June is a busy month around here. Me, my Mom, and Kev all have birthdays, and our wedding anniversary is on the 25th.
This past Sunday, I turned the big 3-7. (Happy Birthday fellow “fifth-ies”! I saw there were quite a few of you in the comments on the MKA giveaway post!)
…so until the 28th rolls around (Kev’s b-day), I’m officially robbing the cradle!
I spent the day surrounded by some of my favorite folks in the whole weird world and it was awesome!
We made birthday hats…
And I pulled the ol’ “tickle-him-right-before-Kev-snaps-the-picture-and-you’ll-get-a-REAL-smile”…
(My nephew, Maddox)
I opened a present from my Mom that brought me right back to the first time she bought them for me…
We watched the Smurf movie trailer three times in a row because he didn’t know what a Smurf was…
We made a blanket fort behind the futon in my Mom’s library…
…and when we got bored with that, we went outside and hung out with my brother…
…who spent all afternoon grilling up the best birthday supper EVER…
And when we finished chowin’ down, we all had some of the Key Lime Cake me and my Mom made the night before…
We didn’t have any regular birthday candles so Maddox’s gift to me went on top instead!
It was such a fun day, and I wanted to get a good picture of us all together. We’re only 3 hours apart, but getting us all in the same room doesn’t seem to happen enough! We gathered together in the sunroom and Kev set the timer on our camera while the rest of us held our breath. Of course the first shot looked like this…
But he managed to make it back in time for the second one…
And the third one…
And the fourth one…
After our wacky little photoshoot, I got busy opening the box that Kev’s gift was securely wrapped in. Inside, I found the vintage map I’d picked out on Etsy…
Isn’t it lovely!? Here’s what it looks like pulled all the way out…
I was originally thinking I would hang it in the kids room, but I love it so much, I might have to hang it in our room instead.
Besides, 37 year olds can be kids too, right?
PS- Thanks for stopping by today, and we hope to see ya tomorrow for Kev’s parents porch redo reveal! Kev’s editing the video right now!
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Happy birthday, Layla! Looks like a great celebration!
Hey! Happy Birthday to all! I love that Kev is wearing an AUBURN shirt. I just so happened to be an Auburn alum. Did he (y’all) go to school there too??
Hi Brenna!
No, neither of us went to school there, I wish we had. We are just huge fans! Layla went to the Art Institute of Atlanta and I went to AUM.
We just watched the Auburn baseball team play in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago. Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
WAR EAGLE!! We passed by Prattville on the way to a wedding outside of Montgomery on Saturday and I thought about you guys. 🙂
Happy Birthday!!!! Love the map but mostly the fun family shots!
Happy Birthday Layla!! You don’t look a day over 27!!!!…. no really. I thought you were just about my age. So maybe you can spill some secrets on how you keep that gorgeous face lookin so good.
Happy Belated Birthday! Looks like y’all had so much fun!
Happy birthday from Minnesota. It looks like it was extra special. Here’s to a year where all your wishes come true. Cheers! 🙂
Happy Birthday, Layla! June really is a busy month for your family. That’s the way April and May are for us–just one celebration after another, which is always fun (and means I eat way too much cake, ha). Love your map! Here’s to a wonderful new year ahead. 🙂
I am so jealous of the map….I have been keeping my eye out for one for our cabin, it desperately needs some color, but that will come with time…can’t pick keepsakes up all at once can you? A Happy Birthday Month to you and yours:)
Ya’ll are just so darn adorable! Happy Birthday to ALL of you. I hope your nephew realizes one day what a lucky little boy he is to be part of such a great family. Blessings.
Happy Birthday Layla………stop by mollycoddle.com and choose any 6 inch tumbled marble trivet tile for a birthday gift. I will ship your birthday gift ASAP.
you are the best auntie ever!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I simply cannot believe you’re 37! I thought you were still around your 20s! Maybe 26? Geee… what’s your secret?? LOL
Thank you for sharing this with us. I can tell you had such a beautiful day!
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
Awww…thanks Luciane!
I appreciate the kind comment!
I just wanted to post that I agree 150% with Luciane! How are you guys possibly 36/37?!?! I’m 34 and my guitar/singer/home improvement buddy/engineer husband is 35 (36 in July) – we look to you guys as inspiration for our home, and now I’m totally looking to you for secret awesome youth sauce, too!
Happy Birthday to you both! Looks like such a fun day!
Is your newphew sitting on the keg?
LOL! Yes…my Mom’s hubby is a home brewer, and has a few of those around the house. My Mom thought that one would make a good side table. 🙂
Happy belated birthday! It looks like you guys had a great time!
What a fun birthday! My husband’s birthday is exactly two weeks after mine, so he jokes about marrying an older woman every year. 🙂
Hey Layla, looks like your birthday was a bash!
You have a cuuuuuuuuuuuuuttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeee brother!
Happy birthday! Looks like a great party. Love the hats.
