Monday, November 29, 2010

One more flame added to the fire...







I've been meaning to post some birthday pictures...

With the holidays full speed ahead my time with blogging has been limited, but I'm pretty OCD about not posting pictures/events out of order, so I figured I need to get these ones up before I start posting marriage retreat & Thanksgiving/Michigan pictures. 

I never imagined turning 2 6 would be such a blessing; but it was.  
  • My awesome coworkers treated me to dinner at Depot Grill. I love those girls. I'm grateful for the people I work with. They make the 8-5 worth it. 
  • Vanessa Cote and I share the same birthday, so some of our friends teamed up and surprised us with a very fun filled day.  We first  headed out to Blenhein Vineyard in Charlottesville. It was a lot of fun, we had a delicious picnic spread and some delightful wine tasting ;P After that they took us out to Short Pump mall---LOVE Short Pump! Kevin gave me a generous amount to spend while I was there; I'm a big fan of getting to shop for my b-day! 
THANK YOU dear friends for making turning 26 so incredibly worth it! 
  • Honey-dearest (Kevin aka Dunkets/Dunks)'s birthday is two days after mine. He turned 27 this year. This year has been a very challenging one for him (& I), with him finishing school he has been technically working two jobs for a year now, but good news, his birthday was extra special this year! His degree conferred (was made official) on his birthday. :) I'm very thankful for a husband who doesn't take education lightly, he is a nerd (& quite the good lookin' one I might add)...& I'm 100% thankful for it. Kevin now has his MA in Counseling, and is now accepted into Liberty's Counseling PhD program. Go-get-em babe!!  Word around town is that he's an awesome counselor and I believe these rumors to be true. I see how much he takes this professor/calling very serious. I'm extremely excited for what his future holds. He's changing lives and I admire him for it.  I wish to be more like him. OK I'll jump off my husband/Kevin soap-box. 
Happy Birthday Babe!! 

Pictures to follow, in order of events...


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{ Out to dinner with some of the lovely ladies I work with }
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{ It was Karen's b-day celebration too!  Interesting fact: V, Karen & I all share the same b-day, and we all used to work together in the same department at LU }
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 { Day at the vineyards with friends }
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{ preparing the awesome picnic spread; it was seriously so good }
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{ V and some of her fam, that are great ladies; enjoyed getting to know them better }
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[ Kevin's lil' celebration ]
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[ making his wish ]
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[ and then it came true ;P ]
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C o n g r a t s Boo!