Best 28th Birthday Ever

What an amazing last few days, I am struck by the beauty of Paris, and its sophisticated style. I adore the public gardens and parks interspersed throughout the city; so well groomed, full of birds and ideal for people watching. Thankful for my good pair of walking shoes.

Number 25

I think it's fitting that National Hikes Day falls on my birthday! To celebrate, I enjoyed a relaxing 4 mile hike this morning with the fam, followed by wildberry frozen yogurt and a picnic for lunch... Then relaxed by the duck pond all afternoon, reviewing for my final exam. What a wonderful day, with chinese food for dinner and angel food cake to top it off! Beautiful weather, wonderful company, and a reason to celebrate, what more could I ask for?

Number 25 is certainly off to a fabulous start.

Vital Amines

Vitamins were named "vital amines" when they were first discovered in 1911 because they were found to be essential for life.

My cool fact of the day.

Also: Happy Birthday Dad! Hope you enjoyed your Green Monster, it's full of vital amines. :)

What a birthday extravaganza!

It started with a filling homemade breakfast courtesy of my Grandma...


Then, I decided to take advantage of the "Get in Free on your Birthday" deal offered by Disneyland...


With my 81-year old Grandpa. Yah that's us standing in line for Splash Mountain.

And we rode Space Mountain and the Matterhorn too (and many more!).

And then more family came and celebrated on Saturday.

I'm officially spoiled. Thank you to all!

Thanks!

Thanks for all the wonderful birthday wishes yesterday! I had a fun day at Disneyland with my Grandpa, and my Grandma spoiled me with a birthday breakfast and steak dinner! I will try to post photos of Disneyland on Monday.

Pizza Party!

Last night I had a pizza-making party to celebrate my 24th Birthday! I was so impressed with everyone's creativity and pizza-making skills that I have a few awards to give out....


Most Traditional: Kevin won the award for most traditional pizza, hereby called the "Kevin" pizza.

Most Unique Combination of Ingredients: Meghan won this award with her brilliant combination of apple, celery, and brown sugar toppings.

Most Creative: Hannibal and Jay won the Creativity award for their stuffed crust!

Troopers of the Night: Melissa and Audrey won the Trooper award for helping set up, slice and dice, and still making delicious pizzas!
Trailblazers: Amy, Eugene and Rajiv won the TrailBlazers award, for making the first pizza of the night!

Most Perserverence: Abi and Jay won the Perserverence Award. For making these two delicious pizzas even though they were already both stuffed!


Best Secret Ingredients: Yiwey won the award for best secret ingredients. He made a Hawaiian pizza with Spam and Pineapple!Thank you so much for everyone who came and were such good sports and fantastic chefs! I had so much fun and I hope you all did too.

A Birthday Request

My 24th birthday is a little more than a month away, June 5th, and I have a small request from all of you, my friends and family:

Please send me at least 5 of your favorite songs.

Songs that inspire you, make you think, that you just love the rhythm and beat of, that energize and lift your spirits, or that just bring a smile to your face...By no means limit yourself to 5, I"ll take as many as you're willing to send!

A few years back, one of my Heps buddies made a CD for me of songs that get her in her running groove and I absolutely loved it, still listen to it to this day. I am desperately in need of new music and I know I'll be studying a ton and working out in gyms for the next 4 years, so I thought, what better gift then music that all of you love for my birthday?

In advance -THANK YOU! You can email them to me or send me a CD in the mail, my mailing address is on Facebook. I can't wait to receive your favorite music!!!