December flew by in a flurry of balloons, streamers, trees, lights and parties! It’s hard to believe that it’s over already!<\/p>\n
I turned *cough, cough* THIRTY *gasp, gag, gurgle* on the 4th and Jon threw a surprise party for me the following Saturday. It was the best birthday party EVER! I opened the door and the first person I saw was Michele Randall and it all started to make sense. It was like having my life flash before my eyes – or at least the two weeks leading up to the party. All of the strange things began to make sense. Things like…<\/p>\n
EmaLee and Elizabeth wanting to take me to a movie. Liz doesn’t like to go to the movies because of her Restless Legs.<\/p>\n
The fact that the movie had to be early and we were all going to get together for “games” afterwards.<\/p>\n
My dad telling me that “somebody will do something, I’m sure” on my birthday when I was home all by myself.<\/p>\n
Nobody saying ANYTHING about my birthday ON my birthday, no phone calls, no Facebook messages, NOTHING. Except Sara. She was brave enough \ud83d\ude42 Thanks Sara – you rock!<\/p>\n
Jon doing a serious deep cleaning of the house. Including dusting, cleaning the bathroom, vacuuming, and mopping. He even created a checklist to make sure that he got everything done that he wanted to.<\/p>\n
The hush-hush encounter of Em and Jon when Em came to pick me up for the movie.<\/p>\n
I don’t have digital pictures from the party. Kristi did take some pictures and sent me copies, but I’m too lazy to scan them so I can post ’em at the moment. Mike took some good videos too.<\/p>\n
I’m so grateful for all my good friends! We counted 50 people, not including the kids upstairs and the teenagers in the dining room. That’s a LOT of people and I feel so loved. I’m so thankful that everyone came and that we all had a great time. Good friends and good food – what more could a girl want for her birthday?<\/p>\n
Thanks all!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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