Happy Birthday, Love!

So it was Thomas' birthday last weekend.

On the 29th he turned 22.

Woot!

Here is what I made for him! 

I'm quite happy with it - it turned out great!

It's a board game of our life together!
The first 3/4 is all stuff that's happened.

Like prom, inside jokes, trips to the zoo, the mission...

Yadda, yadda, yadda.

The last 1/4 is after our wedding, so I made some fun stuff up.

Like buying our first puppy, having kids.
That sorta thing!

So the object of the game?

You travel the board collecting cards.

Every space has either a star or a heart.

(Well, some of them have lose a turn).

Hearts represent "Blessings" cards.

On each card is a scripture about blessings and joy that you have to look up.

Then there is a number - the number of hearts (or blessings!) you get.

If you land on a star place, it's not as fun.

Those are bad things - like, "Forgot to return the Redbox."

Then you take a "Meh, that's life" card.

Those also have scriptures on them you look up.

Those scriptures are about courage, strength, and perseverance.

Then is a number - the number of stars you get.

At the end of the game, you subtract the number of stars you have from the number of hearts you have.

Whoever has the more "blessings" at the end wins!

Hahaha

We played it.

I won.

;)

I also made him this:

It was a lot of fun to put together!

And yes, I did come up with 52 things all by myself!

Can you see the theme??

Games.

Since we love to play card and board games, 

these ideas came to my mind.

And since we're trying to save our money,

I thought it'd be better to make something than buy something.

And Thomas loved it.

Or so he claims...lol.

We also had our traditional dinner at Benihana. 

It was a fun night.

And full of delicious food!

We went on Tuesday, so it was also great to be able to see each other and spend time together during the week, and not have to wait for the weekend.

Happy birthday, handsome!

Next time, I can say, "Happy birthday, Hubby!"