That's a Wrap

So my birthday came and went and I am happy to say I survived.  The 3 celebrations I had certainly helped.  I must say, I am honestly blessed to have such a great family and group of friends.  I have already told you about my first celebration on my actual birthday (read the previous post if you missed it.)  The second celebration came the next day, when my family took me to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner.  It is rare that all six of us are all together at one time, so I really treasure these moments.  Our food was delicious and the dessert was even better!

The third celebration was this weekend.  My friends and I ate at a great local restaurant that I had never been to and was not in the least bit disappointed.  We had a great time sharing stories and laughter.  I was reminded that I have so many great people I have in my life to support me.  I cannot say thank you enough to everyone for making my 25th birthday the best it could have been!

I am also lucky that my birthday also lands during spring break.  This year some friends and I went to Orlando where I was able to see a good friend of mine and go to Disney World for the first time.  I reminded me of all the great memories from my times spend at Disneyland growing up.  We had a great trip and it was the perfect way to escape from the real world for a bit.  Here are some pictures to sum up my break and my birthday celebrations:

 

Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot

 Magic Kingdom

 

I got to see so many friends while I was 

home for the break, include this amazing person :)

 

My birthday cake....ice cream cake: my favorite!

 My meal at CF: Lettuce Wraps...yum! 

(Just now finished eating the left overs)

 

Cheesecake: My all-time favorite dessert

Some of my great friends that helped me 

celebrate and made my birthday so special!

Thanks for reading...have a great week everyone! -J

Celebrations

My birthday celebration has been good so far and still isn't close to being over! It's been a laid back day, which I gladly welcome any time. I woke up to this sweet girl on my pillow.  She always makes it so hard to get out of bed in the mornings.

  

Luckily my birthday always falls during spring break, so I've been able to see a lot of my friends back home.  Last night I hung out with my long time friend.  We were supposed to just go to dinner and then home so we could get some actual work done. (I have been procrastinating like crazy during this break!) But somehow we ended up at the hair salon.  I have been wanting to cut my hair short for a few months now, but keep chickening out.  Well, last night I decided on a whim to go for it.  Why not start 25 off with a new look?! Well, two hours later and my hair was 10.5 inches shorter.

Before

After (way past our bedtime)

A little shorter in the back than I wanted, but it will grow back...right??

Goodbye hair...

Still getting use to it, but in the mean time I just keep reminding myself that I did it for a good cause.  I luckily had just enough to be able to donate it to Locks for Love. Anyone have any tips for making your hair grow faster? 

Anyways, back to my day.  My parents and I went to see This Means War.  It was a really cute movie.  Not as funny as I expected, but still good.  My older brother is working tonight so we won't be doing our family dinner until tomorrow.  So for tonight, my mom is making me my favorite dish, alfredo and pasta.  Then when my sister gets back from soccer practice we will have cake and opened gifts.  I'll sure I'll have pictures from that to post another time.  But for now, I am just happy to have this time to spend with my family. I have been overwhelmed with all the people that have wished me a happy birthday so far.  I am truly blessed to have so many great people in my life. Thank you all!