Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Two Decades and Going Strong

April 16th, 2013. My 20th birthday. Today was a day that truly testified of everything I wrote about in my last post. I am SO blessed. My heart is brimming, near bursting, with gratitude. I am SO happy and SO grateful for all of the wonderful people in my life that made this birthday, beyond a doubt, the most special one of my life.

6:00 a.m. Roll over in bed to find a text message sent at 5:15 a.m. from Trent-- I had told him that was when I was born and he woke up to text me then!

7:00 a.m. Birthday greetings from mom

11:00 a.m. Greetings from the Freshman Mentoring office and a sweet note from Lynsie

3:30 My wonderful roommate last semester, Tammy, came down from Brigham City to go to the temple with me. The temple was AMAZING and we were able to have a wonderful chat.

7:00 p.m. Found the whole apartment clean, a beautiful boquet of flowers on the table, and a small cake waiting for me.

7:30 p.m. Olive Garden (my favorite restaurant) with the most amazing people in the world-- Nichelle, Vanessa, Keith, Andrew, Bryce, Tyler, Cameron, Christina, and Derek.

8:30 p.m. The waiter made me a cake out of vegetables b/c I couldn't eat cake- SO awesome.

9:00 p.m. Come home to find a Happy birthday sign on my door. Open the door to a dark apartment and SURPRISE! So many wonderful people were in my apartment, streamers covered the ceiling, and there was a beautiful cake on the table. Nichelle, Karly, Christina, and Jesse threw me a surprise party. Totally overcome by sheer delight and joy.

11:00 p.m. Sharae posted a video of her sweet Chinese students singing on Facebook. SO adorable and so thoughtful!

12:00 Random trip to the park for swinging and tennis with Nichelle, Chanel, Stephanie, Steven, and Derek.

The whole day: receiving texts from new friends, and old, and an adorable Voicemail from the lovely Amanda. 

The whole day: Wonderful friends, new and old, posting sweet birthday greetings on my Facebook-thank you!












Best. Birthday. Ever. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS AMAZING!

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