Spencer's Birthday!

Last Friday was Spencer's birthday, and we had such a fun weekend celebrating it. I had a test Friday night, but I finished a little before 5 and Spencer came back to campus to pick me up. We went home to eat a snack and so Spencer could open his birthday present. I got him a new set of scriptures. It's probably not the most exciting present, but they are a little bit expensive, so we probably wouldn't go buy them on a whim. Besides, he needed some. After that, we went to see Batman: The Dark Knight Rises. We didn't see it when it came out, but it's in the dollar theater now. We both liked it, but it was long! The movie ended at like 9:30 (started at 6:30) and we went to Buffalo Wild Wings. I'm pretty sure that's Spencer's favorite restaurant ever. It's about 30 minutes away (in Lehi), but it was fun to go. Spencer even got a free bottle of sauce for his birthday! He got the Asian Zing flavor, so we'll have to make some chicken wings some night. By the time we got back from dinner it was almost 11:00, so we went home. It was a fun night. It's been a while since we've had a real date night and haven't had to spend Friday night studying.

On Saturday we had a tie dying birthday party for him! I'll be honest. Pretty much the only reason we had a tie dye theme was because I wanted to make THIS!

Seriously, this cake was so fun to make. Plus, it looked and tasted amazing. I was a little worried since I had never tried the recipe before and I made some changes as I was going along. The original recipe didn't call for white sugar or butter. Which is weird. So I added some. It was pumpkin-chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting. I wish we had more of it. Can you believe I've been lucky enough to make this guy's last 3 birthday cakes??

The party was fun. Everyone we invited came, so it was a full house... basement. Not everyone brought things to tie dye, but I hope everyone had fun. The things we did dye turned out well. I love our pillowcases that we did for camping. Josh brought over his Xbox, and I'm pretty sure that was the hit of the party. Here are some pictures. :-)

Our pillowcases! Mine's on the left, Spencer's is on the right.