My birthday was earlier this month! The family went out to dinner together, which was lovely! I usually choose Olive Garden for my birthday meal, but this time I thought we should do something different, so I chose a Mediterranean grill. It was so good! Never before have I seen such large pieces of pita bread!!!
We didn't really have any grandiose plans for my birthday, which was totally fine with me. But Matt was acting a bit secretive the week of, so I knew he had
something up his sleeve. And that something was taking my best friend and I to the botanical gardens! It started out yucky, but then the sun came out and it was a beautiful day!
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A really neat tree in the tropical section |
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Strolling along the pond |
As we were walking along the pond, Heather quickly became enamored with the ducks! She wanted to catch one so badly, but had no luck. She even got stuck in a really big bush while chasing them. It was awesome. But then she figured it out - if you feed the ducks their little pellets, they will come right up to you and eat out of your hands! As the poor, unsuspecting duck innocently chowed down, Heather moved like lightning and grabbed it! Physically, the duck was fine (she was surprisingly gentle for moving so fast), but the duck was totally shocked. And as you can see from the picture below, so was Heather! That was no posed picture and no premeditated facial expression. That is sheer panic on her face ("OMG OMG I CAUGHT IT WHAT DO I DO NOW?!?!"). I was laughing so hard I could barely snap the photo. And I almost peed. Unfortunately I couldn't get this photo to turn right-side up...
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Heather and her duck |
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My wonderful husband and I!! He is so thoughtful :) |
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I'm usually the one messing up the pictures ;) |
After the botanical gardens we went straight to Sonic so we could still catch happy hour!!
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Riding a Sonic sugar high |
When we arrived back home I thought our day was through, but Matt told me we needed to pack because our dear friends had reserved a nice hotel room for us for the night!! It was a wonderful birthday gift, and an excellent end to a great birthday.
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