the birthday post

if you know me, you KNOW that i LOVE birthdays. love love love. which is interesting b/c i dont feel like i have done the best job on friend and family birthdays this year. but for some reason everyone still loved on me so much on oct. 19th. i am actually one who believes in the oh so wonderful "birthweek". many people have asked me when me when exactly the birthweek falls- the birthweek is the week leading to the actual birthday. some say it is the week surrounding the birthday (3 days before and 3 days after) but i disagree b/c who really wants to celebrate their birthday after it is over? when it's over, it's over and the countdown begins for the next year.

one of my birthday traditions is to to celebrate with one of me best friends, b/c she has a birthday on oct. 19th as well. this year, heather and blake came to charlotte for our annual celebration and we went on a double-date for pizza and starbucks. not one of us remembered a camera so i will post a pic from our birthday celebration last year. I couldn't think of a better way to start the birthweek- love this girl:)

My friend Ashley also had the wonderful idea to go to the Melting Pot for a little celebration. Matt and I were so excited about hanging with Chuck and Ash and the Melting Pot was fine too.... or so we thought. I think i forgot how AMAZING the Melting Pot actually was. The last time i was there for anything other than dessert was senior prom. Chuck and Ash, we will be going back on one of your b-days! love you guys:)

And then came my actual birthDAY. the tour of So You Think You Can Dance happened to be here that day and Matt bought us tickets months before. He knew that was exactly what i would want and he endured all those women just for me:) Unfortunately, i forgot the camera AGAIN but i do have a video on Matt's phone that i will try to post.

And finally, in celebration of my 27th i have started.... dun dun dun... to use anti-aging night cream. My wonderfully-wise nurse of a best friend told me that aging starts at 27. I told matt this is the best i am going to look so enjoy it;) haha. But i really am loving the cream!

By my next birthday i will be a MARRIED woman.... can't wait to see what that post looks like:)

amy&brian

so i wanted to post these pics separately- they are a few that i took of amy and brian when we snuck away for a few minutes at the wedding. (see this post) amy is my sister (if you dont already know or can't tell) and brian is her boyfriend for oh, i dont know... forever. life seems so busy these days that matt and i rarely get to see most of our friends regularly. when we are not spending time working on the house or planning a wedding, we are usually hanging with family- which include amy and brian, thankfully:) they really are some of our closest friends as a couple these days and we love them so much.

enjoy these cute shots of these incredibly cute people. and let me know what you think:)

family weddings are so fun... :)

a couple of months back my aunt got married in the Outer Banks of NC, and of course it was a reason to celebrate. well actually, our crazy family can come up with any reason to celebrate, but this time something important was actually happening. the wedding day also happened to be my moms b-day so it was a fun filled weekend! for as long as i can remember, we have had family vacations and get-together on the outer banks b/c my mom's sister lives there as well as my grandparents (half the time). not a bad place to go visit the fam if you ask me. but this time i didn't even get a peek at the beach. the aunt asked my the photograph the wedding since i am aspiring.... and i was SO happy to help out and practice my skills.

hope you enjoy some of my favorites from the weekend!

a family toast the night before...

my sis helping out...

seriously, would it be great to be married here?..

my cousin getting ready by doing a hula-hoop exercise...

waiting for the party to start... isn't my fiance a hottie?:)

the happy couple...

one of my faves. love my cousins so much:)

the 6 pack...