Monday, October 6, 2008

a birthday celebration to remember


this past week, faith and i had the best birthday of our lives. autumn loves being hostess, and decided to outdo herself with an amazing surprise 25th birthday party for us.


she enlisted the help of family and friends, and to their credit, no one at all let the secret leak! my roomies even kept the secret...


jenn sturtevant and her beautiful family came and added to the joy...


faith and i were blindfolded and led to what we thought was going to be a nice dinner with our friend jonathan, and sister joy at a local restaurant. not so much... with the shout of "1, 2, 3 SURPRISE!" the blindfolds came off, and we were speechless. we couldn't do anything but giggle and smile for a good 3 minutes. :)


after a bit of "omigosh i cant believe you gave us a suprise party!" conversation, we were told there would be dancing as well... to which my face looked something like this:


faith and i couldn't do anything but smile like giddy schoolgirls all night long. thanks to autumn and mom and dad and the friends and family that came, we will remember and cherish our 25th birthday celebration forever.

who says growing up isn't fun?!?! not hepners...

(anyone wishing to see all the pictures can visit my facebook album for the party HERE)

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

i got it!

in every traveler's life there is a moment when the true sense of american freedom actually hits you. for me, it was this moment:



when i got my passport.