This year instead of celebrating just one day I celebrated Birthday Week. I sort of felt like I needed a major pick-me-up in my life. It started with homemade tacos with Melissa on Wednesday. Thursday was my actual birthday and my sweet Mommy took me to IHOP for breakfast. We took Alison and her girls with us too so there was plenty of entertainment. Katie sat sweetly in her chair and watched while Claire and Maggie put on a show for the whole restaurant. They're all so much fun and definitely made breakfast more exciting!

After breakfast my mommy took me to the store and bought me a birthday present. Super Mario Brothers for the wii is so much fun. I spent the afternoon playing it with Mom and Jordan to discover that it's not as easy to play with three people on the screen as you would think. It was still so much fun though.

Cori came home after school and proceeded to kick all our butts at it. My goal is to get good enough that when Joe gets home I'm better than him for at least 5 minutes. After that he'll be back on top but those 5 minutes will be awesome.

After school got out Katelyn and I went shopping and to get pedicures. We ended up buying the exact same shirt and necklace because they were so cute.

It's a little hard to see but we both have cute little flowers on our toes. The pedicures were so nice, a little foot bubble bath and leg massage... so relaxing!

Friday Jordan came home from Idaho to spend the weekend with me. We went to a concert at a coffee bar for a bunch of local bands. It was pretty fun but I forgot to capture the night with pictures.

Saturday we went to Katelyn's dance performance and then to lunch. Jordan and I went to the mall, which is where I found this amazing t-shirt. Then we went to see Diary of a Wimpy Kid which was so funny. Then the main event began. What was originally just a few friends going to dinner snowballed into a bunch of us. Luckily I thrive in big groups! Here's just a few fun shots of the night.

The birthday girl showing off her blue steel. It's almost good enough to stop chinese throwing stars. Almost.

The whole dinner group, Jarom, Chaely, Stef, Amber, Jordan, Sue, Melissa, Shelly, Aaron, Tristan, Cait, Kelsi, Katelyn, Talysa, Jordan & Sean.

Delicious pineapple chicken. It came in a pineapple.

Shelly & Aaron being amazing at bowling.

The girls team was Team Awesome and the boys team was Team Not Awesome. Unfortunately Team Not Awesome killed Team Awesome by about 150 points. I got the best score by far with a 69. Aaron lost with a 133. After bowling we went back to my house and played Mario Kart and Super Mario Brothers on my wii. It was a great night.

Sunday night my Claire's girls took me to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. It was so much fun and they enjoyed embarrassing me with the hot waiter. I sure love those girls.

Monday was the official end to Birthday Week with Chelsey taking me to dinner at California Pizza Kitchen. We had a great girlfriend bonding night and it really helped to take my mind off things.

Overall, Birthday Week was amazing. I'm looking forward to celebrating it again next year!

It's been a long time since I've shared anything ankle-related so I thought I'd throw this one out there. My ankle only hurts now when it's cold out (which unfortunately seems to be every other day) or when I wake up because it's really stiff after no movement. But it's looking better every day and it's feeling better too. Hopefully one day it will just be a distant memory!

I've been using a lot of borrowed words on my blog lately because I don't know how to use my own. I'm working on it, but for now borrowed words are going to have to do. On my mind for today...

I'm not a princess,

This ain't a fairytale,

I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet,

Lead her up the stairwell,

This ain't Hollywood,

This is a small town,

I was a dreamer before you went and let me down,

Now it's too late for you and your white horse,

To come around

When you cry be sure to dry your eyes
'Cause better days are sure to come
And when you smile be sure to smile wide
Don't let them know that they have won
And when you walk, walk with pride
Don't show the hurt inside
Because the pain will soon be gone

And when you dream, dream big
As big as the ocean blue
'Cause when you dream it might come true
When you dream, dream big

When you laugh be sure to laugh out loud
'Cause it will carry all your cares away
And when you see, see the beauty all around and in yourself
And it will help you feel okay
And when you pray, pray for strength
To help you carry on
When the troubles come your way

And when you dream, dream big
As big as the ocean blue
'Cause when you dream it might come true
When you dream, dream big

When you laugh be sure to laugh out loud
'Cause it will carry all your cares away
And when you see, see the beauty all around and in yourself
And it'll help you feel okay
And when you pray, pray for strength
To help you carry on
When the troubles come your way

And when you dream, dream big
As big as the ocean blue
'Cause when you dream it might come true
When you dream, dream big

I never promised you a ray of light,

I never promised there'd be sunshine everyday

I gave you everything I have

The good, the bad

Why do you put me on a pedestal?

I'm so up high that I can't see the ground below

So help me down, you've got it wrong

I don't belong here

One thing is clear

I wear a halo

I wear a halo when you look at me

But standing from here

You wouldn't say so

You wouldn't say so if you were me

And I just wanna love you

I just wanna love you

I always said that I would make mistakes

I'm only human and that's my saving grace

I'll fall as hard as I try

So don't be blinded

See me as I really am

I have flaws and sometimes I even sin

So pull me from that pedestal

I don't belong there

One thing is clear

I wear a halo

I wear a halo when you look at me

But standing from here

You wouldn't say so

You wouldn't say so if you were me

And I just wanna love you

I just wanna love you

Why you think that you know me

But in your eyes

I am something above you

It's only in your mind

Only in your mind

I wear a halo

One thing is clear

I wear a halo

I wear a halo when you look at me

But standing from here

You wouldn't say so

You wouldn't say so if you were me

And I just wanna love you

I just wanna love you

Since you've been gone I learned how to move on

How to be myself, I don't need nobody else

I'm doing so good I forgot that I could

Live like this

First step, take a deep breath

You don't need a reason why

You can take time

You can walk, run, dive

Close call, you think you might fall

But all you gotta do is try

Even angels, even angels

Learn to fly