Catchya on the Flip Side

Jon and I are going to make like a baby and head out!

We are off tomorrow morning bright and early for good ole' Ireland. We're setting the alarm for 4:00 a.m. and have to be at the airport by 6:00 a.m.

Jonny already purchased the tickets for the Guinness Storehouse so that we don't have to wait in line! I am so excited to be so cliche' and drink a Guinness in Ireland. I can't wait!

I have almost got the bags completely packed. Everything is in, except for what we need to use for tomorrow morning to get ready. In a little over 12 hours we'll be on our way!!!

Something very exciting!! I got birthday packages in the mail yesterday!

I want to THANK my wonderful friend Valerie. I receieved this awesome plaque from her as a gift for my b-day.

With this I also received a wonderful card. I absolutely love this plaque.
As you can see it reads "Rejoice," and next to it there is a bible verse,
"This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. " Psalm 118:24
She's such a wonderful lady and I am truly blessed to have her as a friend.
Thank you so much Val, I have the perfect place for it in my home.
Thanks you so much for thinking of me on my birthday!
You have made my day!

I also want to thank my best friend Lisha.
She sent me a birthday gift as well from one of my favorite boutiques in Norman, Francesa's!

I adore this dress, it's super funky and bright. I can't wait for it to be warm enough so that I can wear it! Thank you so much Lish, as always I love it, you know me too well ;)
She also got me a couple of tank tops which you can NEVER have enough of!
This dress ROCKS! THANK YOU LISH!!!

I am expecting three more packages. One from my mother and two from my dad. I think I might miss them before we leave, but it will be even more exciting when we get back to have birthday surprises waiting for me! There's nothing like stretching a birthday out for weeks so you can really enjoy it!

Tonight we are going out to dinner with our friends Sarah and Deaner! We heart these guys!! They are so much fun and I am so glad they were able to meet up to celebrate my birthday.
We are eating at the Brauhaus Castel. It's an amazing German restaurant and brewery. So I looked forward to some fattening German food and having a lovely Heffeweizen to wash it all down!

We're going to miss you guys this weekend!

I look forward to catching up with everyone when we get back! Even though it's only four days, I'll miss blog land!

Have a great weekend everyone!

He Cracked!!!

My birthday surprise is..............

IRELAND
HERE WE COME

We are leaving Friday morning!! I CANNOT wait.

Jon told me this morning! I was surprised he told me so early and very surprised that we are going to Ireland. Although I should have known, because my family is from Ireland and I've wanted to visit for as long as I can remember. My dad is HUGE on the Irish culture. He has been to Dublin twice and loves everything about the country. LITERALLY everything. He's all tattooed up with Irish paraphernalia/symbols. We actually both have the Irish Claddagh tattoo. I'm so excited, I'm just jabbering on and am probably making no sense whatsoever.

One of my great friends lives in Dublin and he is going to take us around the city all day Saturday. I so look forward to seeing him again. He's a tough little Irish fighter that my dad trained while he was living in the states. He's a great guy and Jon and I both look forward to hanging out with him!

So off we go Friday at the crack of dawn and will be arriving early morning in Dublin!

As my dad says I'm going back to the Motherland ;)
This Irish girl is finally going back to her roots!

My husband rocks!

Any ideas from you lovely ladies on what we should see and do. We will only be in Dublin from Friday through Monday!!!

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!

A Golden Birthday

It's my baby brother's golden birthday.
He turned 21 years old today!

Love ya buddy.
Sean and I have always been best buds. We are 5 years apart and I guess because of the age difference we never had TOO much trouble getting along.
I miss him dearly!

He's so funny. I called him this morning at 8:30 a.m. (my time) 2:30 a.m. (his time) to say Happy Birthday. He said he just left the Irish Pub in OKC! He waited until 12:00 to get in and the person checking ID's let him in and wished him a Happy B-day. Ahhh....To be 21 again!