it's my birthday!!! my dear friend has been asking me all week what i wanted to do and to be honest i couldn't come up with anything! our sleepy little town doesn't offer too much in the way of birthday fun. i really think it has something to do with just getting older! it used to be you couldn't wait for that big day...now it seems like it sneaks up on you. something about having responsibilites i guess:)
i thought i'd share some of my favorite birthday memories with you all. i know this sounds a little um....self-indulgent, but hey..it is my birthday!!
the first one i really remember was a strawberry shortcake party! my grandparents were there along with 3 friends! it was a rectangle cake with those hard candy things that were all strawbery shortcake! loved it!!
there was my mcdonalds party complete with the talking tree and coffee stirrers dropped in the cup game! i think there were a lot of people there - even one i did not want to invite, but my mom made me anyway!
then there was the first slumber party in 2nd grade!! what a disaster!!! most of the girls were in love with my brother so they fought over which one would marry him - GROSS!! then of course there was the typical girl fights and i think i spent most of the night crying!!
for my 13th i got my ears pierced!! my parents took me and a couple of friends to the mall for that experience...my sister was quite mad since she had to wait until 16! there are definite perks to being the baby.
for my 16th i got a car!! now that was thrilling...it had to stay parked for a month but it was a wonderful old cutlass cierra...that car and i had some great times!!!!! i drove it until my sophmore year in college!!! my parents had a party for me in indianapolis with all of my family. i got an opal ring and my 2 best friends were with me. we stayed at the fashion mall and had a great time shopping and being girls!!
on my 22nd birthday my 2 college friends kidnapped me at like 6 in the morning.....they were brave souls because I HATE MORNINGS!!! (they knew that too!)and took me to denny's for breakfast!! that was a good time!!!
my 30th birthday was what i thought was the end of my life!! i know...silly, but i had only ever made plans to age 30! not sure why, just never dreamed beyond and since i had accomplished all my goals i felt a little like life was over:) but hubby was good and sent the kids away for the weekend and then planned a day in michigan with our dear friends! we had coffee, saw the beach, but decided january was not the time to walk it, and ate dinner at a favorite restaurant. she made a great cake and we had a wonderful time! that was the year of the last great flood so i was greatly entertained by the number of people who drove into the flooded viaduct and had to rescued!
so this year....another nice day and another year older!!! 33!! wowzers....that always sounded old and well, now, it doesn't!
to the many of you that read this and know me.....thank you for playing such a huge role in my life! God has used you in many ways to bless me, speak to me, and challenge me!
i thought i'd share some of my favorite birthday memories with you all. i know this sounds a little um....self-indulgent, but hey..it is my birthday!!
the first one i really remember was a strawberry shortcake party! my grandparents were there along with 3 friends! it was a rectangle cake with those hard candy things that were all strawbery shortcake! loved it!!
there was my mcdonalds party complete with the talking tree and coffee stirrers dropped in the cup game! i think there were a lot of people there - even one i did not want to invite, but my mom made me anyway!
then there was the first slumber party in 2nd grade!! what a disaster!!! most of the girls were in love with my brother so they fought over which one would marry him - GROSS!! then of course there was the typical girl fights and i think i spent most of the night crying!!
for my 13th i got my ears pierced!! my parents took me and a couple of friends to the mall for that experience...my sister was quite mad since she had to wait until 16! there are definite perks to being the baby.
for my 16th i got a car!! now that was thrilling...it had to stay parked for a month but it was a wonderful old cutlass cierra...that car and i had some great times!!!!! i drove it until my sophmore year in college!!! my parents had a party for me in indianapolis with all of my family. i got an opal ring and my 2 best friends were with me. we stayed at the fashion mall and had a great time shopping and being girls!!
on my 22nd birthday my 2 college friends kidnapped me at like 6 in the morning.....they were brave souls because I HATE MORNINGS!!! (they knew that too!)and took me to denny's for breakfast!! that was a good time!!!
my 30th birthday was what i thought was the end of my life!! i know...silly, but i had only ever made plans to age 30! not sure why, just never dreamed beyond and since i had accomplished all my goals i felt a little like life was over:) but hubby was good and sent the kids away for the weekend and then planned a day in michigan with our dear friends! we had coffee, saw the beach, but decided january was not the time to walk it, and ate dinner at a favorite restaurant. she made a great cake and we had a wonderful time! that was the year of the last great flood so i was greatly entertained by the number of people who drove into the flooded viaduct and had to rescued!
so this year....another nice day and another year older!!! 33!! wowzers....that always sounded old and well, now, it doesn't!
to the many of you that read this and know me.....thank you for playing such a huge role in my life! God has used you in many ways to bless me, speak to me, and challenge me!
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And, I'd trade places to be 33 again.
love, Brooke