Surprise!!!

This is what my sisters & sister-in-laws were doing on Thursday afternoon. Flying up to Coeur d'Alene to SUPRISE me! I guess Tom called them way back in June and told them it would be fun if they flew up here for my 30th birthday. It only took him asking once and the next day they had their tickets! WOOO HOOO!!! It was a total shocker for me and I was TOTALLY emotional when I saw them all there at my house! I've been missing them all like crazy, and was just so surprised to see them all, including my sweet sister-in-law Amy, who JUST married my brother last May, and my sister-in-law to be, Tabitha, who is marrying my baby brother Will next month! I really just couldn't believe they all made the effort to be here!
We went for a little walk/hike to get some beautiful views of Lake Coeur d'Alene.
Then we got a famous "Hudsons Hamburger" and pie! We had to hit up some vintage and thrift stores before we left downtown CDA.
Then early Saturday morning, the weather was gorgeous and we went out on the boat! I was SO proud of my sisters for even attempting to ski/wakeboard/surf. Then when they did attempt, they were pro's!
Kate on the wakeboard:Rachelle surfing slowly behind the boat(and yes, she is 18 weeks pregnant with a baby GIRL!!!):Emily showing us all up on the surfboard! She was amazing! Our little family cheerleader is athletic after all! She's been pretending all these years:Way to go Amy for attempting! She's been on a boat all of 2 other times in her LIFE! she's awesome!Whitney surfs goofy, so the wave never quite treated her right! But after this she showed us all up on the skis!The only one I didn't get a picture of was Tabitha...who got up for a quick moment on the waterski. She's awesome!

To say the least, we were all exhausted and sore the that day and even more the next morning! We had so much fun!

We headed to the spa after the lake. Not just any spa, "Anew Start" Spa. We got the following treatments: a massage on a massage table with warming Jade stones (not pictured),

a 30 minute infra-red sauna treatment with temps getting to 145 degrees: (in just a towel...Emily and Tabitha were modeling here)

A vibration machine...or the butt jiggler: A detoxifying foot bath and chair massage, along with a foot and leg rub at the end. The water did start off clear. It takes the toxins out of your body and everyone's was a gross rust color by the end!A picture of us all after our 3 hour spa afternoon!Thanks to you all for flying up! Thanks to Tom for planning the big birthday bash. Thanks to Lizzy for hosting the big surprise party Thursday night! Thanks to all my friends here for coming! Thank you, thank you thank you! This was definately the best birthday ever! No bad memories about turning 30! (Except I guess I don't really turn till tomorrow!)

girls weekend

Last weekend I spent with some of my favorite girls on the planet! Since we all turned 30 this year, my old college girls and I decided to throw ourselves a big 30th birthday party and get together.

I came from CDA, Tiff from Utah, Pepper from Colorado, and Brooke from Norfolk, VA. We had an absolute blast together!

It was three days of staying up way too late (I think the last time I stayed up till 3:30 am I was in college with these very girls), eating out, watching olympics, going on the 4-wheeler (all together), a midnight visit to a "borrowed" pool, visiting Shelly's grave (so glad she was with us!), missing Lake and Mara who had to drop out last minute, Mama Mia, and tons of laughing, smiling, and fun!

Thanks girls! I had the time of my life! Thank goodness for Chipman Hall in 1996!