the best birthday of my life

so first of all, i am finally 19!

it's such a relief to be not 18 anymore.

and it was the best day ever.

{and remember, i had no idea about anything that was happening.

nick planned this whole day by himself & didn't tell me a single thing.}

so.... we woke up, 

and we had over-raised cinnamon rolls for breakfast

{they were tasty!}

then as i was getting ready,

nick handed me a new curling iron! yeah!

then we drove around SLC, 

returned a bristol board pad that i got for a class

and then...

we ended up at a salon/boutique

where nick had arranged an appointment

for me to get my hair done!

before...

after!

{she cut my bangs a little short...

and the blonde streak is like, 

not even there! but that's totally fine,

because i still love the color & cut!}

then we went back to the apartment,

where he gave me a sephora gift card from him and jason

{aww!}

so we went to fashion place mall

{and we saw cross country roller-bladers?}

oh, hello.

what exactly is my hand doing?

i gots new makeup because i'm almost out

& because it was my birthday i got a free

birthday cake scented body wash!

then we went all the way back to salt lake

to the gateway

where we had tucanos for a late lunch/early dinner

{i was trying to take the pictures fast

so i didn't get in trouble.}

then we walked around the gateway

look at that handsome devil.

as we were walking back to the car,

we realized that we'd only put an hour and 42 minutes worth of quarters into the meter

and we had been out of the car for almost 3 hours {oops.}

so i'm freaking out

but we get to the car,

and there is no ticket or nothing!

it was AWESOME.

and on the way home,

i got a call from my wonderful tiffy!

{she did a beautiful post about me on her blog.. it made me cry!}

then...

my whole family & nick's parents & jason

all came over for cake!

{carrot cake, and it was delicious!}

i also got a sewing machine!! from nick's parents!

yeah!!

and my family gave me a container of chocolate covered raisins.

a fantabulously great birthday, right?

the best!

but wait, there's more.

right as i was going to bed,

nick goes, "oh, i almost forgot."

and pulls out 

photoshop

from his nightstand and hands it to me.

i'm like, get out?! awesome!

& it really was the best birthday ever.

i love my husband so much!

ah! ♥