SURPRISE!
Today is my 30th birthday. Happy Birthday to me! Greg and a good friend of mine had a surprise party for me last night, which they started planning in July. I was way surprised; I thought we were going to our Life Group's (Bible study) Christmas party.
Lots of people were there-- my parents, our Life Group friends, our neighborhood friends, friends I've known since birth...and all our kids.
I even got gifts! My friend Tanya had asked everyone to bring a themed gift- 30 was the theme. I got: 30 packs of tissues; 30 suckers; 30 mint dreams (super delish candy); 30 lindt chocolates and lemon curd; 30 holiday cookie cutters (from Tanya; she couldn't believe it when she saw the set); 30 fat quarters (from my friend/neighbor/boss; gotta be a quilter to know what those are); 30 candies from my siblings who don't know they gave it to me, nice mom :); 30 flavors of jelly bellies; 30 notecards with "c" and "h" on them; 30 thank you cards (for my 30 gifts); SPF 30 sunblock; and 30 cans of Campbells soup from my friends the Campbell family! If you'd like to send me 30 gifts, go for it!
They had my favorite cake- angel food- complete with trick candles. It was really, really sweet. The party, not the cake, although with cool whip and strawberries, it was sweet too.
To celebrate me :), I'm sharing 30 pictures of my life. Kidding!
Today is my 30th birthday. Happy Birthday to me! Greg and a good friend of mine had a surprise party for me last night, which they started planning in July. I was way surprised; I thought we were going to our Life Group's (Bible study) Christmas party.
Lots of people were there-- my parents, our Life Group friends, our neighborhood friends, friends I've known since birth...and all our kids.
I even got gifts! My friend Tanya had asked everyone to bring a themed gift- 30 was the theme. I got: 30 packs of tissues; 30 suckers; 30 mint dreams (super delish candy); 30 lindt chocolates and lemon curd; 30 holiday cookie cutters (from Tanya; she couldn't believe it when she saw the set); 30 fat quarters (from my friend/neighbor/boss; gotta be a quilter to know what those are); 30 candies from my siblings who don't know they gave it to me, nice mom :); 30 flavors of jelly bellies; 30 notecards with "c" and "h" on them; 30 thank you cards (for my 30 gifts); SPF 30 sunblock; and 30 cans of Campbells soup from my friends the Campbell family! If you'd like to send me 30 gifts, go for it!
They had my favorite cake- angel food- complete with trick candles. It was really, really sweet. The party, not the cake, although with cool whip and strawberries, it was sweet too.
To celebrate me :), I'm sharing 30 pictures of my life. Kidding!
Aww, sweet little newborn baby Cara. I think this looks like Sadie when she was first born. Except for the hair
Me, Joey, and Johnny hanging out somewhere in AK. I'm 6-7 here
Jeana, me, and Corrie at Pike Place. Digging the flannel. Grunge was in. I've known Corrie and Jeana since birth; our parents are best friends. We've done many vacations together, and they were at the party last night. I think I was 14 here.
I love my dog. Here I'm 16 with our old dog Allie.
Hawaii after high school graduation! 7 of us went; I'm on the far right. My bff Terra is right next to me
Espana with Jeana. We went for 6 weeks to learn the language....I'm 20, 10 years ago!
Our wedding day. I have lots of wedding photos somewhere, but this is the best I could find. Yummy cake
Greg and I on a cruise to Mexico two years later. He won it at work, way to go!
With baby Jack. I look like his 12 year old sister here. In reality, I was 24. We're at Typhoon Lagoon at Disney.
I love this one. I'm almost 8 months pregnant with Max, carrying Leia in the Ergo, and you can't see it, but I was pushing Jack in a stroller. He was also asleep. We're at Disney, and Greg, Joey and Tess were all on rides.
Just your typical family photo. Here we're in Kenai
Body fusion! (SNL)Tess and I dressed up in our mom's old 80's workout clothes. Work it!
I love this picture because I look so happy. This was like a minute after Sadie was born (at home!). We had just found out she was a girl
Me and Maxietakie last month, probably the most recent picture of me!
2 comments:
Ahhh!! I loved all the pictures. So sweet! And what a great idea for a surprise party. What fun! :-)It would definitely be a surprise if Jon threw one for me, b/c I've never seen him organize an event. But one never knows! ha ha. Your kids are so darn cute!!!!
Well, Happy belated birthday! the big 3-0! :) I love your pictures. and the blog. I'm a follower now. :) Kim and Family
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