Just call me Mrs. Picasso!

Every year all my girlfriends do something fun for all of our birthdays.  One year everyone got to pick a "NICE" restaurant to eat at for their Birthday.  I picked Captain Anderson's for mine.
Last year we put every one's name in a hat and we picked one.  Whoever's name you drew is who's Birthday you hosted.  I had Jennifer - and she wanted a good ol' backyard BBQ with hamburgers and hot dogs.
This year, we're all picking something fun to do! I picked going to Paint Your Art Out (PYAO) at the Visual Art's Center.  You go, and an artist walks you through painting your picture.  It's not a "paint by numbers" either! You start with a blank canvas and go to town!

It was awesome!!! All my girlfriends (that were able to come) brought snacks and wine and PRESENTS!! :-)  I had such a good time! I'm blessed to have so many wonderful and amazing women in my (and Kali's) life! Couldn't ask for better friends!! Love my girls!!!!!!! And...I think we're going to go do it again next month since we all had such a great time! YAY!!!!

Here is my masterpiece! 

This one was made by Lauren

This one is Dallas'

She's an overachiever who painted seagulls too! LOL!

This one is Christie's

I loved her waves!

This is Theresa's

JD (her husband) says that her dock was hit by a ship...

I said it was hit by Moscato wine! LOL!!!! :)

This is Lacy's

Her dock was my favorite!

Theresa getting some pointers from the artist.

All of us with our artwork!

Love them!!!

I really did have such a great time! I can't wait to do it again! Happy Birthday to me!!!!!


On a side note: for my actual birthday, my mom took me to lunch and Jennifer took me to get a much needed pedicure!  Kali spent the night with TJ's parents and he took me to dinner at Angelo's. Delicious!! And it was really nice to just go out the two of us!  When we got done, we called to let them know we were on our way to get Kali, but she was already asleep.  So we decided to go see "What to Expect When You're Expecting".  It was super cute! I laughed, I cried, I laughed some more! If you've had kids or are pregnant - I definitely recommend it!

All-in-All, I had a wonderful birthday. Turning 28 was pretty awesome.

My Birthday

My 27th Birthday was last week (May 18th if you care).  I have some of the best friends in the world! (Jennifer, Lauren, Theresa, Holly~I'm talking about ya'll here!!!!!!!!) They're there for you through everything and can always talk me off a ledge (which happens very often!).  The only thing I asked for was Sorrelli earrings.  I have always loved Sorrelli jewelry, but it's kinda expensive.  And I'd much rather buy something for Kali, then spend any money on me (now this whole scenario would be completely different if I was writing this a year and half ago...but this is my life now!).  So I asked the girls for something that I knew I would never get myself.  And they did NOT disappoint!  Thankfully, Plum Delightful was having a 15% off sale on their Sorrelli jewelry! Which means SCORE for me! Instead of getting one or two pieces, I got THREE!!!!!! (Again, did I mention how wonderful my friends are?!)

I got this BEAUTIFUL necklace and these Fantastic earrings in Running Water:

And they got me these earrings too (also in Running Water)!!

AND THEN...I got this Bling Blaow Bligity Ring from my friend Dallas (in Snow Bunny):

 It's sparkly!!!!!

TJ planned our family dinner with both sets of parents on Tuesday night.  At first it was going to be at Olive Garden, but I had a hankerin' for TGIFridays...so we went there instead! :-)

My mom and dad got me a gift card for Barnes and Nobles!!! YAY!!!!!!!! More books! And since I joined a book club, it's even better! :-)

TJ's mom and dad paid for the Baby and Me swim lessons through the Red Cross that I was going to sign Kali and I up for! I'm so excited! She loves the water so much, I can't wait for her to learn how to swim! And it's even better that my dad will be the one to teach us/her.

TJ went above and beyond what I had asked for.  I told him that since he had done so much for me on Mother's Day that all I wanted were a set of the small emerald cut earrings (pictured above-last set of earrings) in any color.  They're only $17 (plus 15% off) at Plum Delightful.  That's all I wanted. I would have been super happy with that.  But instead of only spending $17 (plus 15% off) he gave me $60 in CASH! Woo Hoo!!!!!  This meant that I went to Plum Delightful and spent ONE whole hour there looking at all the sparkly Sorrelli jewelry and trying to pick out which one I wanted.

I finally settled on a pair of earrings from the new Pewter Collection, and a new watch.  The pictures aren't available yet for the new collection on the Sorrelli website, but I took a picture of my presents!!!!

LOVE THEM!!! So I was definitely spoiled this year for my Birthday!

Then over the weekend, TJ finally got the boat back from the shop.  The mechanic said that we had to run it for a few hours to test out the motor to make sure that there were no problems before we put all the seats back in and took Kali for a ride.  So TJ and I bared our burden and took the boat out on Sunday afternoon.  It was so nice! We took it around Deer Point lake and just drove around, then found a spot in the middle and floated.  I brought my Nook and read some of my book (The Maze Runner-May Book Club book!!). It was so nice and peaceful.

And then THIS weekend we are headed up to Birmingham for Alec's high school graduation.  And while we're there...we're taking Kali to the Zoo!!! I'm so freaking excited.  I love zoos.  I go to one in every town we visit. And as many times as we've been to Birmingham, I've never gotten to visit the zoo.  So we're making a plan to go! Can't wait to get some great pictures of Kali with the critters!