The Big 2-8.

I turned 28 on Saturday. It's funny how each year you feel so much older. I wonder at what point in life that stops. Someday I'll look back on myself thinking "I'm in my late twenties. That's old." and just laugh at how ridiculous I sounded.

I was at a ladies retreat with my church all day Saturday but everyone made me feel incredibly special. I woke up and my friend Megan climbed into my bunk at the retreat and read me a poem she wrote from her daughter's perspective. Pretty much the best way to wake up on your birthday, I'd say. Here's Meg when I got the honor of painting with her later that afternoon. She's one talented girl...

Then I headed to breakfast and was greeted by a special delivery that my boyfriend Josh had organized - sunflowers and a nice note. He was even out of town all week so he really had to plan ahead. I'm pretty lucky... (Should have taken a picture of this but I didn't...)

All day everyone at the retreat was very kind, wished me happy birthday, sang, etc. And as if that wasn't enough - they got a cake! I'm lucky to have people that love me so well.

The next day I went to lunch with my parents, brother Cory, and sister-in-law (it's still weird to say that, but I love it) Erica. Mexican food - that's the key to my heart. We opened gifts and watched the National Gymnastics Championship because you could see Josh on the sidelines since he was working the competition. My family humored me and my excitement to see Josh on TV and watched with me. They really made the day special...

Then, I went to dinner with my friend Kim. Houlihan's gives you a free meal for your birthday if someone else buys a meal so it's been a tradition that we bring each other for our Houlihan's birthday meals. I love this tradition.

As if that weren't enough, today Josh got back in town so I took a half day and we went to lunch at a place in the East Bottoms called Pigwich, got coffee downtown at Thou Mayest, then went and saw a movie. It was a great day with him...

I finished off the birthday weekend with dinner with friends tonight. Meg made a delicious chicken curry and got some fun cupcakes! A simple dinner with some of my closest friends was exactly how I would choose to wrap up my birthday.

I didn't write all this to say, "Hey, look at me on my birthday!" I wrote to say that I am incredibly blessed to be surrounded by people who love me the way that they do. I am blown away by the weekend and the people in my life.