best HELLO KITTY birthday ever!

Friday, November 18, 2011

This morning Jake woke me up and he was super excited and dressed and ready for the day, so I knew something was up! He told me I needed to come join him in the kitchen and this is what I saw!
I was so overwhelmed at how cute the kitchen looked! I feel like I have the sweetest husband ever! He knows I LOVE Hello Kitty, so he thought I needed to have a Hello Kitty Birthday! My birthday actually isn't till tomorrow, so thats where the surprise comes in!
He thought if he did a party the day before I would be surprised! And let me tell you, I was! He bought invitations and sent them to some of my friends. So thoughtful and unexpected! I haven't had a birthday party for years! He wrote me a love note in my invitation :)
I can't get over how cute Jake displayed the table putting Hello Kittys on top of presents and picking out cute matching wrapping paper all by himself.
He even got a table cloth, party hats and Hello Kitty tattoos. I wanted to cry it was so cute! Then Jake was even more amazing! He got me breakfast and helped me load up my car and go to the Bijou Market and set up all my stuff! He carried everything in, and even helped me display and organize all my items! He's the best! Then he went to work, and I went home.
The first thing I wanted to do when I got home was put on a tattoo! Then I got to get a snowboarding season pass to Park City! Jake is so supportive. I was thinking I shouldn't get a ski season pass this year and he wouldn't have it! He knows how happy playing in the snow on a board makes me, and he loves when I go out and do things. I guess we always won't live so close to a good snowboarding mountain! I feel so spoiled. He already took me shopping and to Vegas for my birthday I am so overwhelmed with goodness!

Then I called my mom and had fun talking to her for an hour or so. I love talking to my mom :)
After I got my snowboarding pass, I took a nap and watched Iron Man 2. When I came out of my room I saw the cute turtles sun bathing. That made me so happy. I love seeing their cute little legs stretched out! I wonder what it would be like to be a turtle...

My dad called today and it was so nice to talk to him! He wanted to wish me an early birthday! He is always so on top of it! It was so great to hear his voice. He has such a comforting voice.
Stacey was so cute and wanted to take me out on a lunch date for my birthday! She is the best! We went to one of our favorites, P.F Changs! I just had so much fun talking and spending time with Staceypants. She is such a wonderful friend.
After a great lunch I went to Bijou Market to check out how things were going and most of all I wanted to see all the other fun stuff the vendors had! I got this cute water color painting from Ashmae and LOVE it! Perfect picture of the LDS Arizona Temple.
When Jake got home from work I got to open some presents! All of them were huge surprises and I loved it! I had no idea Super Mario came out or was made for the 3ds! Mario has always been a huge favorite of mine! I was so excited to play it!
 Jake just kept surprising me with fun present after another.
This present was the biggest surprise and made me cry I thought it was so cute. It was a lamb chop doll. Jake and I were at a store one day and saw this exact lamb chop and told ourselves we were going to be good and not buy anything so lamb chop stayed at the store. I guess Jake went back the morning before work and made sure he bought the exact same lamb chop I wanted and lamb chop had been sitting in Jakes closet for over 3 months until now. So thoughtful and cute.

I feel so spoiled! I know every birthday won't be like this, but I know they will be as thoughtful. I think that is what meant the most to me out of everything. Every present, every decoration, everything was so thought out with love.

