The Big 30

I couldn't have asked for a better 30th birthday!  I was fortunate enough to have the day off from work and Stephen showed up with a beautiful bouquet of flowers.  He also planned a fabulous afternoon/evening at the beach with friends.  It was a wee bit cold, but we went longboarding along the beach and then beached it up with a big bonfire, roasting hot dogs and s'mores.  It was pretty darn great, only wish I had some more photos...  Yes, some of my friends wear very colorful jeans, what can I say??

Birthday Weekend in Utah

I am now 29... yikes!  My last year in my twenties!  They have been some good years too, and this one will be no exception.  I have some exciting things to look forward to - Honduras, Hawaii, graduation, and getting a new job.  Excited for what the future holds.  This last weekend I flew to UT to spend time with family, friends, and last but not least, D.  I was really upset with myself for sitting on the wrong side of the plane on the way there.  I was hoping to get a glimpse of Mt. Rainier and thought for sure I would have to be on the right side of the plane.  Was sure surprised when I saw it out of my window on the left!

I had a fabulous birthday on Friday w/ my first go-kart racing experience, what a great surprise!  Lots of crazy turns at high speeds just so D wouldn't try passing me.  He knew I loved the Autopia at Disneyland, but this... this was 100x more fun! Celebrated on Saturday with family eating my favorite J'Dawg.  And sushi that night?!  Things get better all the time.  And to top them off, cake batter waffles on day three?!  Multiple days of celebrating is a birthday MUST.

The Birthday Celebrations Continue......

My favorite thing about my birthday is celebrating for multiple days in a row.  Can't get any better than that!  My friend Erin threw a party for both Bailey (pictured below) and I since our birthdays are only 2 days apart.  I requested a dance party so my friend Natalie threw together an amazing dance mix.  One problem.....everyone was making excuses to dance.  I totally understand - I was once like that.  Good thing life at BYU broke me of that.  I love dancing!  Thanks to a few of my favs and some classmates that came, we made fools of ourselves dancing for a few songs while everyone else was jealous that they couldn't be as awesome as us :)

Erin made us each a birthday cake.  Oh look, I turned 25......again......  Erin called me up one day and asked if she could put my age on my cake.  I mean I'm only turning 28, which isn't really a big deal.  But at the same time, it's getting pretty close to 30.....  So I said, Sure, but what if it says 25 instead??  And she really did it!  Awesome.  28 is going to be the best year yet!  I just know it.  Lots of adventure is in store......... I cannot wait!

Birthdays

I had an awesome birthday this year. We had a family party the Sunday before since it was also my bro-in-law's birthday to celebrate the both of us. Sweet.

Monday I had another joint birthday party with another dude in the ward, just friends this time. The candles on my cake said OLD. The candles on Shane's cake said OLDER :)

Tuesday was my actual birthday and all my students sang to me in almost every class plus my sweet sis brought me balloons and my addiction to make it though the day - sugar! To top it off, my basketball team WON their game!! They tore it up against Waterford. Thanks for coming to support, Family!

Happy Birthday!

February 1
I turned 26 years old! Wow, now I'm really starting to feel old :) It was a great day! All my students knew it was my birthday so I got sung to and even got some presents. My basketball girls gave me a huge chocolate chip cookie that said Happy Birthday on it.

Then I had a birthday luau that night to celebrate. Lots of friends and family came over to celebrate. My roommates each made a cake so there were 3 cakes. Man, I felt really old blowing out all those candles! There were too many :)

My roommate Allison started this list and everyone at the party finished it......

So this is my roommate Erin and soooo many people think that we are sisters. In fact a couple dudes from my old ward thought we were twins! Bahahahaha! What do you guys think? Are we sisters or what?!

Happy Happy Birthday!!

The big 25. Just a quick recap on my birthday celebration that was forever ago....February 1st. It was pretty much a 4-day celebration. My birthday was on a Sunday so I got to celebrate on Friday at school. Lisi made a big sign outside of my classroom and brought balloons. A few classes sang to me. I got to celebrate on Saturday going out to dinner with the family at Goodwood. Artisto's birthday was on Jan. 30 and Hunter's on February 6 so we got to celebrate 3 birthdays in one. We then had a cake afterwards for the three of us. Sunday we did dinner together. And Monday I went to dinner at Carraba's with my old roommates Allison, Dixie and Amy. What a party!!

Belated But Beautiful

So this is in honor of Lisi's birthday...I won't tell you how old she turned...that's a secrect between her and me! I didn't post anything on August 30st, the big day, but better late than never? right! (notice I didn't say, right? haha...I already know the answer! hehe)

We all went to dinner to celebrate...Lisi, Artisto, Snowb, Picho, and I...Dexter and Duran were unable to make it. We went to Carraba's and had the best Italian food ever...although it only took 5 times to ask the waiter to bring the vinegar to eat with our delicious bread...funny stuff!

I think Picho had a little too many lemons...

P.S. Beautiful refers to the three of us


Afterwards we had a semi-surprise party for Lisi in her new condo. Snowb and I broke out the sparklers and Lisi blew out the many candles (haha, j/k) on her cake. It's said that there was a giant piñata full of chuches, but Snowb and I left before the big unveiling ceremony.


¡Feliz Cumpleaños Lisi!