Before I start sharing with you all my Mom's Birthday trip to Denver I have to wish her a Happy Birthday because today if her official Birthday! SO Happy Birthday MOM from Me and my whole Brood!!!!!!!! xoxoxo
I love it when Mom comes every year around her Birthday because it gives us the best excuse to do all sorts of Christmas things around Colorado! We took Mom for her Birthday dinner downtown to Union Station which was decorated so beautiful!
Then the 3 of us went to see A Christmas Carol the Musical and it was such a fun night full of getting dressed up.... Christmas decor and Holiday Spirit!!!!!!
The musical was so amazing! We loved every minute of it and even Matt enjoyed it! The sets and actors did such an incredible job, we highly recommend it!
Mom and I also spent our time shopping, relaxing and seeing movies! Monday night we met Matt out for dinner and then we went to the Denver Botanic Gardens for the walk thru Christmas light displays and we LOVED it!
It is so fun getting bundled up and walking around seeing all the displays! This tunnel was super neat, the lights changed as you walked thru it!
On Mom's last day we went to the Star Wars Costume display at the Art Museum which included over 70 original costumes including ones from this last movie like Rey and BB8!!
I mean literally seeing the original Chewie and the famous metal bikini was incredible!!!!! We loved every second of the exhibit!
Here are just a few of my favorites!! You were also given a headset in which costume designers spoke about the pieces and the movies were playing behind the displays also! Which by the way Matt and I saw Rogue One yesterday and we loved it!!!!!!! The Force was strong in this exhibit!
And yes, Mom fell in love HARD with Baby Elway!!!! Literally Moms mind was blown the first time she picked him up because he is so gosh darn adorable!
We had such a wonderful time with Mom here and all my fur-babies LOVE it when their Oma comes to visit! Its always sad for everyone at Casa Savage when she heads home!!!
xo
You guys as I was loading pictures to this post for Matt's Birthday weekend I sat back and realized... MAN, he had a GREAT weekend! lol! I mean that was my goal and all but wow! hehe!
My parents flew in last Thursday evening for the weekend.... they came for the Broncos game, we try to go to one a year with them and Matt's Birthday weekend wound up being the best fit AND that way the tickets for all of us to go to the game was his present from my parents and my grandma!
Friday night we kicked off the weekend with dinner out at our favorite special occasion place! Guard and Grace downtown and while we were eating the ENTIRE Portland Trailblazers NBA team came in to eat! Kinda cool!
Mom and Dad LOVED dinner too..... since they got the Broncos tickets Matt and I actually treated them to the steakhouse dinner! And for those of you who asked about my top on Facebook it is Free People and I got it recently, my "pleather" leggings are from Nordstroms!
Saturday Mom and I set out to go shopping before our tailgate prep started and Dad and Matt got a BIG surprise! My Dad is a private pilot and his plane is in Oklahoma but I found a great plane rental company here in Denver and set it all up for Dad and Matt to fly around Denver for the afternoon! They were super excited!
Here is just 1 of Matt's pictures from the plane, and they even did a low fly over of our house! Mom and I were outside on the deck waving... it was super cool! They flew over the foothills, Red Rocks, Denver and had a wonderful afternoon in the sky!
Sunday for the game I organized a tailgate of Matt's friends and we had a good turn out, around 15-18 people stopped by and thank you to those of you who did! We had games, music and a TON of food that Mom and I made... plus Matt manned the grill!
This game was on Matt's actual Birthday which was so neat..... plus a Broncos WIN! Go Broncos!
These are two other Farmers District Managers who stopped by to wish Matt a Happy Birthday! I love their fro's!
Guess What??? We had 3rd ROW TICKETS! It was awesome being so close to the action and we were right by the Cheerleaders which I LOVED!
OMG They gave out Vampire Miller masks and we loved them..... Matt and Mom demonstrate here!
This is how close we were... NO ZOOM!
Matt had a wonderful weekend which made me happy but come yesterday we were all super tired! Mom and Dad are back in Oklahoma and it's back to the real world I guess! BOO hiss!
Hey Guys!! So the next few days I have some Okc posts for ya.....my quick last minute trip was just what the doctor ordered... literally. Mostly stress free and relaxing! Although, I almost didn't make it on the plane to Okc... Denver Airport had a meltdown at security and the lines were up to 2+ hours to make it thru. Running thru the airport like a crazy person was not my finest hour!
Saturday night when I finally made it to Okc I got to celebrate turning 35 with my family and we went to the "hot new place" The Drake and I LOVED it! It's seafood but what really had me at Hello was the Hush puppies that you wrap in ham and dip into honey butter, I am literally still dreaming about them. And here are all us kiddos before dinner.... my soon to be Brother-in-law Ryan, Marissa, My SIL Jordan and my cousin Brittany!
