Happy Birthday to Me!

So Sunday was my birthday and usually hate having my birthday on a Sunday, because it limits what I can do, but this year I was stoked. am SO busy with school and work that it was nice having it on a day where I didn't have anywhere to be other than church.

It was a great day. I went with Tyler to hear his mom speak in their family ward and then off to his single adult ward to hear his little sister, Kristin speak. Immediately following that Ty came back with me to my house for dinner. We of course, had one of my favorites, Steak. It was yummy. We just hung out for the rest of the day and relaxed. I got some great gifts from Ty and also from my family and friends. My friends who were all single and out playing on Valentines evening dedicated a photo album to me on FACEBOOK and also dropped some very STRANGE gifts off to me at 1 am on my birthday. A Mary (as in Jesus' mother) doll that talks. She tells the entire Christmas story I think and its pretty funny, the also got me a Hannah Montana t-shirt which is probably the best gift I've ever received haha... and some other very random presents. Tyler owns about 35+ watches (as of lately I think he's bought a new one almost everyday) and so surprise surprise....he finally bought me one. Its Pink! My favorite and it is super cute and along with it, a Volcom shirt...in his words...I need more boyish clothes.

I appreciated spending it with my family and Ty. I also loved that Monday was a holiday and my amazing manager aka my aunt gave me the day off to continue to celebrate my birthday. I went shopping with my mom in the morning, then to lunch with my parents at Jason's Deli, one of my favs, and then we went and bought me a new bed and tv! I'm pretty spoiled I think!!! And to top the day off we ended it with dinner at Los Hermanos with myparents, grandparents, and Ty! I am one lucky girl. Thanks everyone for making turning 20 so great!

HEART DAY...XOXO

This year was my first year actually having a "valentine" for Valentines Day which was pretty exciting since it just so happens that this is my FAVORITE holiday. For one, if you know me at all you know that my favorite color is pink. I absolutely love it. So a day devoted to Pink & Red and all sorts of girly stuff...it just fits. Anyway, the Friday before Valentines, Tyler (my cute boyfriend), gets all serious and kinda worried and tells me he has no clue what to do. He's never done this whole Valentines thing before and is clueless. He was all worried that restaurants would be packed so didn't think going to dinner would be the brightest of ideas. Then came my favorite part, he says...Nicole, I would make dinner but I don't know how to cook. Lucky for him, he got it all figured out. And I must say, it was a perfect date! Tyler came and picked me up and brought me flowers. We went to dinner at Applebees and only waited 10 minutes!!! Crazy I know! Then we went back to his brother and sister-in-laws apartment who had kindly given Tyler the keys so we could watch a movie. We watched Made of Honor...which tells you right there how cute Ty was being because Chick Flick and Tyler do not go in the same sentence. I really appreciated it though! We finished off the great night with Ice Cream from SubZero and a nice little chat!