Well, after opening 3 presents I was overwhelmed and played my new Mario game while Jake was in the kitchen baking cupcakes! He wanted to make the cupcakes all by himself and didn't want me to see them till he was done.
Ok, can we say creative and way to cute? Jake thought of this all by him self. He wanted to make Hello Kitty Cupcakes all by himself and even thought out how to do them and got all the supplies for them at the store all by himself.
 Look at the determination in his face making each cupcake so special.
 These turned out way to cute! I was excited to try one later in the evening!
 Then Jake and I headed over to Bijou Market so he could take a look at it. Here is my stand!
We decided to have left over P.F. Changs for dinner. We were cracking up at how it came out of the box. The food was a box. haha Then we got ready for some friends to come over!
Jakes dad was so cute and came to join the party! Mom Harris and Cameron weren't able to come because Cameron got Lasik eye surgery today. Jakes parents were so sweet and got me a gift! They got me a fabouls water pitcher I had my eye on for months at Anthropolgie! I love it, especially the bright blue color! I can't wait to use it for a fun dinner! Thanks mom and dad!
Marin and Drew! The tattoos were a hit! They were so cute and got me some cool bath stuff and an amazing orange smelling candle! I love seeing this couple! They are so hilarious!
Marin, Stacey and Emily! I have the greatest friends! Stacey was so sweet and got me a really cute tan skirt! I am excited to wear it! Thanks cute friends for coming over!
When everyone left, I opened the rest of my presents! Jake got me LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean for the Playstation! I LOVED this game on my 3DS and was so addicted to it I beat it in 3 days, of all-day playing Nientedo and have played the game several times since then so he got me the Playstation one because it is a completely different game and knew I would have fun playing it! Wahoo! Then he did some research and found the best snowboarding video made for the season. He said he wanted to get me pumped up and excited for snowboarding season. That is just to cute! Talk about supportive in all areas of life. Then he got me two Disney movies! I LOVE Disney movies! I love Disney anything! Then there was even more! He got me the cutest hot pink poka dot big bow heels and Hello Kitty Dominoes! Wowzers! Jake defiantly outdid him self this birthday! I got way to spoiled, but I sure felt so loved and special because everything was so thoughtful from everyone! I am so grateful I got to marry Jake.
 Talk about a party! I think Jake was more excited for my birthday then I was! Now I see why :)
To top off the night, Jake and I played Lego Pirates of the Caribbean while the animal friends watched! The Playstation Pirates is so much harder than the Nientedo DS version, but still very very fun! I want to beat it asap! I love beating Nientedo games even if it takes many many hours :) Jake was super sleepy, so he went to bed and I took a relaxing bubble bath and then played on the computer! I feel like this has been the best birthday ever! I feel like every birthday I have ever had has been amazing, but this one has been super special and one I will never forget. Thanks everyone for making my 24th birthday amazing!
This birthday was so awesome I think it can count for Christmas, and all of next years holidays.

Also, I think I am really liking the idea of opening presents the day before your birthday so you can enjoy them and play with them on your birthday! I am excited to play gameboy all tomorrow and wear cute new hot pink shoes!

Tuna goes in the washer

Tuna decided since Thanksgiving is coming up he would take a bath! I think that was a good choice!
Jake brushed Tunas hair.
Tuna looks so handsome!
Happy Holidays! Thanksgiving is wonderful! I am so grateful for so many things, but especially today a washer and dryer to get Tuna looking so good :)

Living Room Picnic and Best Apple Stand EVER!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Today has been a great day! I spray painted a little book shelf, and finished up all the stuffed animal turtles and wrapped them in wrapping paper!
Jake and I passed this cute apple stand on the corner of Main Street and 1200 S. in Orem and had to go! If you go down Main street by Bed Bath and Beyond, it is on that street corner.
Jake and I stopped and got a HUGE bag of apples for only $4.00! I think we got at least 20 apples! I am not going to lie, we ate one right away when we got back in the car and it was the most sweet and delicious fuji apple I have ever had! I want to eat them all fast and go back for more! I would recommend going to see the cute little older gentlemen who runs this apple stand and getting apples! They have every kind of apples and they are all home grown from their orchard. See on the bottom of this apple picture the big baskets of apples? Yeah, that whole basket is only $13.00. I have never seen such an amazing deal for such delicious fruit! Please go try it out if you live in Utah! Worth it!
 For dinner, Jake and I went to Noodles and Company and got our meal to go!
When we got home, we made a living room picnic! I was so excited! Its a little to cold outside to have a picnic, so inside is just as fun!
This was also a free birthday meal on behalf of Noodles and Company! Thank you! Everyone should go online and find birthday deals in your neighborhood! Its so much fun!
I also got to see my cute cousin Mitch, his wife Rochelle and their baby Brooklyn! I got to fix a pair of Mitches suit pants and they brought me some yummy cookies! It was the best! Oh sooo good! I LOVE COOKIES! Perfect way to end the night.

