28 is great!

We did lots of fun things for my 28th birthday. Before we left for MN and IA, we had our traditional birthday dinner outing at Melting Pot (yummmmm). And we capped that night off with a horse drawn carriage ride through downtown Littleton. The streets were lit and it was magical!

We were in Iowa for my birthday and my parents were nice enough to drive all the way down to Ames to pick up our girls and enjoy a lunch at my all time most favorite restaurant in the world-- Hickory Park. It's on Dave and I's old stomping grounds of ISU and it was fantastic as always! I'm so glad I got to share it with my mom and dad!

The celebrations continued with Dave's family down in Des Moines. They took us bowling (eek, I wasn't so good-- I'll blame it on pregnancy!) and out to eat at the Italian restaurant where we had our first date-- Cosi Cucina. We both had this very yummy gorgonzola pasta dish. We capped the night off with the traditional DQ ice cream cake.

It was a really fun birthday! Sometimes it's hard having a birthday so close to Christmas because of all the last minute shoppers and distractions, but it's awfully nice when you get to spend it with family who lives thousands of miles away.