James' 27th Birthday, Dates with my Girls, and Free Date Night!

My sweetie pie husband celebrated his 27th birthday this past Monday! Happy Birthday babe!

Due to the incredible amounts of studying that this awesome, dedicated guy had to do, we celebrated his birthday by heading to FireHouse Subs for his free birthday sub!

I also surprised him by baking his all-time fav cake...Texas Sheet Cake! Let's just say it was To.Die.For. I gave away half the sheet to friends because we couldn't finish it all in a week's time but what was left sure kept us happy for the next couple of days. The recipe for this cake is here.

June 3rd is a very special day in my family.

On Thursday, the 6th, I had an awesome day off of work! First I had a lunch date with my girl Talia! We went to Pita Jungle where I tried Mediterranean food for the first time. I had the Mediterranean Roasted Chicken Shawarma. Yum!

Then I went to a girl's get-together at my good friend Kali Jo's place! She invited the 2nd year D.O. wives over to get away from the stress of our hubbies studying for Board Exams. Thanks for putting that together Kali! 

Hailee, Cim, Emma, Kelsey, Kali Jo, Me

Then I went to a MaryKay party that my amazing friend Whitney threw at her place. There I met MaryKay consultant Lindsey, who is pretty awesome and gave us all facials and we tried some new products. By the end of the night our faces were glowing with pretty new makeup! We didn't wanna wash it off! But I had to because I went to bed a half hour later haha. Thanks Whit & Lindsey for a super fun girls night!

Whitney, Marni, Nicole, Jenna, Me, Jessica left earlier, and Lindsey is taking the picture of us

On Friday night James and I had a completely free date night! It was soo nice! We could relax together and James didn't study for boards one bit that night! We ordered a FREE pizza from Hungry Howie's...we were pleasantly surprised. Not too shabby for a free pizza! 

We also got a FREE movie from Redbox by using the coupon code DVDNIGHT. We rented The Impossible. So.Sad. It's a drama based on the true story of a family who survived the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand. It has Ewan McGregor & Naomi Watts in it. LOVED it. James and I were choked up with emotion the entire time. If you haven't seen it, see it. What an amazing true story. 

And here's the trailer for the movie. So so good.

Lastly, I had to share with y'all this gem of a recipe. It's cookie dough frozen yogurt. Whaaa?

Yes. SOOO tasty and SO rich! The recipe says it makes about 2 cups, but I literally can only eat a spoonful at a time it is so rich. The ingredients are chocolate chip cookie dough and vanilla yogurt. Mix them together and freeze in a freezer-safe tupperware for 24 hours. SO easy! Here's the real recipe that includes the cookie dough ingredients. No eggs! The picture and recipe is from the blog Tasty Kitchen. The consistency of the frozen yogurt actually does in fact look like the picture below. Yay! Enjoy!

• ½ cups Unsalted Butter, Softened
• ½ cups Packed Dark Brown Sugar
• ¼ cups Granulated Sugar
• 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
• 1 cup All-purpose Flour
• ¼ teaspoons Baking Soda
• ¼ teaspoons Salt
• ¾ cups Mini Chocolate Chips Or Chunks
• 1 cup Vanilla Yogurt

In a mixing bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter and both sugars together until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and beat until combined.

In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, soda and salt. Add the chocolate chips or chunks and stir.

Add the flour and chocolate mixture to butter mixture and fold in gently. Add yogurt and stir again.

Place in a container and cover with lid. Freeze until set, preferably overnight.

Cookie dough recipe adapted from Better Homes and Gardens Bridal Edition Cookbook.

Makes about 2 cups.