Jake was the best and stayed up super late revamping my blog! Wahoo! I am soooo excited and LOVE it! I love orange! He even made the header and the background all by himself. He is so talented! Thanks Jakey, I owe you big time! I am so glad he is good at computer stuff because I can't figure out much of it!

birthday meals!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

This has been a great weekend, week so far! Saturday Jake and I had a fun day of being extremely lazy and eating dinner at one of our favorite places Bombay House. We wanted our curry to be really hot so they gave us a side of hot sauce that was soooo good to pour in to the curry. I want to get that every time we go now! I love indian food because the flavors are so vibrant and delicious!
Sunday I was sooo excited to see our Sunday School kids!  I was way bummed to find out one of the cute girls Baylie, isn't going to be in our ward anymore. Sad. But it was great to see everyone else! Jake was cute and made us a delicious dinner of mac and cheese and hot dogs! Then we watched the Scooby Doo Movie, Once Upon a Time, and of course...Americas Next Top Model.
So, I have really bad carpal tunnel from doing the computer and crafting to much and my wrists and fingers were throbbing all day, so Jake was very cute and creative and made me heat pads out of his socks. I feel like I have the sweetest husband ever. He always takes such good care of me. He reheated them all day for me and wouldn't let me do a thing. He even walked me to the bathroom and refilled my drink cup a million times. Sweet boy.
When midnight came around Jake went to bed and I was ready to party! I always seem to get my second wind when everyone goes to bed! I opened a bag of my all time FAVORITE candy and got out my fabric and cutting shears!
I cut out fabric to make 15 stuffed animal turtles for all my nieces and nephews for Christmas! I am sooo excited to sew them and give them to the kids! Shh! Don't tell them though, because its a secret!
Did you know you can sign up for birthday deals online and get some awesome stuff for your birthday? Well tonight we went to Rubios and ate for FREE because of my birthday! I got a lime shrimp burrito. I really liked it! I love Rubios chips and salsa to. I could eat that everyday!
To top off our meal we got Cold Stone. For your birthday Cold Stone does buy one, get one free! We both got "Cookie Don't You Want Some" with oatmeal cookies batter! Delicious!! I love food!
Tuna was sitting in the to-go lid. I thought it looked like some of those retro chairs that were white in the 80's. I had fun spinning him around in it.
I also cleaned and reorganized my closet this weekend! It was such a good feeling. My clothes rack had broke and it was time to get a new one! I love a fresh clean closet! I even took some old clothes to Platos Closet and got some money! Wahoo! That makes me want to clean out even more stuff!
Tuesday night was super fun! Jake and I went to the Riverwoods and I was soo excited seeing them put up all the Christmas lights! They had a ton done and were putting up ever more! It was such fun environment wearing a coat in the cold, having out door fires everywhere, Christmas music playing and tons of lights! Loved it!
We went to Blickenstaff's which is the cutest toy shop/candy store! I could play in there all day! I wanted a ToyStory LEGO set that had Woody and Bullseye in it!
For dinner we went to Happy Sumo! I love their sushi! We got Ahi Seared Tuna, Vegas Roll and a Surf and Turf Roll! It was so delicious I want to go back again! Then we topped off the night watching Signified and Once Upon a Time while I sewed up some little stuffed animal turtles.

Snowman and bag giveaway WINNER!


Tonight is the night for the Snowman and bag giveaway to end! I put all the names in the hat.......and had my husband close his eyes and pull out a name! Jake said he felt bad for all the people that don't win, so don't worry, I have two other giveaways coming up in the next week! :)
Vivian F. is the winner! Congratulations! Please email me (kelseybang(at)yahoo.com) by Saturday with the address you want me to send your package to! Wahoo!

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Bijou Market THIS WEEKEND in Provo Utah!

Hi friends and family! I am sooo excited for this weekends upcoming Bijou Market! I have all my stuff ready and am excited for this event to start! I went last year and there are tons of cute vendors with lots of great stuff for ALL ages!!! Come get your christmas shopping done! Or find some fun things for you!

TIMES:
Provo, Utah - November 18 open from 10am to 8pm

Provo, Utah - November 19 (come join me cause its my birthday!) open from 10am to 6pm

SLC, Utah - November 26 open from 9am to 5pm

Hope to see you all there!