May The Celebration Never End

August is an amazing month, mainly because Nic and I's birthday's are 4 days apart. Because we love the attention on us we extend celebrating to ridiculous amounts, or whenever we do something social we decide to tack "it's our birthday" onto it.

Last week after the Black Keys we celebrated Nic's actual b-day on Monday night at Skips with dinner and then mine rolled around Friday and we went to Trostel's Dish, both of which were good. Sadly Trostel's wasn't as good as it usually is and I was cursed with some Friday the 13th karma when the guy I used to love at B. Bro walked by our table only to return to his date. Wah wah wah. Seriously? It was my birthday! How dare he?! At least I looked good in my new hot pink dress!

Saturday was again a blasty blast as 8 of us hit up Saylorville Lake for a solid 8 hours. I was leary of the weather but the clouds did break and we swam, drank and danced our booty's off, especially to Enrique and DJ Kahled. BC '10 was better than BC'09 in most every way, mainly because we had a boat with some giddyup there was also tons of good food and plenty of beer. The boys went crazy doin flips and shit, gettin everybody all wet and SH apparently took upwards of 170 picts/videos and I can't wait to see them all. I will say we did have several fallen soldiers as both SH's and my towels were lost to the lake gods as well as SH's straw hat :( We wrapped up the evening with some grillin back at Westown and then we all hit the hay early like the crazy party animals we are.

Sunday I made the trek to LC to spend the day with my fam and it was much needed, I felt like I hadn't seen my sis in ages. Jim made some killer ribs along with cheesy potatoes and german chocolate cake, I was stuffed. My pops and I then hit the streets in the Jeep for my 2nd driving lesson where I ever so slightly improved my skills driving a manual. We also managed to pick some veggies, work on a project of his in the basement and then it was time for me to crash. Yup my family loves me so much that when I drive home to see them they don't care if I take a nap. After spending the day together we went down to my gramps and grams and chatted with them. I had a hard time because they really are getting old now, they just aren't themselves and my g-pa was fresh off of a 3 week hospital stay so it was all a lot to take in. Every time I'm with my fam I am reminded how lucky I am to have them in my life, I was glad I had the day to spend with them for sure!

I must say I scored quite the loot this birthday, here's a rundown of the goods.

JW got me a nice card which I rudely overlooked because on the back side was an amazingly thoughful gift to one of my absolute favorite stores in Des Moines, Pure Paper! Thanks JW, you have great taste! JW also was a sweetheart and paid for the gas for BC, THANK YOU!!!!!

Nic took me out to lunch and got me a gift certificate for some TOMS! FINALLY I can join the crew, I might just have to get 2 pair :) Thank you Nic, you know me all to well and there is no one I'd rather celebrate my b-day month with!

J&S totally took me by surprise and got me a gift certificate for that amazing LaMer watch I blogged about way back in the day along with some silly bands and bracelet., J also picked up the booze bill at Trostel's and S made me some delicious german chocolate cupcakes (anyone seeing a theme in the cakes?) . You two are so thoughtful, and there is no way I could ever thank you both enough for everything that you do for me. Thanks again for making my birthday so special!

Then there are my parents who blew me away yesterday. Not only did I get some much needed cash but they were SUPER AMAZING AND GENEROUS when they gave Nic and I some of their airline credit to take a trip to Vegas this fall! What?! Serious?! Yup, and we are about ready to book it too! Thank you Mom and Dad for everything from food, to money, to support and often just an ear that listens to me bitch.

So all in all I entered my 26th year with a bang and I can't wait to see what else is in store!