My Birthday Boy

I know I am a day behind but I needed to wish Baubak a very special Happy Birthday. Yesterday, May 24th, was Bob's 25th birthday. Last year on his golden birthday he was in India where he chipped his tooth and had traveler's diarrhea. This year I had promised him it was going to be better. Although with only a little over a week before the big test he knew he would have USMLE on his mind.

It started on Saturday after Bob finished a practice test and going through some questions he headed home from school and decided to take the whole day Sunday off from studying. Good for him, and for me too.

I had made Bob a birthday cake and tried to make a Hazelnut White Chocolate Frosting to go on top. Hah it was not good, well it was complete sugar so Bob did not like it, but I of course being the sweet eater I am enjoyed it. I was able to save one of the cakes so he did have something.

Sunday morning after a well deserved sleep in Bob woke up to open his presents from me, chocolate, cigars and a humidor! Next we headed to Jimmy Johns for lunch and on to the Omaha Royals game. Bob says any birthday is good when he can watch baseball. The game was pretty good except the Royals were horrible. We arrived at Rosenblatt 25 minutes before game time to buy our tickets. I went all out and got the most expensive tickets for us ($10 a piece). We had our own little section directly behind home plate, only 2 rows up, although we could have sat in the front row. As we sat down Bob said, we should have brought sunscreen-ahh now my legs are burnt to a crisp with a stellar tan line, but we had fun. After the game we went out to eat at P.F.Changs for some lettuce wraps and nice food. It was very good! We also headed to DQ for a dessert blizzard and then back to watch the Twins beat up on the Brewers. Bob even got to see his favorite player hit a grand slam. Too bad it wasn't in person, but at least he got to see it. I think Bob enjoyed his birthday and I know he enjoyed his day off from studying. He is back at it today and will be hitting it hard until next week!

Happy 25th Birthday Baubak. I love you!

Happy Birthday Cole!

Wishing my only nephew a very Happy Birthday; Mr. Cole Thomas Gacke!

It is so odd thinking 11 years ago my big sis was induced and at 10:00 at night the little boy changed our lives forever. This kid is so great and I cannot imagine life without him in it. He makes me laugh so much. He has an amazing bond with my dad. He has a mad passion for sports, especially baseball. Bob and Cole share lots of the same traits in life and it is funny as they get really competitive about Wii games. The past 11 years Cole has made many special memories in my life. I look forward to watching him grown into a young man. I found this silly picture of Cole probably 4-5 years ago and it made me laugh. Leave it to Aunt Ashley to make fun of someone on their birthday. Happy Birthday Cole. Enjoy your desserts and day!

Golden Apple Fun

This Saturday Bob and I were able to get out, relax, and have a little fun at Creighton University's Medical School Golden Apple Awards. This event takes place every year, where they recognize students and faculty for outstanding service to their community and students. The night started out with cocktail hour (2 free drink tickets) and then onto dinner. The food was just okay and the service was very odd. You needed to hold on to your glass so they wouldn't take it off the table, even if there was clearly plenty left. One of the waiters even filled up Angela's half full wine glass with water-wasn't that nice of him? The dessert was horrible. It didn't taste bad, but nobody could figure out what it was. The evening continued on to the awards where a 4th year stood and talked for way way too long. The program was so long that we were all sitting for 3 full hours, with no glasses on our table to even sip water. Then the night turned in to much fun of drinking and dancing. They even had a photo booth where you could get free pics taken.
This event was lots of fun, besides the speaker & food. The friends made it all the better. I am so glad they had this for the Med students, especially the M2s that came. We are under a month left until boards and the studying is just crazy, they all needed a little break. And you know their significant others needed one too!