Lyndsay's Birthday!

Lyndsay had an extra special birthday this past weekend. I'll try to recap quickly. On Friday, my parents drove up from South Carolina to visit. On Saturday morning when she woke up, she had a special surprise waiting--and by that, I mean sleeping--on her couch.

Thanks to a great deal from Southwest Airlines, our friend Mary Beth flew in from Los Angeles for a weekend visit!
It was great to see Mary Beth--she sent to Samford with us and lived here in Nashville with us for a while when she was in grad school at Vanderbilt. But then she up and went to California as part of a grad school opportunity through Notre Dame. We can't blame her...but we do miss her! So getting to spend some time with her was great.

So then around 9 or 10 AM some more friends began showing up and we helped Lyndsay complete one of her new years resolutions...paint the kitchen!

Lyndsay had picked out a nice yellow color that she wanted to kitchen to be painted, so Mary Beth, Lyndsay, Lindsey, and Elizabeth helped make her dream come true...along with some help from me and my mom. Not sure where Dad was during all this. He somehow managed to dissappear off to Home Depot, and didn't make it back until after we finished all the painting!

About that time, Lyndsay's family began to arrive--first her mom, then Brad and Jackie, and Mitch and Brittany. We went out for lunch at Las Palmas and had a great time.

Then the girls went shopping while my parents and I prepared for the evening birthday party. We cooked dinner, and some friends came over and we all hung out, played games, ate cake, and hung out.

It was a great day! Here are some more pictures from throughout the day.








And Here's some video of us singing Happy Birthday! (You will note the one thing I managed to forget in all of my birthday party preparations...candles! We had to light a big scented candle and stick it next to her cake for her to blow out. Silly, yes,...but it got the job done.)