Thanks Everybody!

I have the best friends and family in the whole wide world! A big "Thank You" to all of them who made my birthday so special! This was the first birthday where I'm a regular Facebook user, and I was totally blown away at all the birthday wishes! I think it is completely genius that the site helps you keep track of when all your friends' birthdays are. It makes it so much fun, and easier to not forget! And I need all the help not forgetting I can get! : )

Anyway, after a wonderful day of productiveness and working out, we met Kris and Kara and the various assorted Robinsons at my very favorite restaurant, Pad Thai in Springdale. Although it looks a little bit like it might be a hole from the outside (being located in the lovely Sunrise Inn and all, it has the most delicious Pad Thai with extra shrimp ever! We had a great time, even with the 6 children ages 7 and under who were playing a rousing game of Hide and Seek under our feet! Thank goodness there was not really anyone else there! Ha!

After dinner, I went home and found that Jamie and Joe had baked me a surprise birthday cake! Jamie even managed to track down my very favorite icing in the whole world, RAINBOW CHIP! I didn't even know they made it any more! I told her she could have just skipped the whole cake-baking thing, and just put a candle in the frosting can, and that would have made me just as happy! Anyway, Joe Joe even hand-lettered a special birthday card for me, signed by both of them and my 4 pet nieces and nephews. Even Jamie's cat Lizzie "signed" it, and she hates me! : )

Here are a few random photos from the night... Somehow despite there being 4 photographers in attendance at Pad Thai, none of us remembered a camera! We snapped a couple with my iPhone, though.










I loved all my cards and gifts (even the evil gift certificate to Coldstone Creamery that Kara got me!), but mostly I loved getting to see and hear from all of my lovely friends on my birthday. You guys are wonderful! Thanks so much!