John's 30th birthday (part 2)

ACOUSTIC NIGHT!!! This is what you're missing out on when you don't come...

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John's 30th Birthday!!!!!! (part 1)

ON TUESDAY AUGUST 16TH, 2011, MY JOHN TURNED THE BIG 3-0!!! He said he didn't want to do anything big for his birthday and it wasn't a big deal. YEAH RIGHT!! I was determined to do something insane! I had lots of ideas and of coarse whenever I asked him what he thought he shot me down. As discouraging as that seemed to be, I refused to not do something! Well one day at work I had a client tell me about a place he likes to take his son, an indoor trampoline place called, Jump On It. That's when I knew... I had seen the place and always wanted to check it out and if you remember my 25th birthday party where John threw me a surprise party at Nicklecade, -a kid's place, I thought it would suit well to have John's 30th birthday at a kid place! So, I reserved a room, made John's special "killer brownies" (his favorite dessert as a kid, that he often made himself, from scratch!), called and messaged his friends- specifically the ones he plays basketball with, and blindfolded him the whole way there! He was very surprised and I could tell he had a blast. He said over and over that night that he couldn't say enough times what a great job I did celebrating his birthday!
lookin' pretty killer

But let's back up a bit and start with the beginning. Actually, I'll let this video explain it...

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That's right ya'll! I opened a secret bank account over 2 years ago where I stashed extra tip money away and saved it all for John's 30th birthday. He never ever buys anything for himself so he's having a hard time deciding what to do with it but that's ok. I'm glad he's not out blowing it on the first shiny thing he sees! I picked a good one!
go ahead and count it!

After his present, we went out to the Bombay House, an Indian food place...NOT my favorite but that day was about John so that's where we ate and I ended up really liking my food! It probably helped that I was starving!!


We came back home and then you know the rest, he put on the blindfold and we headed to Jump On It! Here's our good times there,



Happy Birthday Babe, I love you!!!

This Summer

As you all know, this summer was wicked busy for me! It's just about all over and I couldn't be happier!! First off, school. School was a lot of work and I tried to squeeze in as much studying and preparation as I could even though it never felt like enough. I took two classes and miraculously and thankfully I finished with an A- and a B+!! I couldn't be happier about it!!

The family reunion was a blast! We ate a lot of good food and played games and went swimming. The only bad part about it was that John's father suddenly had pancreas problems and has been in the hospital for about the last 6 weeks. It was touch and go for a while there but thankfully he is on the mend and recovering quicker than expected. He should be going home soon.

Girls Camp. What can I say? It was fun, a lot better than I anticipated... although I didn't get much sleep and I got sick on the 3rd day. I guess I expected that! What I didn't expect was how much I would enjoy being around those girls. They were so fun and I could tell they liked me a lot. Most things went successfully, we only ran out of a few foods and had some other random leftovers but I think it all worked out. No one went hungry and no one really complained. One girl even said one of the meals was way better than she thought it would be! If nothing else, I got a lot of ideas for next year! I think my favorite part was on the last night right before testimony meeting the girls presented to me a camping chair which they all signed to me personally. It was awesome! A few of them stated that I was the best camp director ever! I guess I'm pretty grateful for the experience. My work even offered to pay for me to take the time off. That was sweet! Sometimes I secretly wish I will get called into young woman's... but then again I'm glad I don't have a new calling. I want to enjoy that freedom as long as possible! Oh and one or two more things to add on... When I got home from camp, I came home to flowers and candy! John was working that night sadly so we still didn't get to see each other for a few more hours. It was hard not being able to have ANY contact with him for about 5 days. That part I really didn't like.. Oh and the last thing, I went to bed that night at about 8 p.m. I didn't wake up til 8 a.m. That's how tired I was!

My birthday was pretty fun! I'm actually really excited to be 27! That day, the 29th of July, John and I went and bought me a new camera! It's pretty good. Not as great as I wanted but freak cameras are expensive! I can't justify spending like $800 on a camera even though I want to. Maybe someday when John's making lots of money as a nurse. Oh that reminds me, John got into Nursing school! He starts in a couple weeks! It will take about 20 months and then he's done!! We are so excited!! It's so nice to be able to see an end in sight!!! Anyway, so back to birthday. We went out to eat at The Cheesecake Factory. Our first time there and it was fabulous! I can't wait to go back!! After dinner we went to see Captain America, great show! I love super-hero movies!!! So, kind of a low-key birthday but it was exactly what I wanted so I loved it! Oh and we spent some of the day at the hospital visiting John's dad.

yay! new camera!

taken on my birthday!

Work is extra busy right now but all the bases are covered. So far so good! I'm making lots of tips so that's pretty awesome! I'm really liking work right now and I really like my crew. Even better is one of my girls who quit earlier this year has moved back to town and wants to come back to Fantastic Sams cause well let's face it, she loves me! I'm sure that's not the only reason, we are all so thrilled to have her back!

What am I leaving out...??