My Birthday Weekend

So my birthday was just absolutely amazing! I loved being able to see my family and friends and husband! It has been quite some time that I've been able to do that on my birthday... actually, I don't think it has ever happened before thanks to the Army, but anyway... I just wanted to thank everyone for their wishes/thoughts/gifts/smiles!

This was the loot Z gave me:

Getting ready to go out!

On the stage while the piano men sang a song! LOL.

Britt and I!

Z bought me a cake! Mmmm!

My parents bought me clothes and a Chili's giftcard... Zach bought me a weekend at Disney, the new Chelsea Handler book, Avatar, and a big bottle of wine! Britt got me a shake weight (LOL - youtube Ellen and find it), some very amazing pink nailpolish, and a Target giftcard... and Justin/Melissa got me a Target giftcard too! *yippeee!* I also got cards from Zach's grandma and his mom! Thanks everyone!!

This week we are out of school Friday so Z and I leave for our Disney trip Thursday after school. Friday will be spent at the Magic Kingdom and Saturday MGM/Hollywood Studios! CAN'T wait!!

-Ashley

24!

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

Today is the 24th and I turn my favorite number:

Tonight I'm going out with friends to a dueling piano bar called:

My most favorite present? Z bought us a weekend at:

My birthday is a pretty big deal to me - how many days of the year is it allll about you... really? I often wonder why it's not a national holiday, but maybe one day! (lol) I am so excited to celebrate with friends tonight and Zachary next Fri/Sat!!! I have been begging him for about 7 years to take me to see Mickey and we're finally going together! I haven't been since 2004. Ahhh!! :) Thank you so much for the big surprise Z - I know it will be AMAZING and I can't wait!!

-Ashley

Our Lucky Week!

Zach and I had one crazy lucky week recently! When Zach's mom came into town Easter weekend we all went to the greyhoud track to watch the dogs race... Zach won about 10$ betting 5$ here and there, but before we left I decided I wanted to buy a scratch off lottery ticket. I went to the machine, put in 2$, and won 20$!!!

Anyway, we were shopping at Publix that next week and I remembered I had that lottery ticket I needed to cash so I went and bought the SAME kind of ticket for 2$ and Zach bought the same one for another 2$... We got to the car and quickly scratched them off. I excitedly said "I won 4$!" thinking that Z was the loser, but then he excitedly exclaimed "I won 50$!!!" I was like NO way, but he wasn't lying... So after spending 6$ dollars we came home with a grand total of 74$!

Our luck does NOT end there... at our first Ray's game later that week they were doing a promotion that if Evan Longoria (Ray's 3rd basemen who is on the cover of the new video game MLB 2K10) hit a homerun to section 149 then those people would get a copy of the game (which retails for 60$+). Well, during the 8th inning BAM Longoria hits a homerun to our section, our row (even though Z had talked to an usher and got us WAY closer). .. and we hear "All people in section 149, row T may go to Customer Service and claim their copy of 2k10..." We check our tickets and realize oh my gosh THAT'S US!! So we now have two copies of the game! Holy moly!!! I'm planning on selling mine on Ebay for about 50$!

Calling everyone he knows about our luck!

It was quite the week... Yay for us!

-Ashley

Go Rays!

Well, it's officially baseball season and officially NOT hockey season. I can't tell you how excited that makes me!! I always loved watching baseball growing up so it makes it easier this time of the year to spend time with Zach whether it's watching it on the couch, or going to the game. I'm super interested and know/care about what's going on! We went to our first game last week and had a great time! The Ray's won and we won too, but I'll get to that in my next post! :)

Okay, this is a lie... they weren't even around when I was born! haha.

Our first game of the season!
The guy in the background = CREEPER!

Hoping for an AMAZING season boys!!!

-Ashley

Spring Break: Part 1

I am FINALLY on Spring Break! After everyone else in the world has seemed to experience it already - we're just about half way through. On Friday after school my mom and I left and drove down to Naples, FL to spend the weekend at Zach's grandma's beach house! I had been down many times before, but it was my mom's first time. We had so much fun and can't thank Meem enough for letting us stay! Friday night Deb (my mother-in-law) and Susan (her best friend) were still there enjoying their Spring Break so we all went out for a girl's night at The Cheesecake Factory and then stayed up until 1am!!! sharing stories and many laughs. It was such a nice night. They unfortunately had to get up and leave us on Saturday morning to go back home, but the weather was amazing so mom and I spent the day at the beach, cooked dinner at home, then took a nice walk on the beach at sunset.

The next day, however, was so yucky! Super cloudy all morning and thunderstorms all afternoon. We ended up spending the day reading and watching TV, but it was very relaxing! We went to dinner that night and woke up the next day and left. It was a short trip, but mom had to be home to do some household chores before she left the next day for her next trip with my dad!

On our walk...
Too cloudy for a sunset, but still pretty!

Beautiful day!

Hope Part 2 of SB2K10 is just as fun! Have plans for a Friday pool/cook out day! Yay! :)

-Ashley