Today we celebrated Brittneigh’s 18th birthday

Chris thought it would be extremely funny to get those candles that won’t blow out.

She didn’t

The following are photos from the day.

We Love You!!!!

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Okay, as the title says: I looked at 40.

And now I’m closing my eyes so I don’t have to see anymore.

I guess I have a real problem turning this age because I feel like I’m leaving my hubby behind.

He’s the baby “guy” in the group.

But he is the most awesomest husband in the world.

He planned a little gathering of our very dear friends for my 40th birthday celebration.

They were singing to me. Heather & Jamie My Christopher & Me Julie & Joe Mike & Michelle DanMichele

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Sunday my baby turned 8 years old.

He chose this year to go bowling for his birthday.

He puts in a little dance step when it’s his turn sometimes.  Just like you see here.

. . .and his sister has never bowled before so their Dad showed her how.

Cory got off work in time to come too.  He wouldn’t really miss his favorite little brother’s day.

Cade and Katie are best of buddies.

I spaced out his candles this year so I had more time for candle blowing photos.  He can’t blow them out in one breath this way.

It was a wonderful day.

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Last night my Christopher surprised me with a secret birthday celebration.

I had no idea we were doing anything except having a quiet dinner for 2 at my favorite restaurant:
When we arrived to the restaurant the hostess sent us to our table. She didn’t take us to our seats just told us to go to the end of row 1. We were both looking for a small empty table and saw nothing empty at all in row 1. That’s when he told me to turn around and I noticed there was a huge table with a large group of my friends.

I had absolutely no clue he had made these plans. What an awesome husband I have.

I would like to say thank you to:

Carol – My very best friend ever since kindergarten.

Glen – Another childhood friend. He used to play on my brother’s all star baseball team.

Julie – My friend that I met while working in the NICU at St. Francis Hospital.

Joe – Julie’s significant other. He’s a business guy but is also a comedien that travels with the Bob & Tom comedy tour on occasion.

Jerry – We met through Julie at her birthday bash back in May. He sang karaoke with my Christopher.

Mike – Our favorite security guard at work. He’s just one of the greatest guys I know.

Jamie – A friend that Chris met working at Morgan County Hospital, he and his wife are now our friends away from work.

Heather – Jamie’s wife and my shopping buddy.

Michelle – Our friend we met in the NICU at Clarian North. She just moved back from California. We missed her terribly while she was gone and are sooooo happy she’s back.

Angie – One of my very favorite nurses in the NICU at Clarian North. She is so much fun and a great friend.

Merlin – Angie’s husband. We met Merlin the day we met up with them in Brown County back when they were vacationing there in October.

After dinner some of us went to:
Howl at the Moon is so much fun. This is the first time I’ve been to the one in Indy. Last year when Chris and I vacationed in Florida we went to one in Destin. The one there is busy every day of the week. The one here was not busy last night at all, but was fun nonetheless. I’m thankful it wasn’t packed because of course they told the piano guys that it was my birthday and
therefore I was forced up on stage so the guy could sing to me and put a bumper sticker on my backside.

Since I thought this night was just for Chris and me I didn’t bring my camera along so I didn’t get any photos of the festivities. My friend Jules brought hers and took a ton of photos so I’m hoping she sends those along to me soon.

. . . .and last but definitely not least. Thank you Christopher for a lovely evening. You are the best and I love you.

Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

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This past Sunday was my first time to turn 39. I only say this because I will:

1. Have no more birthdays. . . . . . . . .or
2. Will forever stay 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~if only~.

My awesome hubby made arrangements for us, my parents and my brother (for his birthday too) to meet at “The Coachman” for birthday dinner.

Of course I don’t go to any special occasion without my camera.

Cade really enjoyed my birthday cake as you can see from the chocolate on his face.

. . .and so did my niece Lily (sharing her Dad’s) but not quite so messily.

Cory’s getting better about having his photo taken. Must be all those photo shoots they torture him with at work. Hey it works for me, I used to always get a hand in front of the face. He does look rather tired. Maybe he’s spending too much time at all hours talking through facebook to Johanna. I think there’s a 6 hour time difference.

Okay so I have a really crooked smile, must be the way I’m leaning over since Chris must have been afraid of my cold germs.

My brother Scott never looks at the camera.

A huge thank you to my family. Love you all!!

and. . . . . . .uh Scott. . . . . .Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!

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This is just a group photo of most of the adults and teenagers. The little people were playing on the trampoline.

Cade & Cory’s little sister Katie, I think she’s adorable.

The teens, Jon (Cory’s friend), Jenna (Cory’s girl), and Cory

Jon (Cory’s friend)

Kailee, her mom and I have been best friends since kindergarten

Katie, Robby, Kailee, Logan & Cade playing duck, duck, goose

Logan & Kailee

Chris cutting the ice cream cake with the help of my cousin Allie

Even the dogs enjoyed themselves

Don’t they look ferocious?

Having a blast

Tucker actually loves Maggie (she’s our neighbor)

Allie is teaching her mommy (Gayle) how to play guitar

Afterwards Carol and Chris destroy a hornets nest that was under the deck

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Last Monday was my very dear friend Julie’s birthday. Lucky for me Monday is one of our nights off work so we were able to go out and celebrate along with her, Joe and a small group of friends. Julie is a beautiful person inside and out and I really miss spending time with her.

We’ve been friends since I first started in the NICU at St. Francis (she’s a nurse there). Every Saturday night I would stay at her house since she lived only minutes away from the hospital, and I was over an hour away. It was literally like a slumber party every weekend. We’ve had many very similar life challenges and have seen each other through some very trying times.

The following are some pictures from our night out.

This is JoeThis is Jerry. He just passed his BAR exam. Go Jerry!!

This is Julia and her Mom. Julia used to babysit for Julie’s daughter and has just recently graduated nursing school.

Chris in the background performing during karaoke.

Chris and Jules

Jules

Chris, Pablo, Jerry & Joe

Julie, Pablo and his wife Ingrid

The guys performing during karaoke

Believe it or not Chris won karaoke along with Shirley for the ladies.

No birthday celebration is complete without spankings for the birthday girl.

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