Surprise!! Are We Really Turning 30??

August 20th was a great day FULL of surprises!  At 1:30 we had a surprise birthday lunch for my sweet friend April Ellenburg then I got right in the car and drove to Mt. Pleasant to make it to a surprise party for another precious friend, Jessica Coleman (or as I call her Mattice) that evening at 6:30.  I ended up spending the night in Mt. Pleasant and going to their church Sunday morning before I drove back.  I have to say that I really enjoyed the nice, quiet car ride there and back :) Jonathan was an amazing dad and husband for keeping Luke and Madison for the night so I could go be with a great friend for such a special occasion!  Here are a few pictures of the day :)

 April and I celebrating her 30th!!

 It was so good to see Laura and Shelley and little Miss Allie!

 Happy Birthday April!!!

 SURPRISE!!!!!

 Way to go Paul!  You pulled off a great surprise!

 SOOOO good to see her!

 Ella and her mommy

 Happy Birthday Mattice!!!

 A cute slideshow...this picture makes me laugh!

 After going to their amazing church, Life Park, we grabbed a quick lunch at Jack's Cosmic Dogs...YUM!  It was so good!  I did not want to leave them but I wanted to get back to Greenville to celebrate my sister's birthday that evening!  WOW, a lot of birthday parties!  I LOVED it :)

 My sister's birthday was on the 21st so we had dinner at my mom's house so all the kids could play and we wouldn't get kicked out of restaurant for taking all the high chairs:)

 We ate lots of cake!!!!

 Jonathan's dad actually has the same birthday as my sister so Monday night they came over to our house to celebrate!  So, we ate more cake!...

 Opened more presents...

And spent more time with family!  This is Jonathan's precious grandmother, Nanny

So apparently a lot of people were VERY thankful in November because 9 months later we have a calendar full of birthdays!!!  I loved celebrating each one of them!  Now if I could just freeze time because in just a week I will hit the big 3-0 :(