Happy 31st Birthday Vic!

Vic turned 31 on February 5th. However, I had the day off of work on the Friday before (the 3rd) so I decided to cook up a dinner to surprise him and celebrate that night. So, I went to Pinterest for a finger food kind of dinner: crockpot meatballs, pepperoni roll-ups, cheese bread, stuffed zucchini, and brownie and fruit dessert. It was delicious! I had taken Atticus to daycare that day to get some errands run and be able to have time to cook up dinner before Vic left from work. So, as he walked in the door with Atticus in tow, the weather began to get rainy and stormy. And then that storm turned into a tornado warning in Brazos County. To the closet we went to take cover, as the weatherman instructed us to do.

Our food was hot and waiting, but we grabbed our flashlights, computer (since the satellite signal was already lost) and some toys and cheerios and headed to our closet. Fortunately, our closet is like a long hallway, so there was plenty of room for us. My first thought was "how are we going to keep Atticus happy?" I knew he was hungry and really thought he would get bored in the closet. But, that turned out to NOT be a problem. He found all kinds of new treasures in the closet: a belt, some headphones, shoes, clothes. He would eat a cheerio and find a new treasure. He NEVER got bored even after 45 minutes.

We eventually left the closet and fortunately, no tornadoes headed our way. But, we felt it was better to be safe than sorry. We heated up and ate our food, played with Atticus and then put him to bed. Then it was time for presents. Here are a couple of pics from mine and Vic's birthday celebration evening.

Though none of these were hard recipes or anything fancy, they were some pretty delicious appetizers to make a good meal!

Homesick Texan Cookbook....this really was a gift for both of us because Vic is a great cook and I get to taste test every recipe he tries!

I have no idea why I didn't get a picture of this actual gift. But, it's a Yeti ice chest.

And last but not least....tickets to see Reba at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Vic loves Reba. And I like her too. So again, this is kind of a gift for me too!

Happy Birthday Vic. I love you so much.