birthday weekend

as i've mentioned, my birthday was this past week. it was pretty mellow and according to hubby, i was a bit bummed all week. saturday rolls around and hubby went over to our friend's house to help with some home improvement project, so i ran errands. my friend jamie had made an appointment to get our nails done in the late afternoon, then we would meet up with the husbands and order in some food. i stopped by the art store and picked up some goodies, then visited bella boutique and caught up with my friend annie. i dropped of my art stuff at home and jamie sent me a text to come over & pick her up.

i walked into the house, turned the corner, and.....

SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!!!

i was SHOCKED!
i had no clue they were planning something!

we ate yummy moose's tooth pizza....

and had some awesome chocolate cake. there were hello kitty decorations galore (even hello kitty confetti!) and even the puppies were there.

i couldn't ask for more thoughtful family & friends. it was such a wonderful night :) 29 is gonna be a big year...

*all photos by steve wysong

halloween 2010

husband and i attended a halloween party saturday night...so saturday morning, we headed off to the store to search for costumes. and here's what we found:

hubby as hannibal lector

me as alice in wonderland

i have decided that blond hair really isn't great on me....but i did get to wear my blue wedding shoes again, so that was awesome. actually that was a huge deciding factor in choosing my costume...haha!

our friends throwing the party - poison ivy & hong kong phooey

lots of people showed up - in costume! there was a flower, doctor, & fire (sitting on top of his grandma, who was a cinder)

little red riding hood & wolf

cindy lou who & the grinch (who took his mask off because 3 year old fire was a little scared of it)

skier & a skunk

there was a pumpkin carving contest - partners were randomly draw from a hat:

me & my partner's pumpkin

hubby & his partner's pumpkin

other pumpkins

and the winner of the contest!

we also had bobbing for apples:

the party was tons of fun and by the end of the night, we were exhausted :) hope everyone had a happy halloween!