
So, January was the month of birthdays. My dad's was on the 15th, our friend John's was the 17th, Anna was the 18th, mine was the 21st, Amanda's was the 27th, and my step-mom's was the 30th. This meant that in addition to our crazy work and school schedules, every weekend was dedicated to birthday parties.
Unfortunately, I don't have a ton of pictures from them, but Anna is amazing and always has her camera on her.

It actually was a ton of fun because we were able to see people we haven't seen in far too long and it gave us reasons to celebrate. I was touched that so many people came out to celebrate my birthday, but that also meant that I did not get to spend enough time catching up with everyone.
Scott totally surprised me by having our roommate pick up a birthday cake.

It was the first birthday cake I've had in 7 years, so it was a little shocking to see all the added candles.
I got to take a shot with my sister, Erynne, which was a first,

hang out with my girls from forever,


and basically have a good time.
