A birthday to remember

Oct. 4, 197......what year was that again??  I'm sorry, I didn't hear you?? 
Yeah.....so anyway......a milestone bday is now behind me.  But, I made it a good day.  A good weekend actually......and I plan to just continue that goodness all week.  Why not, right??  Right! 

Relaxation, good food, good company, beautiful fall weather, treasured pictures, loads and loads of fantastic FB messages and text messages from so many special people in my life.  I am truly blessed and so very lucky to have so many fabulous friends and family in my life.  Although the number DOES bother me quite a bit, I did my very best to not focus on that and just focus on all the good stuff and have a great time. 

For the last few years I have been trying to do something for my bday's that is new and different for me.....maybe even a little scary, because my adventuresome side is quite lacking.  There are still things I definitely WILL NOT try, but there are a few on the list I'm willing to attempt.  For this big bday, I went for the hot air balloon.  Had never done it and the thought didn't freak me out too badly, so I went for it and it was MORE than worth it.  Here are some of the good shots I got on my 2800 foot ride in the sky, along with a few others from a dinner with friends the night before.

Dinner at Ocean Prime

630am out at the launch field - this is our basket laying on it's side

It's alot of work getting these babies up & running

Turn your head to the right to see this properly.....can't figure out how to rotate my pix yet on the blog

Unbelievably peaceful and quiet

Extremely thankful to be safely on the ground

The 2x4 didn't even stand a chance

 Our landing was much, much rougher than they could have anticipated and was quite exciting, but nerve racking too.  When you notice that your balloon pilot is stressing out, I guarantee it'll make you stressed too.....but overall, he did a great job and got us down perfectly safe.  Ripped the skin off one of my knuckles in the process, but hey, better than falling out of the basket :) 

Here's to staying in the basket for my ____th year ;)

XO