And my top is Anthro for those of you asking!!!
After dinner we headed on down to Norman home of the Sooners and also now home to Marissa and Ryan who built a new home!! My Oma even stayed out past her bedtime to celebrate my Birthday! There is nothing better than a hug from my Oma...
Sunday morning while my parents went to church I was able to sneak away and get my Brunch on with these 2 gals!! I have the best time with these 2 and they helped make my Birthday special!
Sunday afternoon was Marissa's Bridal shower and I will do a post about that coming up but after that I headed out to have dinner with the Savages!! I was so lucky we were all about to get together last minute and over pizza makes it even better! ha!
Something I love and miss about being home and snuggle on all my fur-siblings!!! I have 3 cat-siblings whom I love and this little guy is Winnie-the-poo and he is still a baby, 7 months old!! I also have Callie and Gracie (not pictured)
Then there is my dog-sibling Betsy Ross or who I like to call Diana Ross and she is my girl! I mean look at her acting all cute begging for kisses! She misses me, I know it!
It was so special to be able to share this big Birthday with my family in Okc and thank you to everyone for fitting me in last minute, it means a lot!!!
Matt officially turns 35 this Friday, yes he is a Halloweenie Baby or close enough BUT with that being said I have already thrown him a Halloween themed party before so I wanted to do something else! After much brain-storming I decided on Beers and Cheers and Brats! And wouldn't ya know someone on Etsy had the perfect invite! This is the invite I had custom made and I mailed em out old school style!
I am going to walk you thru what I did for Matt's party so you can do this for your hubby.... I promise, he will LOVE it!
Matt is finally seeing the AWESOMENESS that is our entire chalkboard wall in the formal dining room.... case in point.......
I set up the Dessert and the Sangria in the dining room and did a little chalk design to match!
Since this wasn't a Halloween party but it is still Fall it was easy to find all the matching party supplies for this Oktoberfest Celebration Party! All the party supplies came from Target!
This Fall Apple Sangria was DELISH! And the recipe is from that new fun Facebook page TASTY run by Buzzfeed! Here is the quick easy recipe...
I finally got to put our cute Pottery barn Mason Jar drink dispenser to good use.....
I used 3 crockpots, 1 pot, 1 sheet pan and a partridge in a pear tree to put together this Brat Buffet! And I labeled everything with cute chalkboard signs that perfectly tied into the theme! And the popcorn containers were my utensil and fixins "holders"!
Here is what we had on the Menu, everything served 24 people! Brats, Beers and Cheers Party Menu
Brats
Beer Cheese Dip, Chips
Gourmet Pretzels
Trisha Yearwood Crockpot Mac and Cheese
Kraut, Fixins
Beer, Fall Apple Sangria
Guiness Cupcakes with Baileys Icing!
I had this sign hanging in the kitchen to greet everyone......
On our Patio Table was my Party Favor I made homemade for everyone: Spicy Buffalo Chex Mix! And I got the cute windowed food bags and chalkboard labels all on Amazon!
Beer, we had and HAVE Beer for days! But the good news is, is that in 3 weeks we are hosting a HUGE Broncos tailgate at the Kansas City game and that is less Beer I have to buy for that! ha!
The last and finale component to a GREAT party for your man is FOOTBALL! We had College football on ALL night!
We had a great night and a great turn out, everyone complimented me on all the details and called me Martha Stewart/Pinterest Queen and hey.. I'll Gladly take that!
I don't think that from the moment I got up at like 8am that day that I sat down once and then at midnight I was up cleaning the entire party up... I was spent!
Matt had a GREAT time, everyone loved the food and the drinks as you can tell! haha!
You guys this is great party to throw whether it's a Birthday or just for Game day! Brats and Beer was a HIT!
Last week was my Birthday.. isn't it crazy how fast it comes and goes?? Another one down and Hello 34! The day before my Birthday Matt came home early and clearly interrupted my afternoon viewing of Dr Phil in my PJ's to give me my Birthday gift.......
I couldn't believe it.... Look how good he did! I didn't ask for anything so this beauty was ALL him! And ya, I guess he is a keeper!
My other Birthday present arrived the day after my Birthday..... AKA... MOM! Her Grand-dogs were so excited to see her.....
Mom and I as you already saw yesterday did some house recon work and did a little shopping too! Lucky us the rain really held off for us to enjoy some beautiful days!
Mom, Matt and I went to a favorite place of mine here in Denver Tables to celebrate my Birthday! We had a great time and ate some amazing food!!! I swear I dream of that meal!
Sunday Mom and I went to the Butterfly Pavilion and it was really neat... you can't tell but in this Tropical Rain Forest setting hundreds of butterflies were buzzing about!
We had a great time and it is always sad to say goodbye and I swear my animals are all so depressed that Mom is gone!!!!!
