The Celebration Continues

Please don't think I'm self indulgent about my birthday, but I DO LOVE birthdays . . . not just mine, anyones. . . I'm a girl who loves to celebrate life. But I do promise this is the VERY LAST post about my birthday . . . that is until next year!

Thursday, my dear, sweet friend Jennifer had us over. She made my very favorite birthday cake, salad, and chicken salad. She always makes me a cake and birthday meal every year. She is such a dear friend, and I love her to pieces. We had lots of good girl talk and hopefully we will carry through with a few of the MANY things we talked about. Jennifer is my only friend who is actually taller than me . . . I like to refer to her as my "tall" friend.

Yummy birthday cake. The icing is to die for.
Me and Jennifer

Silly Faces

Saturday some other friends of mine and I went out to celebrate again . . . this time Mexican . . . oh so yummy to my tum-tum-tummy! We had lots and lots of laughter . . . the kind that makes your stomach hurt.

Julie, Steph, Lisa

Candis, Me, and Tiff

My friends like to tease me about how I turn my head to the side when I have my picture taken. They say it is like a beauty pageant pose. So . . .

I did it even more so than before to ham it up a bit.

Julie and Tiff look so pretty in their pink and black

The Gray Girls (believe it or not, none of this was planned)

Crazy, and I do mean, crazy, Stephanie . . . Between she and Candis there was NEVER, EVER a dull moment. These girls are the life of the party and make me laugh like crazy. This was Lisa's first time I with us. I hope she wasn't too overwhelmed. I hope she'll go out with us again for Tiff's birthday in a few weeks.

I don't know at what part of the night they told the Mexican band I was there to celebrate my birthday. . . . maybe it was on one of my five trips to the bathroom. I laughed so hard if I didn't go frequently I probably would have tee-teed (mommy language) in my pants.

When the band was finished playing I asked the singer if he could take a picture of me and all of my friends. Well. . . I guess he didn't understand English b/c he just stood behind me and smiled:)

The girls informed me that I wasn't supposed to ask the band to take our pictures . . . whatever!!

I think we spent about 4 hours there. We celebrated like crazy. Thank you girls for such a great night. I asked that there be no presents . . . I just wanted us all to get together. . . NONE of them followed the rules. Here is a breakdown of what I got.

• Tiff - a very fashionista monogrammed necklace and "Joy Jar" . . . more on the joy jar later. It deserves a post on its own. Thanks Tiff!
• Lisa - a soft brown blanket (matches my bedroom) and a candle in a beautiful jar . . . she said it was for me to curl up with a good book and light a candle and relax . . . Thanks Lisa!
• Julie - a candle for my home office. . . actually my new favorite kind of candle. Thanks Julie. I'll be thinking about you when I light it up in the early hours of morning. It helps me to relax and not be so high strung while I'm working. Thanks Julie!
• Steph - 3 cute necklaces and matching earrings - Girl you never disappoint me with the accessories . . . you and your ever so stylish self. You know I'm always checking you out so I stay stylish. Thanks Steph!
• Candis - 3 very cute pair of earrings . . . One pair is actually a color that I was about to buy for myself. Key ring holder. Just about everytime I'm on the phone with Candis I can NEVER find my keys. What a perfect gift . . . she told me I had to hang my keys there for a month. I love it. Thanks Candis!
• Jennifer- although I celebrated with Jennifer earlier in the week she got me a Busy Mom's Guide to Wisdom by Lisa Welchel (I just love her) and a calender big enough to keep up with my crazy schedule. Thanks for your thoughtfulness Jennifer!

God has blessed me with wonderful girlfriends. I have such special stories and friendships with each one. I love you all dearly!!! I can't wait for Tiff's birthday for our next night out. I think Tiff decided it would be Crackle Barrel . . . we'll see though.

The end to a fun, fun night

The girl taking our picture was so much fun. She told us we had to do a sexy pose. So here we are being sexy - Lisa and Steph were doing a great job. The rest of us just looked like a bunch of goofballs!