My hubby's 30th

My hubby turned 30 this month. He had to work and didn't want a party or anything special, but I still wanted to make him a cake and something a little silly.

He works in the golf industry, so I decided to make him a golf cake!

I used a star tip to make the grass, although it would have looked a lot better if I was more patient and put the frosting back in the refrigerator when it started to get soft. The putting green is just green decorating sugar  on top of a smooth layer of frosting and the sand trap is ground up rice krispies. The golf ball is a plastic ball that goes to Audrey's play golf set, sitting in a hole that I cut out of the cake. And the flag is a lollipop stick with construction paper and the number 30 written on it. I didn't bother to even take it out of the glass baking dish, but he still loved it!

The silly gift I made him is all over Pinterest. I can't take credit for the idea, but I did try to make it my own a little bit.

And my hubby loves lollipops, so it was perfect for him!

His love

My husband loves me. There is no doubt about that. But he has another love too...

Sunday, when we were hiking, my hubby suddenly walked right off the path. "Where are you going?" I asked him.

"You don't see it?" he responded as he bent over to pick something up.

That man of mine, he loves golf. And he can find a golf ball anywhere we go!

Hittin' the links!

The sun is shining, the sky is as blue as can be and it's an absolutely G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S. day outside. To celebrate St. Patrick's Day, the hubby and I decided to get out on the golf course and have a little fun! If you read my blog regularly, you know that my hubby is an assistant golf pro, so I was a little intimidated to play with him, especially since it was my first time playing on a real golf course!

He is a really patient teacher though. We've been to the driving range a few times and he thought I was ready for the real thing, so off we went! I went in with the mentality that I was just going to have some fun, but I did REALLY well!! I nailed my first drive and completely surprised my hubby! It was hilarious. I definitely missed a few shots and did this funny thing with my foot, but all in all I was more than impressed at my golf skills, and my hubby seemed to be too.

I had to take my camera with me of course. Apparently, this is not very good golf etiquette, but we were the only people out there and I had to have some pictures for my blog! *hahaha*

My hubby about to drive it twice as far as me!

Can you see his ball in the air?

My turn!

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and you can see my pink golf ball in mid-air!

My hubby about to sink a putt!

Me too!

We had sooooo much fun!!!!

My hubby has been trying to get me to play golf for 8 years now and he was right, it's a perfect game for me. I love to be outside, I love to walk, and I love to spend time with my wonderful husband! Golf is something we'll be able to do together now, and as we get older. I have to say, it was a perfect day!

Golf, golf and more golf...ugh!

I'm sorry I didn't write yesterday, but I have thrown myself into my photography lessons, and I'm REALLY enjoying them!! I've learned so much already and I am so glad that I decided to do this for myself. Anyway, I have a little story for you.

As a Christmas gift to my hubby, my parents decided to pay for HDTV for him, for a whole year! It was a really nice gift for him because there was no way I was giving in to his pleas for something so unnecessary, even if it was only going to be $5-$10 more a month. So after Christmas, I called to get it all set up. It turns out there was a new bundle feature available, and to upgrade to HD (keeping the rest of our services the same) it was going to be cheaper than what we were paying before!! I was pretty excited about that, and my hubby was excited to rub it in my face and tell me that I should have switched it earlier!

So anyway, when I was on the phone with the company, the representative told me that in addition to the channels we were already getting, we would get a few additional channels in HD. She began naming these channels and named The Golf Channel. I sighed silently inside. For those of you that don't know, my husband is an assistant golf professional. He lives and breathes golf.

I kept the fact that we would be getting this channel to myself. I know this seems selfish and cruel, but I knew that if I told my husband, he would never change the channel again. And honestly, I thought he'd find it on his own pretty quickly, so I thought I was only buying a few days! Weeks passed and I forgot all about this channel. He found most of the other new channels, but never seemed to notice The Golf Channel.

The hubby actually went golfing with his buddies yesterday. Winter in New England is tough for him. All he thinks about is when he can get back out on the course, and he starts to go a little crazy. He'll talk and talk and talk about golf to anyone and everyone who will pretend to listen. The first day that is somewhat nice, and a course on the cape is open, they're there! (Even if they have to wear Under Armor to stay warm while they're out there!)

So I was home by myself all day. When he got home, we ate dinner and sat down to relax. And then, he found it.

He was so excited and all I could do was laugh. He looked at me so seriously and said, "You knew we got The Golf Channel in HD, and you didn't tell me?!" I looked at him just as serious and said, "Grey's is on, turn it back." I must say, the whole scene was pretty hilarious! But this, combined with his new recliner, causes a situation where he REALLY won't ever leave our living room again! And he will never let me live this down...