I've had so much to say lately and haven't had two seconds to write about it. So much has happened in the past few weeks!
My 27th Bday!My birthday has been a little weird for me since moving away from Oklahoma. I am REALLY BIG into Holiday Traditions and since my bday falls on a holiday (July 4th), it is extra hard to be in Utah. This year was the first year I have thoroughly enjoyed my entire birthday weekend in Utah!
My traditional Oklahoma Birthday goes like this: Wake up SUPER early. Pick up donuts. Pick up Sonic drinks. Meet my entire fam at the parade (my mom goes at like 5am and saves seats for everyone). Go to our house or a relative's house for a cookout. Open Presents. Meet up with friends to watch fireworks. That was the routine for as long as I can remember! We NEVER missed the parade! Growing up, a large group of my parents friends would always meet us at the parade too. It always ended up being like 30 people and it was great!
My Utah Birthday weekend went like this:FRIDAY-Broke City show at Liquid Joe's with Royal Bliss. Joel gave me a birthday shout out from stage so people started buying me shots. I felt like it was my 21st bday all over again. The night was awesome! Some of my favorite females came to hang out so it was a great night overall.
SATURDAY-Joel woke up early and left the house because he had a "surprise" for me. He got my windshield replaced! I was SO ecstatic! Since I drive for a living, my car is my office. I had a HUGE crack across my windshield that annoyed me everyday so I was so excited to have it replaced! We ate lunch at the Independence Weekend street fair in Sugar House. I love any type of fair or festival so I was super excited! That evening, we went to the hibachi place called BeniHana.
It is WONDERFUL and our little birthday tradition. After, we went to a martini bar and had some drinks. We drove to the studio where Joel does the mixing for his job. Sugar House park was WAY to crazy and the studio was on a hill so we sat outside it and could see the fireworks perfectly! It was wonderful! OH... and I opened presents this day too!
Joel got me the Amazon Kindle that I have been wanting and so far I give it two thumbs up! The books literally transfer to my kindle in about two seconds. He also got me a Flip so I can start videoing stuff. I haven't had a chance to get it out and use it yet, but I can't wait to start editing video! He also got me the "Roping the Wind" cd from good old Garth! Better believe it has been on repeat in my car for two weeks!
SUNDAY-My actual birthday! Joel surprised me with a doughnut breakfast in honor of my family's tradition. We spent the whole day cleaning and preparing the food for my bday cookout.
When it was all over, we had about 50 people in and out through the night. It was a great Bday BBQ and since I hate cake, Joel even made me Bday Brownies! I was exhausted from cleaning all day though so I went to bed by 2am.
MONDAY-We drove down to Utah County and met his family at his parents house for their family BBQ.
It was good to see everyone since it had been a while. After the BBQ, we went down to Provo's Freedom Festival and walked around. There were mainly religious or LDS oriented booths but we found a few good jewelry places.
Overall, it was a spectacular Bday Weekend! Thanks to all my friends/fam/husband for making it SO special! Love you guys!
Last weekend was my friend Hannah's wedding. It was great to be back home and share in her big day! I enjoyed getting to see everyone and just wish I would have had more free time while we were there. Joel and I literally started our days at 9am and didn't get a free (unplanned) moment until 1130pm EVERY DAY! Not much of a vacation, but WONDERFUL nevertheless. One of my long time friends, AJ, had her baby while I was in town so I was SO happy that we got to see her cute little Emma. (I'll post a pic when I get them uploaded).
Absolutely LOVING July so far :)
PS> Please ignore all of the "overalls" and "!" ... I'm too tired to care :)
