My holy weekend was accompanied by two chocolate cakes, one with nuts and the other moist, to celebrate the birthday of my life partner, my husband. In addition, we had fun preparing a small barbecue on the terrace and luckily the heat and rain stayed away.

A month before, my husband had expressed his desire not to work during Easter week, since the carnival holidays were spent in front of the PC monitor. For my part, I expressed my desire to get away, even for two days, alone, to the beach, without a computer, without having to cook.

Although he agreed, he also wanted to share with his family and even more when he realized that his birthday this year coincided with the major week.

That is how my search for hotels or vacation apartments in the central coast of the country began. Since it was the major week, the available rentals were for at least five days. In the end we opted to stay at home in the company of family. However, my idea of a romantic getaway is still present.

My mother-in-law prepared the cakes for her baby (youngest son) at home and the next day we went to pick them up (cakes, mother-in-law and father-in-law). My mother arrived on her own that same day in the late afternoon.

The next day my husband and I went out to buy what was missing and celebrate another lap of the sun. Chicken, chorizo, blood sausage, alcoholic beverages such as sangria and rum, ingredients for a succulent salad, bread, crackers, among others, were part of the purchases.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when part of the terrace was blessed with shade, we took out the tables and chairs, the bugle for the music (very important), as well as part of the food to start the outdoor preparation. Then my mother and I took care of the salad and later my mother-in-law decorated the cakes.

My husband was in charge of the grill and between music and drinks we passed the time. When it was time to eat, we sat at the table, but my husband almost didn't eat, since he had the privilege of tasting during the preparation and then he said he didn't have much appetite, ha, ha, ha, ha.

Once the digestion was done, it was time to sing birthday and eat dessert. After a few photos and fighting the wind, the birthday boy was able to blow out the candles.

The seniors retired to their rooms around 11 pm, while my husband and I went to bed at 1 am.

The next day we grilled again, as we bought a lot of food and there were only 5 of us present. We only had to prepare a little more salad and cornmeal buns.

That day we picked everything up earlier, we were already tired and the next day we had to take my in-laws to their house.

Thus ended my family holiday weekend.

I say goodbye wishing you good vibes 💞

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