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Thursday, August 13, 2015

My Birthday! {24}

Yeah, its a Thursday and I'm just now getting around to blogging about my birthday weekend, but I don't really mind. Life just gets in the way sometimes! But oh well, I'm here! Let's roll on!

Friday afternoon we headed to INDY! I always forget how close Cincinnati is to so many awesome cities...and luckily this was under a 2 hour drive for us. With a little hiccup in our hotel choice, things got resolved and we were about to have ourselves a wonderful weekend! We ate at a local restaurant and then spent the evening getting our glow bowl on!!


We had plans the next morning to grab a quick breakfast and hit the State Fair! I had never been to a state fair so I didn't know what to expect. This event was HUGE! I felt like we walked for miles and still didn't see everything. It definitely made me want to check out the Ohio State Fair sometime!





We pet the cutest animals!! Like this little guy...

...spent way too much money on rigged games...

...and spent a lot of time acting touristy!!



What state fair experience would be complete without the greasiest of greasy foods?! Caleb and Jared each bought a "Krispy Kreme Burger", while Erin and I opted for the cheese coma ribbon fries!

...then of course fried cookie dough and fried oreos!

Then on our way out we grabbed one final photo in front of the coolest sign we saw all weekend!

Once we were done running around and sweating our butts off, we went back to the hotel and cleaned up to hit Downtown and see a bit of the city! Unfortunately, it was the craziest/busiest weekend we could've chosen to go to Indy, but it was a blast because we were all together. The views of the monuments were gorgeous, and their mall is killer.


These friends of mine made me feel special all weekend long, and even let us fall asleep watching pitch perfect.... THOSE are the best kind of friends ;) when we woke up on my actual birthday we got breakfast and hit the road to head home.

Caleb gifted me with the prettiest watercolor print ever as well as a wireless speaker!! I'm so excited to have dance parties wherever I go now ;) we spent the rest of the day shopping with a few gift cards I got and my man took me to my favorite place in Cincy...

We went to the evening service at our church then came home to relax and watch a movie...but he surprised me with a DELISH milkshake to get me through the movie, first!

I feel like I have a lot to accomplish before my 25th next year and I'm determined to hit my goals! Caleb is so good to me and I couldn't be more thankful that he's in my life to make me laugh and to feel appreciated, especially on days like this one! Thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday, it was honestly amazing!!

19 comments:

  1. This is so great! It looks like you had a wonderful birthday with the sweetest people!!

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  2. What a fun weekend! I plan to go the Ohio State fair next year. I've been living here forever, it only seems right that I experience it!
    Hope you love being 24 you baby of a thing you!

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  3. We have our local fair in a couple weeks, and I can't wait! Looks like you had a great time!

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  4. We swapped cities for the weekend! ;) And the State Fair is pretty awesome!

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  5. Looks like a wonderful weekend, lady! I keep telling my husband we need to visit Indy together, he lived there for a year and I've always wanted to visit. YUM, skyline!

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  6. Happy belated birthday! I'm trying to imagine the Krispy Kreme burger. I'm equal parts intrigued and disgusted.

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  7. What a wonderful birthday weekend!! All of that fair food is making my mouth water. Ha! Happy birthday again sweet gal :)

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  8. Aw- looks like an absolutely PERFECT birthday weekend!!

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  9. Icky on the krispy kreme burger but heck yes on those nachos/fries. I love places where you can get the homemade chips like that. Sooo glad you had a great bday weekend :)

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  10. Oh.my.goodness. Best birthday weekend...EVER!!!!!! Y'all's friendship makes me so happy!!!! I'm so glad y'all were able to get away for your birthday weekend and have some fun!!!! Woo hoo!!!!! Great pictures, too!! :)

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  11. SO MUCH FUN! I looove going to state fairs, and it looks like you guys had a blast! Happy belated gurlie <3

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  12. you're only 24! you're such a spring chicken! seriously, what a fabulous weekend you all had. next time i want to tag along.

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  13. What a perfect birthday! So glad you all had fun and got to get a way too!

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  14. "and then spent the evening getting our glow bowl on" AND sending Becky the best snap chats!!!! :) I'm glad you had such a good weekend celebrating your birthday and got to be surrounded by some of your favorite people!! Woohoo for us being the same age for about 2.5 months hehe :)

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  15. Looks like a great birthday! The fair sounds like a blast, and those food choices you made were spot on I'd say! Yum! I hope it's a great year for you!

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  16. I'm so glad your birthday was so great friend. You deserve it all. I know that this year will have amazing things in store for you! Woohoo!

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  17. sounds like a super fabulous fun and laidback weekend! (:

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  18. Hooray all around! I'm heading to the fair tomorrow and I can't wait for some of that junk food. Hehe...I'm so glad you loved Indy! Pretty please come back? It really was insanely busy that weekend with the motorcycles on Meridian, but I'm glad you got a quick glimpse at the city! Sounds like you had the kind of awesome birthday you deserve, friend! :)

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  19. Thanks for letting us celebrate with youuuuuu :) Can we just go back and eat more fried cookie dough and take to sheep again?! Thanks.

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