Celebrating 31 + Monday Madness Link Up

In case you missed my post of Friday - it was my birthday! Friday was our holiday from work/externship. It was the first time I've had my birthday off in a really long time!

 
We headed to Grand Haven in the morning for some beach time!







I love just having quiet time on the beach or reading and playing games.


My school BFF Kelly stopped by and brought me a cupcake!


We had a birthday dinner of my choice. Wendy's of course! We also rented The Wedding Ringer and The Judge. I just wanted a relaxing day and it definitely was!


My awesome purple cake that Nick made me! He knows the way to my heart!


And now for my gift...


Nick got us tickets to the men's semi final games at the Western and Southern Open in Cinci in August! I really wanted to go! I kinda love watching tennis. I actually just talked about Wimbledon on my blog on Friday. The W&S Open is a Masters 1000 tournament so we have a good chance of seeing some pretty great players such as Novak Djovick, Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Stan Wawrinka. Players ranked in the top 40 are required to enter so it should be two great semi finals regardless of who ends up playing!



And now for the winner of the Blondes Have More Fun Giveaway...


Congratulations to Olya from The Siberian American!
And now for the link up...

14 comments

  1. Um that cake your hubby made looks amazing!!! Yum!! Glad you had such a great birthday weekend!! And I can't wait to read all about your trip to the Open in August. Tennis is something I enjoy watching as well!! Have a great week!

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  2. That's awesome that you got your birthday off! Happy late birthday! A beach trip, a relaxing day and an awesome gift?! Sounds like the perfect birthday weekend.

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  3. Happy birthday!!! My husband would love your husband’s shirt haha. And that cake looks delicious. Glad you had such a wonderful birthday!!

    liz @ sundays with sophie

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  4. Yay for great birthday weekends!!! I love you blue sunnies!

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  5. Happy Birthday. Glad to hear that you had the day off to celebrate. I don't think anyone should work on their birthday!

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  6. Happy Birthday!! Looks like a fabulous and fun day to celebrate!

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  7. Yay for having your birthday off! Looks like a very relaxing weekend.

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  8. Happy belated Birthday! :) Looks like you had a fab day!

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  9. Glad you had a fun birthday! That looks like a really pretty beach! :)

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  10. Happy belated!!! Glad you enjoyed it. The cake and beach look awesome!

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  11. happy belated bday!! looked like a great weekend! and i want those beach chairs y'all have!

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  12. i had no idea that players in the top whatever were required to enter certain tennis thingys. very interesting! my husband would probably really enjoy that... hmm...
    anyway, happy birthday! sounds like a great weekend.

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  13. Hope you enjoyed your bday! Nothing better than a great beach day!

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  14. Happy belated birthday, Ashley! It looked like the perfect day on the beach.... definitely one of my favorite ways to spend a day!

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