Sunday, June 29, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

I thought pretty seriously about NOT having a birthday this year but who could blame me?  Twenty-nine is a tough one to swallow!  :)  However, my family arranged THE greatest day for me and at the end of it all, I decided birthdays weren't so bad after all!  Laura and Danny rented a ski boat, Mom planned an amazing spaghetti dinner picnic and we all spent the afternoon at Lake Cascade.  Surrounded by both my loving family and the spectacular mountains I grew up in made for a simply fantastic afternoon and easily one of the best birthdays I have ever celebrated!  I LOVE being out on the water and a so BOATING BIRTHDAY was a perfect fit!  I felt young, alive and vibrant!  Content beyond my wildest imagination!  Happy down to the very tip of my toes!

THANK YOU MOM, DAD, LAURA, DANNY, MAKAYLA, GARRETT, CLAIRE, AUNT BRENDA, ABBY, BENSON, MATT AND SHAWN FOR ROCKING MY BIRTHDAY HARD THIS YEAR!  SAME TIME, SAME PLACE NEXT YEAR?

FOREVER 29!
june 26, 2008

  
SPAGHETTI AND CAKE AT THE BEACH!

  
THE PIERCES GAVE ME A TAMARACK ZIPLINE TOUR!
i can't wait to go! i'm going to pee my pants, but i'm totally excited to go anyway!

AND MOM AND DAD GAVE ME HOPE!
dad says, "look, HOPE FLOATS!"

MY PARTY GUESTS:

      
    
    
    

BIRTHDAY PRINCESS

  
YES that's me getting a lift out to the boat in the tube so that I didn't have to get wet.  They called me the princess because I "didn't want to get wet" but  . . . 

I really just didn't want to get wet with LAKE CASCADE water!
I know all about the gross, disgusting critters that are in that water and it's too icky for me! 
I'M NOT GETTING IN IT!

  
DOING THE PRINCESS WAVE WITH MAKAYLA :)


BIRTHDAY BOATING IS THE BEST!

  
  
  
garrett
  
makayla
  
abby
matt

shawn
  
laura

IT REALLY WAS AN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME BIRTHDAY!
THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED ME TO FEEL DELIGHTFULLY 
YOUNG AND ALIVE!
(and definitely still 29!).

*and thanks for the TEQUILLA and giggles into the wee hours too!*

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