Big Birthday

My BIG birthday arrived.  Thirty-eight: wowza.  I've never really minded birthdays, but this year I'd really like to start counting backwards.  Thirty-six just has such a nice ring to it, doesn't it? 

I started the day at a 6am kick-boxing class.  It was a great workout and when it was over, a 70-year old man (who wasn't really doing the class) ran up behind me, starting pointing at me with both hands over my head, yelling "first timer!  first timer!"  Guess I barged in on a close-knit class, eh?  His excitement prompted  the ginormous instructor to run over to me, pick me up and plant a huge smooch on my cheek.  A birthday kiss right off the bat -- sounds like automatic good luck for the year, right?

After my workout, my can't-live-without-her friend Beth treated me to breakfast before she left town for the weekend. She sacrificed sleep so that she could meet me e.a.r.l.y since that's all that would work for my schedule. Love her.   


The boys and I joined some of Griffin's friends at a morning play date (too relaxing/too much fun to take any pictures) and then while the boys were at an afternoon art camp, Tracy, Dana, and I treated ourselves to a mani/pedi. Ah....need I say more?


After that, appetizers and margarita's with some of my dinner club girls.


And then a fun dinner/late night out at the Village Tavern! June's a busy travel month for Mike, so I enjoyed every minute of the evening with my hub!


Dana and Brad joined us (glad to see I'm not the only Clerico girl that sports a wide/huge smile every time a camera comes out).


Its always fun to hang with dana (lindsey, totally wish you, Jason, and Addy could have been there).

(this was really funny....and there's that huge smile again)


Our neighbors came too --  Thad (being silly) and Allison (being sweet)


And these two....Brad and Thad turned out to be two hyper/silly/crazy peas in a pod. It was hilariously entertaining.  I loved that my birthday sparked such a love connection for them.  


All-in-all, it was a day FULL of celebration. Loved every minute of it and was so thankful for the time spent with each special friend as well as every phone call, card and email.  I just know that 38 has much fun in store!