Dina's Birthday Vacation

Last weekend, I had the most fun I've had in months! Looking for a job while working two part-time jobs is grueling! I'm so glad I was able to make the trip to Silt, CO with my friend Dina! Side question, does anyone else feel like most of their friends' birthdays are in September? Every single weekend, I've celebrated someone's birthday, besides my own. Not complaining, just noticing.

The weekend was filled with good food, yummy wine, and great company! Many of us didn't know each other so we would up making new friends too. Dina had friends from Florida, Brooklyn and Denver come a celebrate with us. Clearly, this is a woman I need to be friends with! She has an amazing love for God and a desire to surround herself with encouraging, sweet people. I wish we could do the whole weekend over again.

One thing in Colorado you can't get enough of is the mountains. Silt is in the thick of it, so you could see them all around you. God's creation right on your nose. It was amazing!

Friday night, we had tacos!!!!! Then we chatted some before going to bed at 1am haha.

Saturday was a busy day for we ate breakfast around 9 (Scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon) then headed to Palisade to visit some wineries. The first one was my favorite -- they had all sweet wines. Cause I'm so sweet. They had peach, blackberry, strawberry, raspberry, and even chocolate wines. So good! The next one had mostly tart wines, so I didn't try any of those. We had a picnic lunch there as well -- homemade sandwiches with chips. When we got back to the Air BnB, I took a nap while others watched a movie or went into the hot tub. Then, it was time to get all dolled up. Now, if you know me, you know my idea of dolled up takes 30 minutes topped! The other girls....an hour or more. SMH We went to a rather fancy restaurant. The food was really good but expensive. We sang happy birthday, of course, to Dina when the waitress brought out her cake.

Then the story gets crazy. So, the whole restaurant stopped and watched us sing because it wasn't the traditional happy birthday song. After we finished, we were asked TWICE to sing it to other people who were also celebrating their birthdays. Apparently, we are now famous in Silt, Colorado.

Sunday, we got up early and packed up to leave. We took our final pictures of each other and the mountains then headed home.

The end to a fabulous girl weekend. Until next time!

My 28th Birthday

I have to say, I did well this year! My idea for my 28th birthday was to go mini-golfing and go-kart racing! Usually, my birthday is a specific kind of food potluck at my place. This year, I wanted to change it up. I'm pretty sure we all had a blast!

I wanted to do mini-golfing first so, a bunch of us did that. Three of my friends decided to do the high ropes course.  Personally, I prefer breathing so I didn't do that. I did, however, make Alaynah promise to not die or get hurt because I had no intention of attending her funeral that evening nor visiting her in the hospital. They smell like Lysol and bleach, which I hate.

The golf course was amazing and beautifully done. We did the one called Lost Journey. I'm no pro at mini-golf but I love playing! It's so fun and I'm so glad some of my friends were able to join.

Afterward, we raced go-karts! Man, oh, man! It's been forever since I had been in a go-kart. I think the last time I drove one was 7 years ago and my dad was the passenger. I can still hear his screams hehe Though on this day, about 3/4 through the race I got a leg cramp. Yeah, it hurt a bit but I was able to shake it off after climbing (literally) out of the go-kart when we were finished.

Then, some of us went to 3 Margaritas for dinner. The food and the margaritas were delicious. I was so happy some friends could join in!

Sunday night, I wanted some close friends to come over for dinner. They brought corn salad, Chipotle with chips and salsa. I made Chicken Cordon Bleu casserole. Yum Yum! Then, of course, we ate cake and ice cream courtesy of my mom. We have a long-standing tradition of her mailing me a homemade cake for my birthday. It's one of my favorite traditions. No one believes me when I tell them she mails me a birthday cake.

This year, she decided to be cleaver and wrote "Happy B Ruth Day" on my cake. Yes, my mother is weird. It's okay.

Overall, I had a great birthday weekend and I am so thankful for the people God has brought into my life since moving to Denver three years ago. Thank you to those who celebrated with me!