it was my birthday!

so it was my birthday almost two weeks ago now, and i am officially 23. like my grandma reminded me, "you're inching closer to 30!". haha! she knows that i think i'm getting old or that i feel old now, so she likes to make fun of me. it's funny! but for my birthday i went to a women's breakfast at my new church (regenerate church) which was awesome! exactly how i needed to start my day. after that, i went to tranquil tea lounge with coni and natalie. i cannot get enough of their pumpkin iced tea and pumpkin scone! so good! after tea we went back to my house to get ready for my birthday dinner at javiers at the irvine spectrum. i was not expecting it to be that expensive. but thankfully, everyone still ate and had fun. it was a great night spent with girlfirends! thank you everyone who spent it with me if you ever read this! i love you guys!

happy birthday, mom!

last tuesday was my mom's birthday. we celebrated her birthday and mine by going to bj's in brea. it was really fun meeting up with my family after school. although, i probably should have been doing homework. but oh well! it's my mom's birthday so whatever! haha. here are some photos from the night:

happy late birthday mom! you are so special to me. you are amazing and funny. you're silly and gorgeous. and i love you with all of my heart. thanks for making natalie and i laugh all the time. i love you!

Happy birthday Natalie!

Yesterday was my sister's birthday. She turned 21! I can't believe it! It seems like just yesterday we were sitting in the back of my mom's van playing mimi and the googoo's (remember nat??)

Happy birthday Natalie! I am so happy that God has brought us closer together over the past few years. I'm so glad that we can laugh at double first names (ex: Michael David), the fact that sandy is an alien, and that we both LOVE washington! You are beautiful and I'm so glad you're my sister! I love you!