Brock and Jessica McCracken: St. Louis & Birthdays!

I am very blessed to have 2 very special women in my life. I met them while I was a college student at Saint Mary's College. Bethany and Rachel are very good friends, and even though we don't live near each other, we still manage to get together... even 5 years after graduation! Bethany lives in St. Louis, so I asked Rachel to go visit her with me for my birthday. So.. we did! We had a great time going to a Welsh pub, seeing the sites where Bethany lives, enjoying chocolate & wine, and we even watched Mama Mia! The trip went too quickly, so we'll have to do it again sometime. Here are some pics from the weekend.

Me and My Ladies

When we studied abroad in Rome and studied art history, we always fancied ourselves as the Three Graces. We loved this subject because the three of us were always together. No really, we ALWAYS were. We had a ball!

In Bethany's apartment

Rachel & Bethany Enjoying Brock's Brew from St. Patrick's Day

At Applegates for lunch and at the Welsh pub, Drussels

Bethany and Matt

It was a great weekend, and thank you, Ladies! Yummy ice cream birthday cake!

This past weekend was also my birthday! Brock's is the day before mine, so I think he has it easy in always remembering my birthday (hehehe) I got home from St. Louis around 6:30pm on Sunday, my birthday. Brock still made it very special, complete with presents, cards, and a piece of cake. I even got my first card addressed to "Mommie," which was very special. When I came home, Quin was sleeping. As soon as I heard him stir just a little bit on the baby monitor, I dashed upstairs! We opened presents after that. It was a great day.

The Birthday Girl

The Birthday Boy

The Birthday Couple

I promise, I wanted this, a new apron from Williams & Sonoma! Sometimes, you just need a great pink-striped apron, you know? I'm a very messy cook, so this was perfect. Thank you, Brock!

Next, was a present from my son. And, a beautiful bunnie mommie birthday card. For some reason, my mom and I always spell things with "ie" at the end. For example, mommie, gammie, bunnie, gummie, etc. So, Brock knew to keep up with the tradition and spelled my name correctly. My mom also LOVES bunnies, so the bunnie card was a nice touch. Thank you Brock, I mean, Quin!