Birthday Celebrations!!!!

Happy Birthday to me!!!! Wow, what an awesome weekend. My birthday celebrations started Thursday afternoon when my office went out to lunch for my birthday and got some delicious Mexican food. And Thursday night Ryan and I went on a date to...... Medieval Times! A fun night of knights jousting and eating a king's feast with our hands!

We had fun cheering on our knight- who gave me a flower- that is, until he died. Oh, how sad, but somebody had to die first.
Friday morning, my actual 27th birthday, we got up and Ryan made me cinnamon rolls and then dropped me off to get a surprise massage! I love a little spa day! Friday evening we hosted Bible study at our apartment.
Since it was my birthday, and our group was studying what it looks like to truly give God thanks, we made a small Thanksgiving feast and even got out our fancy china. We love our church friends and are so thankful for them!

Saturday we went to Dallas and met my parents for lunch at Cheesecake factory. I am also so thankful that we live close to our families and can see them often. I love my mom and dad!!!

Saturday night, our college friends came up and we went out to BriX, a new pizza and wine bar in Roanoke. I LOVE my girl friends and am so thankful that we've stayed close for so many years now. After dinner we came back to our apartment and played the Office Clue. What a suspenseful game! All of our accusations came down to the final roll of the dice. Thank you to all my girls who drove all the way out here!

Sunday, we went out to celebrate with Ryan's family and I got to play some Barbies with our nieces. These are my sister-in-laws old Barbies and it was funny that I actually had the EXACT SAME outfits for my Ken and Barbie growing up! I hope Kiersi and Kayden love Barbie as much as Aunt Kate :) I was thankful to get to play with them!

My mother in law made me a wonderful chocolate cake. I am thankful to have a great extended family that loves Ryan and I so much!

And then those crazy Bradleys got out every body's old Letterman jackets! I am thankful to have a husband and family who can be silly and make me laugh!

So, in case you didn't realize, much of what I thought about this weekend is everything that I am thankful for! I definitely did not deserve to have such an amazing birthday weekend! Of course its fun to open presents and eat good food, but I am most grateful for all the sweet memories that were made with friends, family, and my husband. It was a birthday full of blessings!