happy 26 husband!

7•7•88 

is forever my lucky day, 

because it's the day 

my love was born!

how can i not over-celebrate that?

i love that it's right after the 4th of

july every year, because instead of

being sad when the holiday ends, we

get to keep right on celebrating for a

few more days. we had a fun week 

leading up to his big 26th birthday,

and we also started on a new project

together as chase moves through his

"quarter-life crisis!" :) more on this

later, but we have a goal to become

more outwardly focused in this next

year and next 25 years, so in honor of

his birthday we thought of a great way

to do that together! i think that was

my favorite thing that came out of

his birthday this year, but all of these

celebrations were the icing on the cake.

^^ speaking of cake, i whipped up the traditional

pear cake he has always had on his birthday...

great way to start the celebrations!

^^ we got him fit for a new bike so we 

can ride all over the city again! 

... his old one was stolen, :( so

we also bought a nice lock too! 

^^ also a nice new work bag since

he is starting a new role at google!

so proud of him. he had to be in

intense training for the new role

all day on his birthday, but he loved

it ...and he got this new bag for it :)

^^ an in-apartment massage from the

greatest start-up, unwind me.

^^ love his new asics from my parents,

just in time for the SF marathon in a 

few weeks...he better break them in quickly!

and, the best part. we always try to focus on

giving each other gifts of experiences instead

of so many material things. of course there are

some items that he needed this year so it was

fun to give them for his birthday, but my real

gift to him was time together on little outings

in the city, weekend getaways, events, etc!

some of these included paddleboarding, a

fun fondue dinner with friends, trying some

new restaurants and food trucks, an

outing to bob's donuts with great friends,

our getaway this weekend to mendocino, 

a book about alcatraz and tickets for the 

"escape from the rock" tour, a fun lunch 

in sausalito, and an upcoming trip to

boston & cape cod for labor day.

these are the memories that will

always last, and that we love most!

cheers to another year, and the

best man i know! i love you chase t!

xo