Happy 80th Birthday, Gramps!

Back in May my family went to Colorado to celebrate many things. We kicked off the week by having an 80th birthday celebration for my Gramps up at Flagstaff House Restaurant. Flagstaff House is in Boulder, where my grandparents live, and is one of his favorite restaurants. If you were to go there it might become your favorite, too, especially since the location is epic. It's on the top of a mountain. He has a special relationship with the owners there and it was also the place where he and my Grandma Barb were married. When my dad and his siblings started planning this surprise party over a year ago, they knew this had to be the place where the party was hosted. It did not disappoint!

Needless to say, we had a wonderful time and enjoyed every minute of celebrating my Gramps. He is a wonderful and very respected man. Many in Boulder refer to him as Dr. Eddy since he's practiced medicine there forever, and although I never had the pleasure of having him as my doctor, I do have the pleasure of calling him my Gramps. That's what he will always be to me.

When we arrived to Boulder, we got off the plane and it was a beautiful 70 degrees and sunny out. After eating lunch, we got in the car and literally watched the temperature drop 35 degrees in a matter of minutes. Shortly after that, it started snowing. Are you kidding me? This is proof of the snow for you once we checked in at our hotel.


So crazy. But that's Colorado for you!

Flagstaff House.

This is where we hosted his party. It was very quaint and nice.

The boys enjoying the view.

The three men in my life.

The brothers.

Me and my sweet mom.

Mom and Dad.


Another view of the other side of the restaurant.

The cake was delicious. And pretty.


I've had a few unfortunate encounters with the wind as of late.

Dad and his brother Jim and sister Janess.

Emma and Alli. Sweet cousins.

Gramps finally arrived and he was literally shocked to see everyone. This was my favorite moment. He just stood there staring at everyone and wouldn't continue walking down the stairs.

Then he stood here.

Greeting friends and family.







I love these precious girls.

The Eddy men.

Gramps and his kids.

A wedding was taking place as our party was going on. I couldn't help but take a picture. Definitely the smallest wedding I've ever seen.

Blowing out his candles. Don't worry, we didn't put 80 on there!

My family!

Grand kids.

With Gramps and Barb.

The Colorado Eddy's.

Dad and me after just stuffing our faces with the yummy cake.



Mom and I decided to take a seat. But apparently we didn't want to actually talk to each other.

So pensive. Thank you, Kevyn. ; )


Gramps and Barb!


With the birthday boy!

Once we got back to the hotel, we decided to have yet another photo shoot. This is the "dance around until mom snaps the picture" move. You should try it.

Our view from the hotel balcony wasn't too shabby, either. I love these peeps.


Happy 80th birthday, Gramps! We love you and are so thrilled we were able to celebrate with you.

Facts

Fact: I have 465 unread blogs in my google reader. That is insane. I'm about to get all happy with the "Mark as Read" button. There is no way I can read all those blogs. The worst part is I know I'm really missing out.

Fact: I have not blogged in 20 days.

Fact: I need a blog resurrection in the worst way.

Fact: I'm certain that is the longest I've gone without blogging in the four years I've had this blog.

Fact: It's not that I have nothing to blog about, quite the opposite, actually, it's just that my time has been limited.

Fact: I may have neglected the blog, but my journal and I have had some sweet times.

Fact: I have been to both Colorado and Florida in the past month and I am still hoping to post about both of those wonderful trips.

Fact: Working in student ministries during the summer always throws my summer blogging for a big loop.

Fact: This week is VBS at church. I am in charge of water day. It is no small feat and I am more than grateful for the help I have.

Fact: It rained today for the first time in a long time. We had to cancel water day but I teased and told the people it was a water day for everyone.

Fact: Texas NEEDED the rain. We are literally on fire.

Fact: I would love your prayers. The Lord knows exactly why.

Fact: In case you needed a reminder, the Lord is most definitely into the details of our lives. Believe Him, friends.

Fact: I will be back with a more interesting post.

Fact: I am certain this is the most boring post you've every read, and for that I apologize.

Birthday Blessings

Since birthday's only come once every 365 days I personally like to make a big deal out of them. Although it only lasts one day, it’s the little things throughout the day that make me smile.

Today a lot of people and things made me smile. Here are some sweet birthday blessings.

Emoticons. Mom likes to overuse emoticons, but only she can do it and it’s not annoying. It’s her iPhone trademark. : )

Flowers. One of my sweet girls brought me these flowers at work and my smile was huge. They are beautiful, and summery and so colorful.

Office decorations. At the office we typically go all out with random, crazy decorations, but this year was so simple and I loved it. My boss went the Dwight Schrute route which we all here as a TSMAC staff appreciate. He also allowed me to take a one hour nap if I so pleased. Unfortunately, I turned it down.

Balloons. Could this balloon be anymore perfect? Shoes and purses. What more would a girl want?

Cake. At the office, every staff member gets their own cake on their birthday and we celebrate mid-day as a staff. Today's choice was Oreo Ice Cream Cake. It did not disappoint.

Facebook.Need I say more? Facebook friends know how to make this girls feel loved. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times, words are my heart beat. My love language if you will.

Twitter. Again, the words. They blessed me beyond belief. And I love that I can save them.

NYGO Meeting. Instead of celebrating by eating out on my birthday, I had a NY training meeting I had to be at. Fortunately, I love my team, so it wasn't much of a burden to be there. Towards the end of the meeting, however, I was getting antsy because I was planning to meet my parents to get some fro-yo. It was getting later and later and I knew it would be closing soon. When we had finished everything, our leader turned off all the lights and kept talking about the "dark". I was so confused. Unbeknownst to me, they were lighting candles in the back on my cake and brought it to me singing. It was a really pleasant surprise. A cookie cake at that! It made then entire night worth it. I love those people.

Fire!

Unfortunately, they were trick candles.

Thumbs up for the cookie cake.

My parents are so sneaky!

Thank you so much, NYGO Team. I think the world of y'all!

Roomies. : )


My 26th birthday has undoubtedly been one of my favorite birthdays yet, and not for one in particular reason, just all these little blessings. And I am certainly feeling blessed. I was praying on the way home thanking the Lord for such a sweet day and for every blessing he sent my way, not matter what form it came in. And you know what? I'm not even done celebrating. My sweet roommate planned a whole celebration for tomorrow night and it's all a surprise to me. Y'all, I am feeling so spoiled.

Thank you so much for all your sweet birthday blessings. You made one girl very, very happy and blessed.

My prayer for this year is that Jesus would be alive in me every single day. That's been my heart all day. Amen.

Hello, June!

Hello, June.

Where did you come from? You sure snuck up on me, didn’t you.

Would you like to know what you mean to me?

June means BIRTHDAY MONTH! Can you tell I’m excited? I ALWAYS LOVE the day before my birthday because there is so much to look forward to. And then at about 11:00 on my actual birthday, I get all depressed because I have another 365 days to wait until my next birthday. I love birthdays, did you know that? Tomorrow I’ll be closer to the age 30 than to 20. That is weird.

June means summer!

June mean Beach Week in Florida!

June means VBS!

June means no school!

June means my BFF's birthday!

June means Sno Cones!

June means swimming pools!

June means cookouts!

June means hurricane season! (Not that I’m excited, just stating the facts.)

June means graduation parties!

June means the continuation of Lindsee’s Summer Tour of 2011!

June is one of my favorites, can you tell?

I would just like to know how it arrived so quickly.

Happy June, friends. And Happy Summer.