Happy (Belated) Birthday to Me!!!

You may have noticed in my post last week, that I didn't say anything about my birthday. June 10th it was. As usual, I tried to stretch the celebrating out as much as possible. I thought one of the perks of being married was a month long bday celebration.. no? 1st weekend: Friends... 2nd weekend: Just the two of us... 3rd weekend: my parents... and 4th weekend: in-laws. This sounded like such a great idea in my head. And then, the World Cup rolls around and has it's opening weekend on none other than, my birthday weekend! We somehow did manage to celebrate much longer than the actual day though, so I was happy. Here are some pics of the best month of the year: June! :)

Weekend 1: Spiro
We went to my hometown to hang out with my family for part I of my birthday. We started Saturday morning off with a little run. Just kidding... a 5k... in the most extreme heat/humidity I've ever thought about running in. Rooney ran with me/almost pulled my arm off. We were super excited to be part of Spiro's first annual "Stride for Pride." I've gotten a lot of questions about the name they chose for their annual race, and no... it has nothing to do with gay pride. Moving on.


This is me at the finish line wanting to die. I seriously wanted to just go hop in the pool after block one.

Here we are after the run at my parents garage sale. :)

The rest of the day was so much fun! We had a big cookout & were able to relax. Before we left on Sunday, my mom insisted on a "family" photo shoot. This is one of our favorites:

Weekend 2: Edmond

I woke up on my actual birthday to Chris asking if I wanted coffee/breakfast. Nothing out of the norm, except he never came back and brought it to me? In an attempt to sleep right up to the very last minute, I have to stay focused to get ready at lightening speed before running out the door. As I walked out of the bedroom area, I see Chris standing with coffee & breakfast in hand (so proud) under this:

Made my day!!! He spent so much time gathering the materials, and crafting me a birthday banner! I LOVED IT! I loved it so much that I left it up until this past weekend. :) He is seriously the sweetest. That night, Tate & Kristen (our newly engaged friends! Yippee!) came over to go out to dinner. Somehow the little stinkers all got together, gave Kristen one of my cake dishes & she made my very favorite birthday cake in the whole wide world! Wish I had a picture of it. SO SWEET! Gosh... what a wonderful day. Here are some pictures of our Saii Sushi photo shoot:

Maybe I got a little picnik-happy here?:

Weekend 3: Edmond (In-laws)
Another perk of being married is that I get to share my actual bday with my nephew, Ben! Here we all are (minus the Beldens) at Hideaway:

This is my bday card from Scott & Ash. Ben drew me a "yeti."

Weekend 4: Girls Night
It's so dang hard to get a big group of girls together, so we just did a little impromptu dinner at Bellini's. These girls are a blast. Here is a picture:

I think I got everyone in? I had lunch with Kirsten & baby Gavin at Nikkellette's, but we didn't get a picture.

Thanks to everyone for helping me stretch my birthday out way too long for someone in their 20's. :) I love you all dearly!

Have a great week!

Love,

Gena