched a movie about a flying castle. I can’t remember the name, but it was really neat.

We headed to my parents’ house about 4, and had a delicious steak dinner and played some cut throat Uno. For my birthday, everyone pooled together and got me the artisan kitchenaide mixer!!!! It’s the awesome gunmetal color. A thing of sheer beauty. I can’t wait to clean off my countertops and set it up tomorrow. It’s going to be awesome. To top the awesomeness, look at the cake my sister made me:

My perfect birthday cake!

Best cake ever.

It was just as delicious as it was beautiful. Vanilla bean cake with chocolate icing that had strawberries blended into the icing. Then, topped with really yummy chocolate fondant. I wished I had eaten less diner food and more cake.

Finally, here’s my sock progress:

Sock!

It looks like I may actually finish this one. :)

I woke up, and went to the DMV to get my license renewed. It is not the best picture I’ve had, but whatever. The color is way off, but you can tell by the smile that it’s totally me.

Then I went shopping with mom and got some sweaters and shirts. And, I scored the world’s most adorable skirt off a clearance rack. It was clearly meant to be. After shopping, we had lunch at Pi, where a waitress asked me if I was turning 16 or 17. Nice.

Here’s a picture of me and my purple cow (grape soda ice cream float) at my birth time, haha:

Purple Cow Birthday!

After lunch, I came home to find that Bob had brought me six cupcakes from the Cupcakery!!! All different kinds. I wish I’d taken pictures of them before we dove in and had a few. My favorite was the raspberry beret. Soooo yum.

Around 4:30, we headed to the IL side for a birthday shindig at Shilo’s house. It was a blast. Excellent food, excellent company, and a theme of sheer awesomeness.

I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy in my entire life.