Eric's 20Eighth Birthday

It's been a little while but I need to document this...

I made Eric's favorite pudding cake and put 10 candles on it... ?

Don't ask why he is wearing a robe here.

Playing our favorite game with friends... can you guess what it is?

I love surprising people so Eric's birthday is always a great time for me to do this. 

This year's big surprise was a weekend getaway to Las Vegas. I booked us a room in the Rio Resort in September and had the hardest time keeping it a secret for two months!

(I got some of these pictures from my friends Courtney and Olivia)

For some reason the video I have isn't uploading so I'll just have to tell you...

As a bonus surprise for the birthday weekend our friends joined us the first night as we got to our hotel. They followed us to our room and when Eric went to use the restroom I let them into our room and when he came out they all tackled him. He had no idea what was going on so it kind of freaked him out and thought somebody was attacking him in our room, haha. He loved the surprise though and was excited to see them.

After joining up with friends we headed to Grimaldi's -- a group favorite. We all love this place and always go together on our trips to Vegas. We went twice on this trip for the bday boy.

 

 
Eric and a resort worker named Eric. :) + enjoying his favorite meal at his favorite restaurant.

The whole gang at Caneletto Restaurant in the Venetian -- go there!

Another favorite restaurant of Eric's is Hash House a Go Go. We stopped there on the way out of Vegas. The portion sizes are huge so Kiarra and I shared 1 single mango coconut pancake, yum!

We love sleeping pics.

 

A big thanks to all our friends who came to Vegas and made this trip so much fun!

Disneyland :: Day 2

Remember that time Eric and I went to Disneyland and I forgot to tell you all about it? I'm sorry, let's take care of that now...

Day 2 was full of long lines and more good food. Shenelle was smart and ate healthy veggie kabobs and pineapple juice in Adventure Land. Eric and I tried to be healthy and shared a dole whip. He always let's me eat the maraschino cherry, which is why I married him. 

We rode cars, which was awesome! Plus Hollywood Tower of Terror and California Screamin' 5 more times each at least. 

We got ice scream at Guiradelli Square. It should be illegal to walk past that place without getting a scoop. My fave is strawberry. 

That ice scream came in handy while we waited for Shenelle and Spencer's choir to perform. They sang a medley of Disney songs. So great! 

We ended the trip with a ride on the decked out Haunted Mansion ride which was totally worth the hour wait. I loved seeing all the changes!

Thanks Shenelle and Spencer for inviting us to the Happiest Place on Earth!

Disneyland 2013 :: Day One

We ended up with three different rooms in the hotel my brother-in-law Spencer booked because a couple of their students cancelled so we had our choice of several different sleeping arrangements. The first night Eric slept in his own room with a king, Spencer slept in his own room with a king and Shenelle and I slept in a shared room with two queens - except we slept together because we like cuddling. Anyway, moving on... We woke up early Friday morning to get in a workout in before Disneyland. We cycled, did the elliptical and worked our triceps, arms and abs. Shenelle is 16 weeks pregnant and did all the workouts with me. She rocks! I meant to take a pic of us working out as proof but I was having too much fun with my sis so, oops!

Notice the one bed slept in.

After a good workout, we had breakfast at the hotel which was not too shabby. I powered up with some eggs and a cinnamon raisin bagel and Eric ate like 15 pieces of bacon. He was seriously in heaven.

By 10:30am we were in line for our first and favorite ride at Disneyland, STAR TOURS! We then shared a churro, bought some mouse ears, rode space mountain and Eric killed me at Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters. At this point our Disneyland trip was made but we decided to stay a little longer. :)

Wow... I must be a terrible shot! I sure hope I never have to use those astro blasters to protect myself during the Zombie apocolypse 

Haha Space mountain - Eric's sweatshirt around his neck is so great! 

Eric satisfied his corn dog craving. He always has to get one in Disneyland.

We went on the Tower of Terror countless times. My favorite! I love posing for the camera!

Spencer made reservations to Ariel's Grotto in California adventure. I got the asian style chicken with noodles peppers, mushrooms and edemame and Eric got the steak and lobster tail. They brought us a fondu plate complete with strawberries, cheesecake, Oreos, and rice krispies (YUCK! I hate rice krispies, they really should never have been invented). The meal was all pretty good but overpriced in my opinion. It had a great view!

It was cool that because we ate there they let us sit in a special spot to watch the World of Color. You NEED to see it. I almost cry every time I see it. The various clips of the classic animated Disney movies and all the music is so nostalgic and it makes me want to cuddle up on the couch and watch every one of them! 

We had to wait a little before the show started. While we were waiting Shenelle taught me how to play Candy Crush while the boys slept. Yes, I know I'm late on the Candy Crush trend but I was avoiding it because I didn't want to be one of THOSE people who is addicted to it. Well, now I am.  

A great first day. Stay tuned for day 2!

Happy Fitnessing!

What is your favorite Disney movie? Aladdin all the way for me.

You fave thing to dip in chocolate? Strawberries - I'm pretty sure God creating strawberries for this very purpose.