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My 30th birthday bash
July 21st, 2008Although its been several weeks since my 30th birthday party, its also been a long time since I've posted on here and I figured this would be a fitting 'return' to my blog... ![]()
So catie and my mom got the idea a while back to setup a surprise party at my mom's house for my 30th birthday party, which was an especially awesome idea because my parents just finished decorating their amazingly-beautiful new pool!
Catie and I drove out there the day of the party for what I thought was just dinner with immediate family. I was extremely surprised to see in my parents' driveway a bunch of cars I only vaguely recognized, and when we went inside I was surprised to see friends and family from out of town, in addition to those living locally!
It was something that I really wasn't expecting, and it caught me off guard enough to make me tear up. Now when I say I got teary-eyed, you have to understand that not only was I not expecting all this, as I explained to Catie later, I really don't think of myself as someone whom friends would go to such lengths to do something like this for. So for me, this whole thing was kind of a big deal... Another super-cool thing was that I got a bunch of great gifts from family and friends, mostly in the form of book store gift cards! Do you all know me, or do you know me? ![]()
Although it rained for a little while that evening, we had so much fun with great food (mom put together a full mexican buffet!), karaoke, and pool time after the rain passed. It was an absolute blast that I will never forget.
I didn't have a chance to do it yet to everyone individually, but I want to take the time now on here to say 'thank you' to all of you that came that day, because I really appreciate it so much from the bottom of my heart.