28!

"28!" that's what my calendar says today.

It reminds me that 28! very short years ago I came into the world. Every year I'm a year older and every year I'm equally amazed that it's even possible that a year has passed since the last.

It's my 28!th birthday today...and though I never thought my life would look like it does today I do know better today than ever before what this life is about, that I'm so relieved I gave it away and I'm more thankful every day that I don't have control to make it what I thought it would be.

Loving life at 28!

I suppose this is a great space to review the last year of my life. Today my life is FULL! At some point soon I'll unpack all the changes that I'm walking through in addition to turning 28! here...but for now a 28! image photographic review will have to suffice!

Year 28! (or is it 27...I'm always so confused about how that works?):

1. ACL 2010! I was 27 for twice at ACL! This may be the only year that I'm the same age at two Festivals!

 

2. Everest Road shot the Boyd wedding in Maryland and we got a day in Annapolis while I was 27!

 

3. Our epic Garner camping trip was a 27 hit!


4. And one of my very favorite couples got married while I was 27.

5. The roommate celebrated her birthday with a chili cook-off while I was 27.

6. At 27 I had a fabulous Thanksgiving with my family!!!


7. I can't express how thankful I am for this crew...here at my 28!th Christmas with my family!!


8. The third annual Monarch ski trip happened while I was 27

 

9. I was, yet again, reminded how blessed I am to have fabulous friends (in Salida, CO) at 27.


10. Baby chick #2 was born while I was 27. I LOVE my Elise Joy!!!


11.The chicks spent a weekend in Austin to greet baby Elise!


12. My girlzzzzzzzzzzz (DDD), yet again, blessed my life while I was 27 (at an end of year celebration on the lake at the Blair home)


13. My precious roommates made being 27 one of the greats! (and at the end of year 27 I even got a new fun roommate.)


14. I caught up with a very close friend when I was 27 (it had been almost ten years). This one's from our first trip to NYC this year.

 

15. At Courtney's wedding...At 27 I still have the best friends in the world.

 

16. We celebrated the coming of my favorite Maggie Beth with showers when I was 27!

17. Hosting parties for my best friend (sis) was one of the greatest parts of 27.

 

18. Well...that and hosting parties for my precious friend/business partner/rock, Julie. While I was 27 sweet Hadley came into the world too!!

19. And then she was born!!! The best moment of 27 by a landslide was the arrival of MAGGIE BETH!

20. When Rachel has a birthday we celebrate on the river! These sweet friends left to travel the world soon after this 27th pic. So thankful for them.

21. My 27-year-old happy place

22. On the river...so thankful we get to do life together, cousin!

23. I was FLOORED by an amazing vacation to the DR with great friends while I was 27.

24. 27 was made awesome by days like these - a lake day with some of my favorite folks!

25. This group made 27 fabulous.

26.I did a heck of a lot of this while I was 27...but hopefully I'll do even more at 28!

 

27. NYC for the second time with three of my very favorite people included Time Square excitement like this!

28. And then there was the second ACL of 27 with one of my very BFFL!

So you see, www, that I had a FABULOUS year being 27. I can only dream of how great 28! will be. And just because everything's better with her...