Well, today is the big day.......as I mentioned in a prior blog, I have moved into the "late" category of the twenties. (I know Texas Lawyer disputes this, but I still maintain that 27 means late). In light of this, some celebrating was in order. And instead of celebrating one birth day, I celebrated a birth weekend. The theme of which was: Margaritas, Field Goals and Marshmallows. Here's a recap.
Field GoalsYou all might not know this about me, but I really like football. Shocking that it would be part of my birthday, I know.
Margaritas
So on Friday night the Loud Oklahoma Girl flew in for the weekend!
And to kick things off, a whole group of my absoultely fabulous friends went to dinner at El Pinto....a great Mexican food restaurant. People from the home town, people from college, people from law school, and even post-law school friends showed up....they are all pretty darn great if you as me! And, despite my initital fear that I had gotten lost on the drive, that I would miss my own birthday party, and that we might get killed, everything worked out quite well.
Field GoalsYou all might not know this about me, but I really like football. Shocking that it would be part of my birthday, I know.
Anyway, the Loud Oklahoma Girl and I hit up hot yoga at 7:00 am. This was us leaving the house at 6:30. I was about as excited as I look.
After hot yoga, we invaded Brett-Brett's house because of his incredibly comfy couch, big screen, and Direct TV Sports Pack. Oh yea, and because of his company too.... Anyhow, we spent several hours watching games (including my Cowboys beat up on K-State!!)
And, while we were there, Brett-Brett's brother came by. He happened to have been a football star at UCLA and he let me try on his Rose Bowl ring. Looks good, no?
Then, it was time for the "field goal" portion of the birthday weekend. My friend McCain happens to be a high school assistant football coach. And he agreed to get us onto the field to play football for my birthday.
Now, at the risk of sounding like a 13 year-old boy, let met just tell you, that I could not have though of a better birthday event! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, except to say that I made the VERY FIRST field goal that I attempted. Yea.....someone has to introduce me to Dan Bailey because we could be raising some future college kickers! 
ConclusionI'm so lucky to have such amazing friends who participated in the birth weekend. My birthday is always a little hard for me....you might remember that I lost friends in two car accidents this time a few years ago. I'm so grateful to have people in my life who help me focus on the happy and who help to make my birthday so great!
After hot yoga, we invaded Brett-Brett's house because of his incredibly comfy couch, big screen, and Direct TV Sports Pack. Oh yea, and because of his company too.... Anyhow, we spent several hours watching games (including my Cowboys beat up on K-State!!)
And, while we were there, Brett-Brett's brother came by. He happened to have been a football star at UCLA and he let me try on his Rose Bowl ring. Looks good, no? Then, it was time for the "field goal" portion of the birthday weekend. My friend McCain happens to be a high school assistant football coach. And he agreed to get us onto the field to play football for my birthday.
Now, at the risk of sounding like a 13 year-old boy, let met just tell you, that I could not have though of a better birthday event! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, except to say that I made the VERY FIRST field goal that I attempted. Yea.....someone has to introduce me to Dan Bailey because we could be raising some future college kickers!
Marshmallows
After a long afternoon of hard football workouts, we hit up College Roomie's house for dinner and smores in her new fire pit! 
And in honor of Betty White and Sandra Bullock in the Proposal, there was some dancing around the fire...
The weekend ended with a 5K.....let's just say that all of the exersion at football practice combined with all of the eating I did proior to the run on Birthday Weekend was NOT conducive to being successful at the 5K. However, it was technically a "run/walk" and we did exactly that...so maybe it wasn't all bad! And Cousin W finished her first race ever! And in honor of Betty White and Sandra Bullock in the Proposal, there was some dancing around the fire...ConclusionI'm so lucky to have such amazing friends who participated in the birth weekend. My birthday is always a little hard for me....you might remember that I lost friends in two car accidents this time a few years ago. I'm so grateful to have people in my life who help me focus on the happy and who help to make my birthday so great!
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