So this is Thirty

I'm officially out of my twenties. When I look back at where I thought I'd be at thirty, this isn't exactly what I predicted, but it's pretty darn close. Great family. Wonderful husband. Nice house. Stable career. And a little baby on the way... Not too bad for 30. This weekend, Kyle and I celebrated with plenty of Kyle and Michelle time.

It was a cell phone and computer-free weekend (Sorry if I missed your call). From morning tea and crosswords to a little bit of NFL playoffs, to an amazing dinner at J.Fords. We had pork belly for the first time. No wonder why they always cook pork belly on top chef, it's delicious! Kyle had made reservations and when I opened my menu it said "Happy Birthday Michelle!" at the top. We followed up dinner with some friendly Mario-Sonic wii.

We worked on Ringlets nursery this weekend. It went from this:

To this:

Here are a few more pictures of our progress:

On Sunday night we went to the Indiana State game with some of Kyle's friends. A great weekend. I'm looking forward to the next 30 years!

Happy Birthday Michelle!

Happy 30th Birthday to my beautiful bride and favorite blogger.  Even as gorgeous as you are, you are even more beautiful on the inside.  You are very loved.

“No Man is a Failure who has Friends”

 

“Remember, no man is a failure who has friends.” ~from It's a Wonderful Life

Kyle's big "Surprise!!"

My husband has great friends. He has a lot of great friends. He has a lot of great friends who are from all stages of his life; elementary school, high school, Indiana State, law school, work, sports, friends of friends and even friends of friends of friends... He has friends from just about every aspect of his life. He has a very large circle of friends that he’s found and kept a good relationship with over the last 30 years.

Kyle had over 60 friends show up for his surprise 30^th birthday party. That’s a lot of people. Susan and I joked that we would have to pay people off of the street to get that many people to show up for our birthday.

Most of his friends weren’t from Indianapolis. Many had to drive over an hour to be there. There were plenty of couples who had to find a sitter for their child(ren), some had to rent hotel rooms. In attendance there were six pregnant women (one of whom will deliver within the next week or two). And when Kyle or I would thank these people for coming, they would say “of course”.

I think Kyle has so many great friends because he is a great friend. He’s there when his friends need him, and he never seems to make people mad. He is the nicest person I have ever met. No, really. He is the nicest person I have ever met. (Ok, maybe he's tied with his sister for nicest person EVER). 

No one ever says, “Kyle Ring? I don’t really like him”. Kyle is a likeable person because he is a positive and nice person (and I'm sure his great personality adds to this). 

I think that as I enter my 30’s, my resolution is going to be to stride towards being a nicer and more positive person, and to spend more time on my friendships and relationships, and less time on all that other trivial stuff.

Oh and by the way, I do have a few pretty spectacular friends myself…

Happy Birthday Kyle

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband. I love you so much, and look forward to celebrating every birthday together for the rest of our lives.

I love you anyways and I love you always.

The Best 8 Days of the Year

Kyle on his second birthday 1/7/84

 My favorite week of the year starts on Saturday.

For 8 whole days, Kyle will be 30 and I will be a young 29...