Celebrating 25

This year was a big one, I celebrated the big 25 last week and to say my birthday was fantastic would be an understatement. I got to spend birthday dinner with all of my family (even Uncle Dan made an appearance) and a few neighborly friends (Judy and Sarah) were in town. It was great to have everyone together and the food was delicious, got to love Mom's homemade spaghetti. After dinner we headed to meet some friends at Zipps. Collyn and Kyle organized a bar crawl. It was great to see everyone and of course have a few laughs. Here are some photos of all the fun....

Cullen and Becky

Gill and Andra

Eric and Panda

Skyles and I

The SARRCies

Party Planners

Mark G and Kyle

Katie, LeeAnne, Dana and Brian

Gill, Eric, Kyle and I

and Suspenders!

Until next year

A little out of order

I am starting my weekend off right......

woke up early to get an amazing $10 facial (from Groupon)

Did a little homework

...and now I am trying to get things in order. I am more than excited to be able to relax on the weekend and blogging is definitely something I have planned. Here are some old pictures from New Years. We stopped by Devils to say hi to friends and then headed to Robert's house to celebrate the New Year. It was great to be able to spend some time with Sarah and Nicholas again (they were in town for two weeks). We played games, had some cocktails and of course

sported some dance moves. I knew 2011 would only be better than 2010 and I have only seen this proven true since then. :-)

Dana's 2nd Big Day

A few Saturdays ago all the SARRCie's got together to celebrate Dana and Brian. (SARRC stands for the Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center, where I work) Dana, her family and Brian's family put together a great bridal shower and bachelorette party and I couldn't have been more excited to spend some quality time enjoying Dana in all her love. The shower consisted of plenty of yummy food, gifts and some fun party games. The party continued later on with an amazing bachelorette party perfectly crafted by Dana's fantastic sister. All of the fun events definitely made me get more excited for my own sister's parties. :-) Sooooo as the weekend approaches I am planning on sitting back and relaxing and remembering a wilder

weekend I once had, here are some pictures to enjoy...

The soon to be bride :-) March 12th

The wedding party

MOST of the SARRC girlies

The wonderful dress they made....

The Silverman Woman! (all so fun and different)

Let the games begin.....the cucumber pass..... so funny

All ready to go out

Can't wait till the Big Day D and B, it will be so fun!!! Love you Dana!

Acceptance

So I have fully accepted that I am that crazy dog lady. My days consist of thinking about Lucy and then my nights consist of watching and taking care of Lucy. And of course my blogs now consist of Lucy but I just couldn't resist this one. I am still trying to accept the latest tragedy and I just don't know if I am ready yet. I hope by blogging about it I will be able to move on.... it's just hair right.

Remember the cute Lucy......

Here she is since Sunday (Thanks, Petsmart)

I think it's safe to say that I deserve this for making fun of Kyle's cutting ability (might as well just let him do it again at this point)

Poor Lucy :-( Needless to say she got away with a lot because she was so cute, now I am just not sure I can say that anymore but I definitely feel like the crazy cat lady now.

Just bust a move

We have definitely been busting moves in apartment 1130. We recently rented Just Dance 2 for the Wii and I don't think I have stopped laughing since. Sam and I popped it in on Saturday a few weeks ago and before we knew it....6 hours later..... we were exhausted and tired out. Kyle made fun of us for being such video game nerds but guess who was playing by himself the very next day..... and what is even better is that I caught it all on video... enjoy!

Trying to play catch up....

doesn't it feel like we are all trying to play catch up whether it's the laundry, meeting up with friends or paying the bills we all are trying to catch up. Currently I am yet again working on catching up on some blogging. So today I will try to update you on a little family fun. Around New Years my Dad's whole family (minus a few cousins) were in town. It was a blast to see everyone and of course there were many laughs to be had. The boys enjoyed a day golfing in the freezing cold. The girls obviously enjoyed some holiday shopping and we all got together and headed to the club for some delicious mexican food.

We definitely know how to start off the New Year with a little fun with family!