The Dirty Thirty

Wow! I really have the best family and friends EVER who really know how to make a girl feel special on her 30th Birthday!! My birthday celebration lasted the entire month! On top of Tyler taking me to New York City earlier this month, he made sure my birthday was the best one yet. 

On Sunday, August 18, we got together with my side of the family for a party. We had a yummy dinner with cheesecake and red velvet cupcakes for dessert. 

P.S. Thanks Preston for the photo bomb. 

The next day, August 19 we went with Tyler's family for mine, Tracy, and Gayle's birthday celebration. Since it was my 30th birthday, I got to choose where we went to dinner that night. Is it any surprise I picked El Rancho? My favorite part was the fried ice cream. 

After that we went back to Craig and Terry's to open presents. 

Shout out to Tracy who was co-celebrating with us! Only she was celebrating the big 33.

 Terry and Craig got me and Tracy tickets to Collin Raye in Wendover for the following week! We had a blast at the concert, but I forgot to take my camera.

 My actual birthday (Wednesday) was my first day back to work. I really hated to ruin the best day of the year with such a depressing thing like work, but what's a girl to do? I made sure to party hard after I got off work. We went to dinner at one of my other favorite restaurants, Texas Roadhouse, then we came back home and Tyler and the kids gave me some beautiful gerber dasies, two very nice cards, and a gift card to get my nails done and a pedicure! Seriously, all my favorite things!!! And I really have the best family and friends. I had so many people email, call, text, and Facebook to wish me a happy day.

 Then Friday my best friend Emily took me out for a fun girls night out. We started out with pedicures at the mall then went to dinner at Olive Garden. I ate until I was completely stuffed, then we got dessert. Such a fun night with my bestie!!

Thanks to everyone for making my favorite day of the year the best one yet!!!

 I was trying to think of a way to commemorate my birthday on the blog and thought I would include a list of not so well known things about me. I figured the kids might like to know some random things about their mom someday. So here it is...

30 Random things on my 30th Birthday:

30. I love Coke and Dr. Pepper. Some days I think I'm addicted to it!

29. I had to have 2 permanent teeth pulled and had to wear braces for almost 5 years. 

28. I wanted to be a nurse when I was little. I did an internship in high school where I shadowed a nurse for a few months and realized that was not the career for me. 

27. I danced all through my childhood and was on the dance company in high school. I even know how to tap and clog. 

26. I had a crush on George Clooney when I was in high school. I used to have dreams that I would marry him one day. 

25. I have never had a broken bone... knock on wood. 

24. I've had a conversation with Kenny Chesney. 

23. I had a cyst in my eyebrow when I was little. There's still a scar to prove it. 

22. I always thought I wanted 5 kids. I think 3 may be enough. 

21. I'm a True Aggie at least 5 times. 

20. My biggest pet peeve is when people floss their teeth (just the sound of it... not the principle of flossing)

19. I can run a 5k in 35 minutes. 

18. I've only had 2 cavities in my entire life and one of them was a baby tooth... so technically I only have one cavity. 

17. I graduated high school with a 3.5 and graduated cum laude in college with a 3.7. 

16. I have traveled to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mexico, the Bahamas, New York, Hawaii, Cali, Nevada, Florida, and Tennessee.  

15. I coached cheer for 4 years at two different high schools. 

14. I love cats and had a few growing up: Peaches, Puddles, Velcrow, George, and Angel. 

13. The whole reason I became a teacher was to have my summers off. 

12. My favorite flowers are gerber dasies. 

11. I make it a personal goal to only wear flip-flops all summer long. 

10. I was painfully shy growing up... to the point that I would have my friend go ask the teacher if I could go to the bathroom. 

9. I learned how to drive a stick shift before I learned how to drive an automatic. 

8. I feel like I have to say that I love to read because I'm an English teacher, but really, I don't love it all that much. 

7. I hate scary movies. Especially any movie with aliens in it. 

6. My first kiss was when I was 15.  

5. I love shopping. Especially grocery shopping. Heck, I just love spending money.

4. I had over 35 roommates throughout college. 

3. When I was little I had the movie Cinderella memorized. 

2. My favorite day of the year is my birthday. 

1. I love my family more than anything in the world (okay, that was obvious, but it does deserve to be #1)

Thanks again for the best 30th birthday! If my 30's are anything like my 20's, I'm in for a great decade!