Birthday Weekend!!

Birthday weekend was AMAZING!! Well, it seems I've been celebrating a lot longer than that. Last weekend was amazing too!! Went out on the boat with a very happy puppy! (forgot how much fun that is). Got to visit a beautiful baby boy all day then came back to the Craig's for a surprise visit from Mom, Daddy and Rebekah! We had stuffed Papa Murphy's pizza and delicious cupcakes. Mom gave me her golf clubs so that Roger and I can play together! Great weekend. Then came my first week during 3rd year. The week ended, then came...the birthday!

It started off with a big huge from Molly...well a very needy puppy decided I looked like a legitmate body pillow and piled on. This all after I got to sleep as late as I wanted! Then we got up and went to IHOP for breakfast. I got to bring my new wallet/purse Bethany gave me for my birthday (It's amazing, holds everything including my phone and my keys and fits in my white coat pockets! and it's really really cute!) As you will notice in the picture below, someone at IHOP was a little hungrier than someone else! :)

Next is was home for some relaxation time, then up to the church to finish an announcement video. I worked on learning how to make a collage of pictures (as seen below). Then we came back home and went bike riding. It was a lot of fun. If you stay under the trees, the breeze and the shade made it a really enjoyable ride, even at 3 or 4 in the afternoon. But I'm still majorly out of shape so back at the house, I collapsed on the floor. Then Daddy called and sang me my birthday song....

But wait, toward the end there were...2 birthday songs! They were at the door! It was amazing to see mom and dad for my birthday. They, of course, came bearing gifts...OF CHOCOLATE CAKE!! We relaxed then went off to the boardwalk for crawfish ravioli, spinach and artichoke dip, and Caesar salad. Yummm! We were so full by the end of the night we didn't even have time for birthday cake. To solve this problem, the next day we ate chocolate cake for supper!!

The morning brought a great visit and some more great food at Strawns. Mom and daddy dropped me off at church then headed home. Roger and I went to church, then came back to the house and slept until 3! too much fun for one weekend. The rest of the day was nice and relaxing. It has been suggested on facebook that I turn my birthday into birthday week... I am not sure I can take much more! surprise visits, cupcakes, boating, intubating, starting IVs, relaxing in the evening and not studying, IHOP and bike rides and more surprise visits and copelands and strawns! ohh my! So much fun and so much love from so many amazing people! I am so very blessed to have so many amazing people in my life who love me some complete. I can never truly express my gratitude!