Happy Birthday Layla! What a fun celebration! I love the map!
Layla – celebrate 37! Love your blog – thanks for sharing a bit of your life with all of us!
I love those maps. Good idea to be hunting Etsy for those items.
We celebrate our 25th Anniversary on the 28th of this month! Woohoo, who said it wouldn’t last. LOL Don’t get me started on the age thing. 🙂
OH and happy belated birthday! Love the photos!
Happy Birthday!! Seems like a great one and I love the tickle before the pic pictures. Very nice map – now I want one too, but we don’t have wall space.
Happy Birthday! I have been lovin your site for several weeks now!!
happy belated birthday! I’d forgotten that our birthdays were 2 days apart- looks like you had a great one!
You are the same age as me! I turn 37 the 19th of June! How fun…
What a sweet birthday you had! I love the map and have been on the lookout for one for my daughter’s room. Love yours!!! I would keep it for myself too:-)
what a fun way to spend your birthday – and the smurfs + classroom map = best presents! SO fun! enjoy 37 – I’m loving this age – wishing you continued blessings!
Looks like a super fun and yummy birthday! (Those ribs and corn have my mouth watering right now..mmm!) I agree with Luciane that you look like you are in your twenties…easily. That map is WONDERFUL! The colors are perfect-o for the Lettered Cottage. And the Smurfs are just tooooo funny!
I always love your photos! Happy Birthday to you all. That map is great and I can’t wait to see it up. Your nephew is a cutie-pie (so is your brother! Don’t worry I’m a happily married woman). My favorite thing is the hats and how everyone is wearing one. So fun!
Love the map and 37 looks good on you! Enjoy!!
Happy Belated Birthday …………….I love your map…….I can’t wait to see where you hang it……
Happy Belated Birthday. I can’t believe noone has mentioned the Smurfs…I love that your Mom gave you Smurf figurines! Being *ahem* several years older than you I was a little old for them, but my younger sisters watched.
Love the family pics! Looks like a perfect way to spend a birthday!
Happy Happy Day to you! What a fun birthday party! Your photo shoot looks like some of the family photo shoots we have had!
Love your map….
We have a lot in common- I will be 37 this year AND WAR EAGLE!
Happy Birthday! Looks like you had a lot of fun. And very cool map. Just wondering what kind of camera you use and what setting you shoot in. I have a Cannon SLR, but am still learning the ins and outs. Your pictures always look crisp and bright. Thanks. Looking forward to seeing
Happy Birthday Layla. 37 – good times! What is it with June celebrations? My youngest turns 18 on the 29th, my Mom’s birthday is the 26th, their anniversary is the 30th and then my sisters birthday is July 1st (so, almost June). Busy times! Looks like you had loads of fun … exactly how a birthday should be. Love the map.
I Love, Love the fourth picture of your darling little family!
Happy Birthday, Layla, Kevin, and Layla’s Mom. Thanks for sharing the pics of the great day you and your family had! I love the map…it brings back memories of junior high (many, many years ago!). Look at the upper right corner of the US; there is a great lake (Lake Winnipesaukee) in NH, that we have our weekend home. If you ever want to road trip….. Cindy
Happy Birthday again, sweet friend! Loved seeing your family pics. Ya’ll are a hoot!
Feliz Cumpleaño, I remember when I was 37, Im 48 now and still get b-days like that, pictures taking place, monkying around, family fun…. Felicidades….I admire you and your husband for being such a beautiful couple…..
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since we hung out at Tybee!
Love the silly pics, you got my kids doing it now, we never take a posed pic without a silly one following it 🙂
Awesome map too!
Aww, what a sweet birthday.
Happy Birthday to you and Kev in a few days too. I am also a cradle robber, I am 8 months older than hubby and he NEVER lets me forget it.
Happy Birthday!
You have no clue how long I have been looking for a vintage USA Map! I have always wanted to have one in my house and put little pins or markers on it of the places we have been (1 color for my husband’s travels, 1 for mine, 1 for us together, 1 of where we want to go next, and another one will be added once we have children into the mix).
My birthday is the 28th! So a big Happy Birthday to Kevin! Also to you Layla, you dont look anything like 37!
Happy Belated B-Day Layla!! Looks like a fabulous time 🙂
Happy Birthday Layla! Wonderful birthday celebration and the map is awesome!
happy birthday Layla from Cape Cod. You guys really know how to party… You honestly look so young… never would i believe you were what 37? my gosh.. more like 27… no kidding… have fun and i love your vitual room makeovers – when will we see another? xox Patty from Cape Cod.
Happy, Happy day! That’s my kind of party for sure! And…War Eagle!!…yep, I noticed the shirt 🙂 Hope you all have a great month celebrating each other!
Happy Happy Happy Birthday one and all! …smurfs…classroom attire….right up my alley! Grew up with the Smurfs…slightly revealing my age too…classroom “stuff” is so cool considering the fact that I am a teacher by trade! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!