My Mom's 30th Birthday!

Psych!!!

It was actually her 31st birthday.

Bahaha. Anyway.

On the 8th, I traveled back north to spend the weekend with my mom for her birthday. I hadn't been back up there since Labor Day, and it was safe to say I was missing everyone a lot. I was SO excited, I stayed up til 1am cleaning my apartment, packing, and preparing for the drive home. I just couldn't wait!

Of course Friday dragged onnnnn and onnnn but finally 4pm hit and Megan and I hit the road. Once I finally got up to my parent's house, they had a nice home cooked meal waiting for me! How exciting and spoiled I felt. :)

Saturday started off verryyy early, which at first I was worried about, but then I realized it was totally worth it. We met up with Aunt Kathy and Stephanie for a mommy-daughter stamp class. It was... interesting!

This is us at the class during a brief break!

It was a little nuts! The teacher for the class was a little intense and rushed. At first we were all a little irritated and annoyed by it, but it didn't take long to just be amused by it. It was hilarious as Stephanie and I started to laugh and repeat some of the snippy comments the instructor had. Ok, I admit, it wasn't incredibly mature, but hey! We had to do something to make it a little more enjoyable! In the end, we walked away with a bunch of cute Christmas tags and a fun story!

We then went to lunch and had some delicious Noodles and Co. and then went over to Aunt Kathy's brother's house to check out some trees he had some questions about. It was a little funny, they asked me to check it out and said they'd understand if I didn't want to. Hehe, when do I not want to look at trees? :P

This is what we found in their tree!! Some nasty mushroom fungus! Sadly the diagnosis is to remove the tree before it removes itself from high winds or severe weather. :(

After that little side trip, we were all a little tired and ready to head home. During the drive, my dad and I were scheming via text message....

Well, as we arrived back at my house, we all went inside and surprised my mom with a few gifts from Aunt Kathy and her family. They had gotten her some fun things to help organize her craft room... after I cleaned it over the summer, we are hoping she can use it more for some stress relief! But that wasn't all! As we went upstairs to look at her craft room, there was another surprise for Mom.... Uncle Ed and my dad had installed lifts for the washer and dryer!!!

Ok, I know when you read that, it seems sort of random... and it also sounds like we are encouraging mom to do laundry! But really, we had been talking about them for a LONG time... so for a few weeks, my dad, Aunt Kathy, Uncle Ed, and I were emailing, calling, and texting each other to find a way to surprise my mom with it. It was fun to see her reaction and I hope they help!!!

After our dear friends left, the three of us hung out and my mom called her mom. I accidently fell asleep on the couch watching TV, because let's face it... I'm not a morning person and we were up early and were busy! I was woken up in time for dinner.

We met my dad's parents at an AMAZINGLY yummy restaurant, Ted's, and had a great dinner. To top it off, EVERYONE enjoyed it... even my some times picky Grandpa enjoyed it!

I HIGHLY recommend this place! Very yummy!

Once we got home, Dad and I pulled out a few last gifts for my mom. She isn't a fan of pictures, so I just took a picture of the pile! haha.

This was probably one of the best weekends I've had for awhile!! It was something I exactly needed and I hope my mom had a happy birthday!!! :)