Out with the Old, In with the New

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Sorry for the lame shots, i had to take them myself!

GYROPOLIS!

Douglas and I got paid today, so in celebration we ate out at Gyropolis, one of Doug's fav places. This was also my first time to try a gyro. Deeee-licious!

THRIFTY MONDAY

It was a fulfilling thrifting day for us! Erin and Wayde came to the cities this weekend to visit family and friends, so Maren and I took Erin to our favorite thriftstores. We went to 3 Arc's Value Village locations, where they were having a 50% off sale. We seriously got some great deals and had a lot of fun!

25 NICKELSIt seems kind of funny that 25 nickels buys a soda. 5 quarters would have been the quicker form of payment, but at least I didn't use 100 pennies. I'm not even sure vending machines take pennies.

I'M SO THERE

Star Wars Exhibit coming to the science museum!
You can even ride the Millenium Falcon!!!

PRINCE CAPSIAN

Douglas, Maren, Jen, and I went to Iowa for the weekend. It was very enjoyable. We spent time with the family, as well as friends. Even got to see The Chronciles of Narnia: Prince Caspian movie on saturday. It was really good!

Weekends sure fly by way too fast!

JESS IS GETTING MARRIED!

Last Friday 6 of us girls hung out at Embassy Suites & The Waterpark of America in celebration of Jessie! I'm so happy for her & Tony, they will be getting married in June!

MOTHER'S DAY
Ok, so this photo cracks me up.

One - Doug is like hiding behind me (Steph set up the camera on a ladder with the timer on, so we didn't really know if everyone was the the photo or not)

Two - the doggies are clueless.

Three - it looks like i'm afraid to stand close to Jeremy, I thought Doug was in between us but behind me!

TURNING 26 on May 4th
My birthday this year is one that will be difficult to top in years to come!

Birthday weekend activities:

Friday Night - Indiana Jones movie with friends at the Stano's

Saturday Morning - Douglas took me shopping on Grand Ave in St.Paul. More specifically, I got to pick out a fabulous vintage dress! Then he took me to Cosetta's - my fav restaurant, where we had pasta & pizza.

Saturday Afternoon - Doug & I went over to Maren & Darins; Adam, Amy, and Aaron had just drove up from Iowa. We hung out and made Mom's Homemade Pizza! (Maren kept forgetting stuff, so I think I made 2 trips to Target in 45 minutes. She even forgot to get the pizza pans!)

Saturday Evening - Jen came over in time to help make the pizzas, Maren also made a delicious cake that I got to decorate. We watched Eagle Vs Shark - starring Jemaine Clement, played some Wii games, and Shanghai.

Sunday Morning - slept in, went to 10:45 church service, ate at Granite City with 12 friends.

Sunday Afternoon - Went to Minneapolis to see Eisley at the Fine Line Cafe! Since we were at a 4:00 o'clock show (all ages) and are 21+ we got to go "upstairs" where there were empty tables and good view! We watched the opening bands upstairs, but went to the floor for Eisley.

Sunday Night - After the show we headed off to Applebees for some 1/2 price appetizers.