It was Bound to Happen, I Guess...

...Turning 30 that is. Unfortunately, I was unable to stop time- so here I am, officially 30.

I was able to spend Saturday night celebrating with one of my very, very best friends in the world- Stephanie, & her husband Dennis. We had a great dinner in downtown Dallas and enjoyed a nice night on the patio afterwards. There is nothing like celebrating your 30th birthday with the same person you celebrated your 16th with!

Monday was my actual birthday, and my mom's actual birthday too! We went to Flower Mound and ate dinner with my mom, sister, mom's husband, his son, and of course, Jared and I. My birthday has always been extra special since I get to share it with my favorite lady!

Here are a couple pictures from our evening out. My mom took some from our other dinner, which I'll have to try and get from her soon!

Enjoying the patio.

 Steph & Dennis are expecting a sweet girl, Isabella, in November.

 With the hubs.

 Den-eesh (as I like to call him) & Steph.

The Lord has done so many wonderful things in my life in my 20s. There have been numerous blessings & even some trials, but they have made me the woman I am today. I am thankful for HIS perfect plan, in good times & in bad, because I know he is using it all for good. I'm looking forward to what God has in store for my 30s.

And for the record, I still feel 25.

The Hub's Birthday Recap...

...He's officially 30!!! We had lots of little celebrations throughout last week. Sunday we had dinner with his parents, we spent Tuesday together and went to downtown Dallas for a museum, late lunch, & movie, and Friday night we celebrated with my family.

 With my mom an little sister.

 With the birthday boy. He's so cute. Sigh.

 With the little sis. Don't mind the awkward pose.

 In downtown Dallas (where the Spaghetti Warehouse was also celebrating their 30th). Peanut Butter Pie- made by me (except for the crust). Some favorites for the birthday boy (Guinness, Reese's, iTunes, a puzzle).

This week the hubs is settling into old age. : ) Happy Monday y'all!

Old Man....

...Today my crazy, funny, sweet, sexy, kind, silly, sensitive, sarcastic, intelligent husband turns 30!! I have known him since he was 20- and it has been fun spending the last 10 years together. I am looking forward to decades more with the love of my life, my best friend, my everything! Happy birthday J-bo/Jaries!

Baseball in Chi-town...

...I was home from Florida for one day (which was filled with meetings from 8-4) before heading on my next summer trip to Chicago. My sister called me back in March and asked if I wanted to come to Chicago in July and go the Rangers game. I asked Jared and it ended up turning into a 30th birthday trip for him. He not only wanted to go to the one Rangers game, but all 3, and the Cubs game. So, we headed out Saturday morning and after missing our flight (no fault of mine- the hubs decided to start packing at the time exact time we were supposed to leave), we eventually made it to Chi-town and enjoyed a great 5 days in the city.

Some pictures to share...

 Cubs Game- being dorks after the win.

 Heading to Dinner

 At Harry Carey's. We ate here on our Honeymoon and it's one of our Chi-town favorites.

 I went non-Paleo a lot in Chi-town...how can you NOT eat deep dish pizza!? At Gino's East.

 With the sis.

 Cliche "Bean" pictures at Millennium Park.

 

More fun with art.

And some iPhone pictures...

 Wrigley. So. Much. Fun. And, the Cubs won.

 

Rangers game 1: Losing.

Rangers game 2: Also losing. We didn't win a single game there. Just. Our. Luck.

Our hotel had this amazing vanilla orange water. Yum! I drank lots of coffee on this vacation (not-Paleo, but well worth it). Storms followed me here too!

The one thing I had to do while in Chicago was try Glazed and Infused donuts (SO NOT PALEO). I read about them on Daily Candy & was dying to try them! We picked up the Maple Bacon Long John, Chocolate Ganache, S'mores, Creme Brulee, and PBJ. Now, I am not really a donut person, and I am so thankful there are no gourmet donut shops in Dallas or I would be addicted. These were amazing. We plopped down at the John Hancock courtyard with a Jamba Juice and indulged. SOOOOO good.

Now, it's back to reality. Back to Paleo (and boy am I craving my fresh/clean Paleo diet...minus the coffee, I miss my coffee still). Back to getting my summer to-do's checked off.