My Birthday! - September 18th

Last weekend was my birthday weekend. For those of you that don't know, I am still like a small child on my birthday - I truly believe the day should be all about me, i love my birthday, I want everyone to know it's my birthday and I just want to have fun. Jared had no idea what he was in for as far as the responsibility he holds in making my birthday successful when we got married. I am happy to say though he has picked it up WONDERFULLY and continues to make my birthday MAGNIFICENT every year!

Friday night when Jared got home from work he presented me with a brochure for MICHELLE'S BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA!!!! - With my birthday activites in it. That night we went over to my mom's house to hang out with my sister and our niece and nephew, we had a dance party and watched Thomas the Train - it was perfect!

Saturday was supposed to start with a trip to the art fair in Hudsonville, but we were lazy and laid in bed and played with Duke all morning so we skipped that.

Then we went to Biggby to get my Carmel Apple Cider drink that I LOVE = perfect, and then ... WE WERE OFF TO THE MSU v Notre Dame Game in South Bend! I LOVE football and Jared got me an MSU jersey to wear this year...YAY...so this was a great treat, at first I thought maybe Jared was giving himself a present, but as the day went on I realized he was right I LOVED every minute of it...besides the MSU playing like crap and getting killed part...that was a bit of a downer! Before the game we walked around campus and met up with our sister-in-law Colleen, who is attending grad school there, we saw a few other people we knew and ate some great tailgate food! Later we were walking through campus and came upon a One Man Band! He was awesome and such a cute man! He kept playing the Notre Dame fight song, but I put some money in his jar anyways and then he said "Well Alright, this one's for you"

and he played the MSU FIGHT SONG in the middle of Notre Dame's campus...LOVE I stood right in front of him cheering and doing the motions and some man with a HUGE camera - he looked official - was taking pictures...I'm pretty sure I am gonna be famous! - so that was fantastic.

After the game Jared and I were a little depressed, but we met up with Jared's brother Luke and Colleen again and had some great Chicago Style Deep Dish Pizza, AND since it was my birthday the waitresses all sang happy birthday to me and I got this AMAZING dessert that was BIG warm brownies with vanilla ice cream on top...to die for - and it was huge so we all ate it!

Sunday Jared and I slept in and played with Duke again, we went to the Hudsonville Nature Center where we love to walk and let Duke explore. Then back home for a nap and laziness. That night we went to my mom's house for a birthday dinner for me and my step-bro whose birthday is the 21st. then we came home and I took THE TEST, and you all know what happened from there!

An AMAZING birthday to say the least! Thanks to my AWESOME Hubby who put it all together for me! LOVE!