The end of a fun weekend!

Saturday night was the last of my birthday weekend festivities! lol We took the car out to OCharleys (yes, again) to eat with my parents and my brother/sister in law.







I had something to eat that I haven't had probably since the last time we were in Disney (last fall). Steak.



It was SO juicy and very good! I was also supposed to have sweet potato fries but they brought me the wrong ones by accident. Our waitress told me that she would bring me the right thing, but it was frying in the grease at the moment. Gee...thanks for adding that in! lol







Kayla and I laughed at how crazy the wind made our hair on the interstate! Now you know why my hair is in a pony tail in the rest of these pictures! lol

We had a blast! Then we came home and opened gifts/ate cake.





This cake is soooooo good! I seriously have been looking forward to this cake since last year! I couldn't wait to eat it! lol It didn't disappoint....it was very good!!! Chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. Yummmmmy!!!



My gift from Jason was in this bag!! lol



He got me 3 Demi Lovato/Jonas Brothers concert tickets! Hahahahhaaa! I love Demi Lovato and she's travelling right now with the Jonas Brothers...so Kayla, Kim, and I will go! Yes, we are like a bunch of grown 16 year olds but we don't care!! lol



He also got me this Medal hanger from Allied Steel. It's to hang my Marathon medals on! Can't wait to put it up and finally have a place to display my medals!



I got an Academy gift card from my parents and this awesome fleur de lis wind chime from Kayla/Brian.



This is Kayla and Brian's dog, TJ! He's so big and floppy but he's so cute!

Also, I got $$ and my friend Heather got me an awesome necklace...

She has one as well but neither of us can wear it until January - WDW Marathon...a first for both of us! Yay!

All in all, it was a great birthday! Now we are going back to my parents house to eat more cake! lol (And I'm really going to have to buckle down on the running this week from all the mess I ate this weekend! Haha!)

Birthday Madness!

Yesterday, I turned 28 years old! I had a FABULOUS day that started out with two surprises at work...



This from my dad (we work at the same facility). He brought me a Twix bar (that I haven't eaten yet...lol) and a Caramel macchiato with 2% milk and whip cream on top. I think he's trying to offset my resolve to drop a few pounds! lol

Also, my boss made these for our department:



They were super yummy! No, I didn't eat 2! One was for Jason! lol



It's quitting time! Let the celebration begin!!!



Jason took me to McAlisters for lunch on my birthday! McAlisters is another favorite of mine!! lol

The birthday festivities officially began on Thursday night when Jason took me out to eat at OCharleys! Yummy my favorite!!!




We were so hungry by the time we got there, we both devoured the twisted chips. Seriously. I felt so gross afterward, I had to unbutton my pants! lol Jason says, "You know it's a good night when you have to unbutton your pants!" LOL



So for an entree, I had a salad. I LOVE their California Chicken Salad (minus the bleu cheese). It seriously is one of my favorite salads ever!



After dinner, we went to Cold Stone and split a like it size Coffee Ice Cream with Heath Bar! Yummmmy!



He also gave me roses! Aww!!



Last night for my birthday dinner, my amazing inlaws had us over! It was great and we had a BLAST! I love it that my whole family gets along!! It's so much fun!

My mother in law made roast, rice and gravy, corn, and homemade bread which is my FAVE! (Can you tell I like food?! lol)



We also had cake of course!



After cake, I got the honor of signing the table cloth! My mother in law has this Happy Birthday table cloth and she puts it out on the table for every birthday! I've signed it 5 years in a row! lol I heart the birthday table cloth!





My husband also surprised me by getting his dad's convertible mustang to drive around for the weekend! woohoo! Perfect weather for it, too! Yay!



My brother and his wife, Kayla!



To offset all of this incredible food I ate so far this weekend, I met up with my running group this morning for an 8 mile run! My sister in law, Kayla, who is also training for a half came along for the run, too!





We ran a route that takes us by this house that has 2 mannequins standing at the window. It's the funniest thing...the first time we saw it, we were all waving and smiling cause we thought people were watching us run!! Hahaha!!! Then we realized what it was! So funny! I know it's hard to see, but they are there in the window! lol



So far, I haven't opened any gifts yet (that's tonight with my family) or eaten my incredible favorite birthday cake!! It's a chocolate cake with peanut butter icing! Oh my gosh it's to DIE for!!!!! Can't wait! That's part of what got me through my 8 mile run this morning! lol




Thursday was my mom and dad's Siberian Husky's birthday! She turned THIRTEEN years old! She is in such great shape! Both of her parents died around age 9-10. Happy Birthday, Maggie!!! :)



The only bad thing that happened yesterday....My 3 month old deck umbrella just broke. Kayla and I spent an hour looking through receipts, couldn't find it. Thankfully my brother has the hookup with Bed Bath and Beyond (cause he used to work there)!! He called and got it all straight and they are shipping a new one from Florida to me! Jason said, "See...its a birthday miracle!" LOL

Sooo, overall, I had a fabulous day! Can't wait for more celebrations tonight and that peanut butter chocolate cake! I think the anticipation is just as exciting as eating the cake itself!! lol

Disclaimer: NEVER do I EVER eat this much food at one time unless I'm at Disney World or having a holiday weekend...just sayin.


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