We started off the celebrating last Friday afternoon when Aunt Em and Cousin Stoney came in town to watch my 5K on Saturday morning. We had a yummy dinner Friday night and the dogs enjoyed beating each other up! Here's Stoney w/ Elle's bone...
Em brought me a very cute new top for my b'day (picture of the top coming later...) and these YUMMY cupcakes all the way from TN! They were gourmet and delicious!
Saturday morning was an early one, Em and Stoney were troopers going downtown to watch Jenny and I run the BE&K 5K race the day before the Mercedes Marathon - maybe next yr we MIGHT be up for a 1/2...but Matt wants me to stop at a 10 K due to my knees, probably not a bad call - we'll see! Here are some of the pictures Em capture of race day.
This is our 5 K training group - it was a HUGE group!
After the 5K Em headed home and I started getting ready for mom and dad to show up on Sunday. After church on Sunday mom and dad came down to take me to dinner for my birthday. I chose PF Chang's (or as Gee Gee likes to call it, "PJ Fang's) and we had a great meal. I was glad Matt wasn't on call Sunday night so he could go with us. After dinner we had a little b'day party...here's a few pics from that!
Hand made card by Brian! Gifts from Jesse and Levi!
(Thanks for the cute top Em!) Mom wanted a picture the next day w/ my pasta bowls! Mom gave me two of my pasta bowls that match my wedding dishes and dad helped me pick out some of his prints for my dining room area! We came up with a seasons theme so I chose pictures from each season and he's working on my prints - I can't wait to see how they look! Thanks mom and dad for making the 16th so special like you always do!
Monday night Matt was on home call so he couldn't plan anything for me so of course my friends jumped in just in time! Jenny made my favorite meal - taco salad. She made it just like my mom made it for every birthday dinner growing up. It was so yummy - tasted just like mom's! 
It tasted better than it looks! :)
Kerry and Jeff made me a McDonald original cake! It was a peanut butter cake with chocolate frosting and Reese's cups on the top! Couldn't have asked for a more yummy cake! I totally pigged out - thanks girls for making me feel so special and at home on my birthday!
Oh, I'm not done yet...I skipped the Mercedes Marathon! Jeff and I walked down to Highland Avenue on the morning of the marathon to catch a glimpse of Kerry, Cara, Jennifer, Randy, and more friends running in the 1/2 marathon. It was so motivating to see all the runners - way to go Kerry! I'm so proud of you! 
