Birthday Week!!

Wow, am I tired today.  Last Thursday was my birthday and we have celebrated for 5 days straight.  This girl needs an early bed time and a liver cleanse!  And can I just say, I was completely blown away by my husband this year.  He knocked it out of the park when it came to celebrating!

Wednesday night we went over to Reagan and Kolby's to watch the season premiere of the show that will consume us this summer.........

That's right people.....BIG BROTHER.  Now I know what most of you are thinking; "Wow, that show is still on?"  You betcha!  And it's addicting.  I am warning you now, that if you start, you will probably get sucked in.  Allison, Kathleen, Reagan, Kolby, Casey and I all ate a delicious meal of fajitas and cupcakes and settled in to watch!  Such a fun night!!

Thursday morning, Casey and I woke up early and went to eat breakfast at Kerbey Lane.  I love their pancakes, so I figured there wasn't a better way to kick off my birthday!!  Before we left to go to breakfast, Case had a birthday card sitting on the counter for me to open.  I opened it and inside were two tickets to GARTH BROOKS!  On Saturday!!  Oh.  My. Gosh.  I was soooo excited.  I have heard what an awesome concert this is, and was so pumped to go to Houston to see him and Trisha Yearwood!  (Casey also had already booked us a hotel room and taken care of boarding the dogs for the weekend--such a keeper)

My hot breakfast date

Forgot the before pic of my breakfast--obviously I enjoyed it!

We had lunch that day at Z Tejas and I got a special delivery of Tiff's Treats from my in-laws.  That night, we had dinner reservations but I wasn't sure where we were going!  Right before we left the house, Case told me we were going to Botticelli's on South Congress.  This is one of my favorite little Italian food restaurants!!  We got down there a little early and had a few cocktails on their back patio.  This place is a hidden little gem in the hustle and bustle of SOCO.  You should definitely check it out if you are ever in need of a new restaurant in Austin!  

Best cookies ever!

Botticelli's cute back patio area

The bartender that was helping us told us that he would go ahead and let the hostess know that we had arrived.  He came back and said we were all checked in and confirmed it was for a table of six.  Huh?  SIX?!?  I looked at Casey and then told the bartender there was a mistake and there was only two of us.  Then Case said "No, there will be six."  He had invited some of my closest girlfriends to join us for supper!  I was so surprised!!!  Of course, the bartender felt bad for ruining a surprise and gave us a free bottle of champagne!  Thanks buddy!  The food was amazing and the wine was flowing.  It was such a great night!

Enjoying a pre-dinner drink

Birthday Supper-Filet, risotto, and shaved brussel sprouts with a currant reduction

So happy to celebrate with these girls

Friday we had dinner plans with Isaac and Allie as they were in town for a little get away.  We met up with them at Easy Tiger and had a few drinks before dinner and then headed to the East Side to try a new restaurant called Jacoby's.  It was delicious!  I'm so bummed I didn't get any pictures from Friday night :(

Saturday we got up early and took the dogs to the kennel.  Then we went and checked on the progress of the house.  It is looking awesome!!  I  need to do another house post soon.  They have the house framed out and were working on installing the HVAC while we were there.  After the house check, we went and grabbed a quick breakfast at Trudy's before heading out to Houston for the concert.  Once we got in Houston, we stopped at Kendra Scott so I could get a new pair of earrings with my birthday discount. (In case you didn't know, you get 50% off one item in your birthday month).  When we got into downtown we had a little bit of a hard time maneuvering to our hotel.  There were lots of streets closed down because it was also Pride weekend in Houston.  The Supreme Court announced Friday that same sex marriage is now legal in all states, so there was plenty of celebrating going on.  We finally got checked into our hotel and went down to the lobby to grab a quick snack and a few drinks before getting ready for the concert.  Our friends Jonathan and Natalie were also going to the concert and staying in the same hotel as us.  Natalie's family had all come in, so we got to see them for a little while before the concert.  When we started walking over to the Toyota Center, I was sooooo excited!  We had amazing seats as well.  We were on the first level up from the floor.

So excited for Garth

Me and My Love

Let me just say this.  If Garth Brooks comes to a town near you, GO SEE HIM.  Y'all, this was the best concert I have EVER been to.  Yes, better than George.  And how dare I say this....also better than Reba.  The guy acted like he was still 20!  He put on one hell of a show.  He opened the concert with one of his new songs and then said he knew that everyone was here to hear his old stuff, and that's all he played the rest of the night.  Trisha Yearwood also came out and sang about 5-6 songs and she was amazing as well.  Despite the show starting 30 minutes late, he played for two solid hours.  Such an amazing night!!  We went back to the hotel and it was PACKED!!  The Pride parade was going on two blocks from where we were staying, so the lobby bar was full of people in town for Pride and people who had just left the Garth Brooks concert.  We couldn't find a table, so we had our own little picnic in the lobby!  Ha!

Such a great show!

Totally stole this picture from my friend Reagan.  She had gone to Garth the night before and got upgraded to front row seats!  How awesome is that?

Natalie and Casey during the "Lobby Picnic"

Sunday, Case and I grabbed brunch before heading back at Cyclone Anayas.  It was super yummy!!  When we were driving back, Lance and Katie called to see if we would be interested in going out on the boat.  As fun as it sounded, I just didn't think I had it in me.  I'll be completely honest here, if I don't get enough sleep I can be as cranky as a 2 year old without a nap.  And I felt the crankiness coming on.  I needed a nap.....for everyone's sake!  So Casey decided he would go on the boat and I would take a nap and then go pick up the puppies and meet back up with everyone for dinner.  Worked out perfectly.  We went to Maudie's for supper and it was great as usual.  

It was such an amazing few days.  Casey completely blew me away.  I  have a lot to live up to this year for his birthday!!  For this week, we plan on eating healthy and giving our liver's a rest.  Then back at it this weekend when we head to Lake LBJ to stay with Lon and Jessica for the 4th of July!!