Birthday Weekend Recap

You read it right, this past weekend I celebrated my birthday! It was actually yesterday (February 16th) but decided to do some awesome stuff ALL WEEKEND long! Had to bring in my 24th birthday the right way. 

To start it off, we had a major Nor'Easter hit the area. This meant that we had off from school Thursday AND Friday. Made sure to get out and enjoy the snow though, all 24 inches. Spent most of Friday outside shoveling and chopping ice since it was a layered NIGHTMARE!

Finished off the night with a 7 mile run! That is right, this girl was able to complete 7 miles which means I am 1/2 way done with my 1/2 marathon training. It will be here soon!!

Saturday started with my driving to my sisters in south Jersey. Helped set up for a birthday party and then took my nephew to his basketball practice. This guy makes me so happy and I absolutely love him to pieces!

Then I drove to Philadelphia to my friends house to sleep over. After she found out that it was my birthday weekend, we took to seeing what friends we could get to come out and have a spontaneous road trip to get ice cream. I ended up with carrot cake and the ladies came out singing. BEST CARROT CAKE EVER!! I would certainly go back to that diner, such yummy food.

Sunday morning I went to church and was blessed to see 2 babies get baptized. It was one of the coolest things ever, especially since I was able to share such a special day. Afterwards, friends invited me out to breakfast. I should have said no because a CLOWN comes out and embarrasses the crap out of you at the diner. No joke, the clown came up behind me and made me this hat that I had to wear the ENTIRE breakfast. It was such a long breakfast with the balloon hat. But I did survive.

Then it was party time at my sisters house! There were 10 of us and I loved how intimate it was. We had awesome food and I baked my own birthday cake. You read that right, I baked it and am proud to have done so. I also decorated the cake myself. I tried a new recipe and it has no flour in it, quinoa takes the place of the flour.

The best part of the day was spending time with my friends who have become my family. The boys wanted to go out and play so we ended up having this awesome snowball ice chunk fight. At one point it was the 3 guys against myself. I do not think I had that much fun in a while and wish I had my gloves on so I could have done more.

I got the best birthday gifts too! I was pleasantly surprised. My one friend was so excited because she had such a great idea. I thought it was brilliant too! For anyone who knows me in life, they know that I am addicted to hot chocolate. So what better gift than a coffee mug, hot chocolate AND marshmallows! This girl is happy, plus I was given popcorn, and 2 gift cards. I am puttering around trying to figure out what I want from Bed, Bath and Beyond to help assist me in the kitchen.

I am feeling incredibly blessed after the wonderful weekend that I have had. This year has already been so good to me and I cannot wait to see how amazing my 24th year is going to be.