Was looking through pictures.....

This picture makes me happy...

It is great to have friends when one is young, but indeed it is still more so when you are getting old. When we are young, friends are, like everything else, a matter of course. In the old days we know what it means to have them.
-Edvard Grieg

Remember the Night

I have become so in love with other blogs that I have neglected mine.. Which might not really matter but blogging.. really helps.. since I am bad at the thank you card. return phone calls, email.. remembering stuff .. STUFF... so a blog is a place to get it all out.. The picture to the right was taken at my party..

Lets discuss the party.. the build up began days possibly weeks before.. I was indecisive, I was dramatic, I was excited.. but when the days finally arrived .. it was awesome.. I have yet to touch on this.. since my blog is so new.. but I have the best friends in the world..

the " crew" help me create, decorate, plan, reserve, de stress and i am sure a ton more the days before and the day of .. I have often asked myself.. is it kingsville I love.. or the people in it? this question I doubt will ever be answered.. but I am sure that if you take any of my crew away from kingsville.. it will not be the same.. each one saves me at least once a day... with a laugh, a hug, a reassuring e mail, or a un needed trip to walmart... each one of them deserve a star in the sky.. just for loving me.. and for being my family away from family..

My family.. in true Vallejo fashion.. or shall I say Brenda fashion.. showed up with a truck full of bowls, platters, baskets, ice chests, dips, food and ideas... My mom loves to party plan.. although you will never get her to admit it.. In the words of Gina.. My mom was a rock star.. she never sat down.. she wanted the party to be perfect.. aww shes so cute.. and my dad.. well hes the life of the party.. always has been and always will be.. im sure most of the guys were there to see him .. not me.. but thats how its always been.. they set up, cleaned up.. and did it all for me.. I love them..

Evan and Chad and the kids.. showed up.. excited to be at aunt butters party.. Kashe and Boone are the best at remembering names.. weird for such little ones... but then again they are the smartest.. and the cutest... they were so fun.. Evan is pretty good at knowing my moods and helping out where needed, she can work a room and made sure to talk to everyone.. I am so glad we have the gift of gab. .. we are more alike than each of us wants to admit sometimes.. but I love it when she is here.. and well poor Chad.. as the only guy in the family.. he usually gets put to work.. does not complain.. just does.... he understands the women in my family to a tee... and always sings the right song..

ok so I kept saying.. I have never been married, I have never had a baby shower, never really celebrated me.. except for when I graduated with my masters.. so this was my chance..

You know how its said that a true friend is the one who you can not see for a long time.. yet pick up right where you left off.... I have those friends.. I had a few make a long long trip to be at my party.. this made my heart swell .. I will admit that I was almost more excited to meet their children.. its weird how you get the exact same feeling from their children that you do from them.. instant love.. I made so many new best friends with little ones that night..

I doubt I got my point across that night ... How happy and thankful I was to each of them for making the trip.. to little ol kingsville.. but the memories are endless and the feeling was amazing.. . My life has brought me the best friends in the world.. alot changes... but we never do.. they are the same from the day i met each one of them.. minus the frizzy hair and braces..

My out of town family.. showed up.. because when they know something is important .. they ALWAYS do.. and Finally.. we got Grandma here.. awww shes so cute... she brought food and a cake.. cause in the vallejo family that is what you get when its your birthday.. I loved loved loved them being there.. it made me so happy... seeing them interact with all the people I love.. was so special.. plus they are so damn fun..

Im giving Andre his own paragraph because I will never be able to thank him enough... fulfilling every promise.. I have always been a doubter.. ALWAYS.. but he makes me a believer...

Really I could not have hand picked a better crowd for my party.. At times I looked around the room and felt so special.. if ive known you a year or 30 years.. each person was special to me..

if you know me.. then you know im not really into holidays.. but I do love my birthday.. but being a summer baby has always made the celebrating hard.. .. but this was the best birthday by far.....

Thank you everyone.. who was there.. and even if you were not there.. I know you wanted to be and you called or sent a message.. with love.. I am surrounded by kick ass people.. and this I know.