And Someone Else is 36

You-wanna-know-what? 

I think this was the best birthday ever. 

It included all my favorite things; celebrations stretched over many days, dry ice packed Empanadas in the mail (admittedly, I didn't previously know these were some of my favorites), fun mail, homemade German chocolate cake, loving and mostly late texts, surprises from my guys, flowers, mimosas, gag gifts, Bunko parties, and sleeping in.  

Pearl lives just 13 miles from Maria Empanada in Denver, which was highlighted on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. She surprised me and baffled the post-office worker by mailing some to me on dry ice for my bday. You may not know this about me, but I really love leftovers and room temp food, so these empanadas were even better than I had dreamed. Jon was worried that we would get food poisoning because upon arrival they were no longer frozen and in fact not even remotely cold. I had no worries though. (Classic Enneagram 8 versus pretty much any other number. Too much confidence for anyone's own good.) No worries though, we ate delish food and did not get sick. Thanks, Pearl! My first Triple D experience was truly memorable!

We were also a house divided when Texas Tech had it's home opener against Montana State on my birthday. It was mostly hot and terribly miserable, but somehow the 36th year old birthday spirit permeated the air and made the 95+degree outing down right enjoyable.   

Jennifer gets photo credit for these masterpieces. Plus she was the one who bought the enormous powerades for us at the game that saved us all from heat stroke. She's good to have around, that one.  

Also, Ollie really wanted to dress up to celebrate. Oh man, seeing what he picked out for his "dress-up in my nicest clothes" makes me laugh. We went to Jason's Deli to celebrate such nice finery. Lol! 

Most killer German Chocolate Cake ever. Jon made it, we all happily ate it.  

Thanks for the love, everyone!