I'm 30!!!!

I'm 30....can't you tell? It was quite the celebration....the plan was to have 30 days of festivities, but my tired, old, aching body couldn't handle it! We did, however, manage to have a few weekend adventures to slowly ease me into the next decade. The next few blog entries will chronicle the transition........enjoy!
I'm 30

It all began in Marshall......

So, the kick off celebration began in good old Marshall Michigan in mid-May where a margarita themed party in the pub brought together all of my favorite peeps. All four parts of my family united for the first time ever along with two generations of friends.....huh? Yeah, my friends have kids now so the next generation partied along with us! I think they actually put us to shame as they danced the night away....(which is sad considering they are 2 and 3 years old!)

Rock on Ally, Isabel, and Cayden!

In trying to keep this blog somewhat clean and family friendly I will only offer a few highlights of the evening. They include:

• Rockin out to "Living on a Prayer" in honor of Erin!
• Ally-roo telling her parents as she sleeps, "I wanna go back to the club!"
• Tami Jo performing a perfect nose dive onto the pub floor and yelling "I'm alright! I'm alright!"
• A nameless cousin trying, unsuccessfully, to kick a lantern on the ceiling and landing square on her as*........as none of us were surprised by this nobody moved to help her, except Aquaman (a.k.a. Cousin John!)
• Tami Jo serving John in what can only be described as a drunken dance off......John you got served man!
• Andrea doing her best impression of Axel Rose....a think a second career could be on the horizon Dre Dre!
• Ending the night without getting sick.....and holding hands with a favorite, again unnamed cousin...."I need to feel your fingers!" (Don't take it out of context.....it was totally pure!)

30th

......continuing on to Chicago and Indy!

After enjoying a wonderful weekend in Marshall, the celebration moved to Chicago and on to Indiana. My actual b-day was on Thursday, June 1st. I awoke to a phone call from Drew that my first and only nephew was born! What a wonderful present. Brodi Robert Haring joined the world around 10:30 a.m. on my birthday. (Pictures will be posted soon!) What a fantabulous way to wake up........

After a beautiful day of chillaxing with Andi, we got all fancied up and went downtown to see Spamalot. For those of you who don't know what it is, it is the broadway remake of Monty Python and the Holy Grail........hilarious! I highly recommend it.....and I challenge you to all find your grail! I am still on the quest to find mine. (I have a feeling it will be a long, yet interesting quest!) After some great downtown picture fun we ended up at Dunlay's pub downstairs where we proceeded to decorate our faces with various fruit garnishes from our martini's. (See above photos)

A rather tame night ended as we geared up for a weekend road trip.....off to Indy we went! Again, in trying to maintain a family friendly, PG blog all I can say is that Friday night made me realize that we can still party like rock stars in our 30's. Thanks to Andi, Marti, Jacquie, Josh, Katie, and Toby I got to see the sunrise.....haven't done that in a long, long time. Well done if I do say so myself......

Saturday the road trip continued as we went from Lafeyette to Indianapolis to kick off my 3o's with my Dave! A perfect night set the stage for an amazing show.....I recommend that everyone see at least one Dave Matthews Concert in their lifetime. It is well worth it....thanks Dave, thanks Andi for the perfect gift, and thanks Michelle for the great company. Saturday proved that you are never to old to rock out!

I couldn't have asked for a better way to enter my 30's....so thanks everyone! I am excited for this next decade and not at all worried about "growing up" or "adulthood"....it's all simply a state of mind and my state of mind hasn't changed! Like Peter Pan, I will never grow old. So bring on the 30's.....

Celebrate we will

'cause life is short but sweet for certain

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