Birthday Hoopla

I had an AMAZING birthday this year! Birthdays are HUGE to me, whether that means celebrating mine or someone else's! No one does anything spectacular to deserve a birthday, but what a great reason to have a party! (Actually, after having two kids I am pretty sure the mom is the one who deserves a party for all the hard work she did, but what can you do, it's all part of the sacrifice!) Well party we did, like it was 1999... literally, my Mom and Kristin, the wonderful women they are threw me a birthday party like I got when I was little! See, this year I was dreading my birthday because it is one of those BIG days where Preston's absence echos so loudly. He always treated me like a princess on my birthday, complete with a special hand picked card, writing filling both sides. From sunrise to sunset he made it known that I was his focus and he deeply loved me. It was a sweet day, not just for me, but for us as a couple. So Kristin and Mom invited my mommy friends over, those girls who I share so much of my life with, and they each brought a yummy dessert, girls + chocolate comes hand in hand! Then we had a treasure hunt, a pinata and a game! My mom used to throw me big big parties when I was little with treasure hunts and homemade pinatas! So she figured that I would appreciate being whisked away to a time when life was without grief and I could be a kid again. I LOVED it! We ended the night talking and being our dorky selves. I am so sincerely thankful for these ladies in my life, they have helped me work through not only my grieving journey but two years of poopy diapers and late night wakings! I couldn't have gotten here as I am without them.We had the party the day before my bday so on the actual day we went mini golfing with Jonathan, Kristin and Susannah! Jake just loves to golf, he really loves all sports, but golf is right up there! He is very intentional (like his daddy) about getting that ball in the hole. He got a bit of a head start by placing his ball three inches from the hole, but give him a break, he's two!! He also had a great time stopping everyone else's ball before it got to the hole and then went on to putt it in himself. Later that night mom treated me to dinner and my sweet and super crazy friends David and Britt and their little man Caleb and my lovely sister in law joined us. It was a perfect weekend to end a rough few weeks! Here are some pictures....

The little pro

Us

Sweet fancy "hat"