If you have to turn 30........ :)

I can't think of a better way to celebrate than with LOTS of great friends!!!!

Well last weekend was a milestone around our house. Not for Lucas this time around but for me! I crossed over into a new decade of life.

Goodbye 20's- you were great, some of the best years of my life thus far. Longwood days; hanging out with so many of my closest friends on the DZ hall; crazy nights; all nighter study sessions; 21st birthday at Macado's; graduation; first job; marrying the love of my life; first home; adding 3 furry friends to our family-Abby (over the rainbow bridge now),Bailey, and Nala; meeting many more lifelong friends; giving teaching a shot-I learned so much about myself!; summers in Aruba, St. Martin, the outer banks, visiting family; finding a job that I really enjoyed and making a difference; sharing so many special occasions with so many great friends; joining Atlee Community Church and forming a personal relationship with God (I don't know if I would have made it through all of this without him!); realizing that my mom was my biggest hero and best friend(aside from Todd) and having to say goodbye- we have a special guardian angel now :) ; bringing the most precious gift into this world-Lucas, a rocky road but so worth EVERY worry and tear!; moving into our new home. There is so much more but those are the highlights that stand out to me tonight. Wow...if all of that can happen in what seems like a blink of an eye, what is still yet to come?

Todd decided that we needed to have all of our close friends over to help celebrate and I could not argue with that! We had a great time catching up with so many dear friends- some that we see often and others that I think we haven't seen in forever- all from different facets of our life. It meant so much to me that they all came together to share in this special occasion with us, I couldn't think of a better night! Although, a few more hours with everyone and a chance to really catch up would have been fantastic ;) It was a great way to cap off a great decade....

Thanks guys, I love you all LOTS ;)

Here are some pictures of a few of the great friends that came out to help celebrate! We didn't pull the camera out until later so unfortunately we missed some. But I had a blast catching up with everyone :) We'll have to find another reason to do it again soon. We used to do this a couple of times a year, not sure what happened but, I am definitely up for restarting that tradition!

Me and Erica

The Edmond's Family (Keri, Aubrey, Preston, and Greg)

Maria and Kevin Gyure

Kristen, MacKenzie, Lucas, and me

Todd and Rachael Fleming

The Brittle Family (Justin, Kristen, and MacKenzie-yummy marshmallow!)

The Watt's Family (Madison, Chris, Beth, and Kendall)

Rachael, Tracy, Lucas, and Emily
Me and Shannon

Me and Tracy

Lucas and Aunt Kristi playing
The Zaremba family (Randi, Melanie, and Jillian + Ethan and Lucas)

Shane and Tracy Olson

One of my co-workers/good friends (Maria) made this beautiful birthday cake for me :) It was so yummy, but almost too pretty to eat!!! She knows how much I love fall, what a perfect cake!

Shannon and Scarlett Smith (Matt was hunting :)

Pretty sure you know who these people are! ;)

These were taken on Sunday. Dad came down and visited for a little while. We relaxed all day and just spent time together, it was the perfect way to end such a great birthday weekend! I didn't have to cook or clean, just enjoy the day with Todd and Lucas! I could not ask for anything better :) I can't wait to see what the next 30 years have in store for us....