Tyler and I planned on going out, but gladly moved our date since my parents decided to make a special trip (which ended up being good since Tyler has been very sick). For the last five years of my life I have had a birthday party. But- that's just not me anymore. I enjoy a simple setting and didn't really want to do anything high energy. I just want the people who love me most to be with me. So I woke up, went to work from 8-5 just like a typical Monday. Then I waited for my parents to arrive... when they did I was greatly surprised! They brought Lydia and James! So we went to the restaurant and I told the hostess how many people we had but my mom told me that we didn't have 6 people, but there were really 9 coming! So another surprise - Liz, Nathaniel and Grace came!
This was a great surprise... and a very very pleasant one! If you know me at all, you know that family dinners are my favorite. It's always a special treat. There's always very interesting and fun conversation, not to mention the entertaining level has gone up since Grace was born. So each of them making a special trip up to Joplin for me was the perfect birthday. Only two things could have made it better - if Joel were there and if Tyler hadn't been so sick! But other than that, it was probably my most favorite birthday in a long time! It's not that I don't love my friends and want to celebrate with them (which I will on another day, but once again, a small group of 4 people), but being surrounded by the people who mean most to me was just wonderful. I wouldn't have spent it any other way!
So thanks so much to my wonderful mother, father, sisters, brother-in-laws, niece, and fiance for making it the best birthday yet!
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Yay for surprise birthday dinners! It was so fun. On the way home, I told Nathaniel I just wished I lived close enough to do that with everyone every Monday night! :-)
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