Monday, May 14, 2007

One day you wake up and you're 24...

That was the office quote of the day on my birthday last week. Seeing that I'm the oldest woman in my office, turning 24 set me even further ahead of my other 3 female co-workers.

In order to avoid any birthday disappointments, Kevin & I decided to postpone any birthday celebrations for a few weeks until he finished finals. So it's kind of like I get two birthdays now because that didn't stop the celebrating...

The night before my birthday, Kevin told me that we needed to go over to the Pennington's house to pick something up. The Penningtons are a dear family with whom we've gotten to be quite close. Our small group from church meets at their home every other week, and I babysit their six children often. When we got there, it turned out that they had planned me a family surprise party! With a family of eight plus Kevin & me, that's really all you need for a party. The told me that since I'm just a big kid that they had planned me a kid's birthday party. We played Pin-the-Head-on-Becky, musical chairs, and Kevin, Kevin, Becky (a revision of Duck, Duck, Goose). Each one of the kiddos made me a birthday card, and we had a famous Tracy Pennington birthday cake. So thank you to Jonathan, Tracy, Mandy, Spencer, Grant, Owen, Nathan, and Emma for making this such a special birthday!

Here is the final outcome of the Pin-the-Head-on-Becky game:


























I also got some very fun birthday e-mails. One was from my best friend in China, Leslie. It was so special to me that she actually remembered my birthday! The other was from Elijah Gentry:


























But the best gift is that Kevin is now done with finals! He's taking me on a surprise road trip next weekend. And when I say that I will update the Blog after we get back, I really will try to do it this time. I can't make any promises because obviously I'm a Blog-promise-breaker. But I promise to try my hardest! In the meantime, back to being 24.

5 comments:

Jamie Butts said...

Oh my gracious... I wait like 4 days to check your blog because... well, it's been bare... and here you have a million new posts. I will have to get to reading. I just love you guys. Great updates (of what I've skimmed so far)... I will go back and read. Sorry again that I missed/didn't know about your birthday. I sure love you though!

Rachel said...

Happy belated birthday, Becky! Thanks for all the great posts today! What fun pictures from the race and the wedding, though, ouch! That one of Kevin's teeth looks pretty bad. Yikes!

I've got your site bookmarked now so we can keep up with your news! Fun times!

Rachel

Anonymous said...

What a cutie that Genry boy is. Amber that was such a sweet idea. Love you, Mom

Kristie said...

So that picture of Elijah is the cutest thing ever...

Thanks for FINALLY updating the blog! :)

Holly said...

love the updates Becky!