Birthdays

 Late January through mid-February are our celebration times here at Casa de Sprinkle.

 So, I thought I would share a few photos of what jumped into our bellies.

 There was a chocolate cake, and a bundt cake for a bit of dessert every day, but we froze half of each cake for later this winter.... for a snowy day celebration should we EVER GET SNOW!  That's right, it's been a snowless February and nothing on the future forecast to make us even think we will see any white stuff this month.

Very strange.

 My birthday meal was sort of a jumbalaya... anyway, it had some of those same ingredients, as well as the spice to go along with it.

My husband made a cajun spice mixture from scratch with an Emeril Lagasse recipe found on line.  I had attempted to find a pre-made cajun spice at the store, and when there were none to be found, my husband turned to the internet.

It was pretty tasty, although I expected it to add a bit more of a punch than it did.

 When it comes to any recipe with pasta in it, I'm all over it! 

 His birthday meal was a petit steak, with a side of grilled asparagus sprinkled with his favorite spice mixture, as well as shrimp per my request.  Steak gets too heavy sometimes and shrimp is better for helping to control cholesterol levels.

 A baked potato with a small drop of sour cream went well with the menu too.

 He enjoyed his cards, and I enjoyed my cards.  Any card with a dog on the front always just makes his day.

Woof!

How The Day Went

My husband's 65th birthday was so much fun!

The sun was out and it was a bit over 60 degrees so no heavy coats were needed when we stepped out into the snow on the front lawn to take a few photos to mark this special special day for him.

 He DOES NOT like having his photo taken, but over the years has softened on this issue a wee bit since I reminded him that we have grandchildren that will someday want to look back at these photos.  There are not a lot of photos of our grandparents, neither his nor mine, so it's something I think is important to do... to mark the days.  Even if it does mean laughing while trying to take a selfie with both of our faces in it.

He obliged and smiled!

Both of the pups played in the snow and then opted to grab some sun on this last day of January.

Sun and no coats for the humans!

How amazing is that?

Our evening mean was soooo delectable, and of course HE chose the menu and grilled the filets, while wifey poo put together the shrimp cocktails, snapped the asparagus and steamed it and microwaved one HUGE baked potato which we then split down the middle.... too much for one person I must say.  

The star of the day, besides my husband that is, was the dark chocolate cake he made with a ganache on top, and little swirly flowers on top.  This was his first attempt at actually decorating a cake and I have to say that the man did a bang up job of it.  It has three layers, and between two are a layer of chopped pecans, and the other layer is our hand-picked wild raspberries from this past summer.

I've been told in the past that I gush over my husband.

Can you blame me?

It was a happy birthday day for him with sunshine, love, food, cake and good wishes galore, and I would never wish him anything less because I adore this man to pieces.

So there... gush away!