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My neice last time I went home. Seriously, what is that face she is giving Becky?

Finally I got the pics up online: This past weekend my friends threw me a surprise party!! I loved it - It was so fun to have everybody together. It was so cool that everyone did such a good job keeping it a secret. I have great friends. Here is a pic of all us girls.  

Eli is always the only guy on the "dance floor". He said all the other guys were crazy for not dancing with us:) 

They made my bday "cake" out of my favorite dunkin donut: chocolate creme.  

Here is Becky and I doing our senior picture shot.  

For some reason the guys started a "clubhouse" in the pantry. You had to eat special things before they would allow girls in except for me because it was my bday. Ryan is using his umbrellas to be that dinosaur from Jurassic Park. 

Then on Sunday night I went out with coworkers and had the best martini ever. It was like a Girl Scout Caramel Delight in liquid form. 

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They kept posing for different pictures and wanting to watch themselves.

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I thought they were so cute laughing trying to crawl on Karen.

Family Visit this past weekend:
My dad (Ronnie), his girlfriend Claudia and my uncle Danny came to visit this past weekend. I took them to quite a few things in just a day and a half-they were real troopers because as you know we have to walk around here to get to a lot of places. They couldn't remember the last time they walked that much.

First, we went to The Globe Pub for a quick lunch then I shuffled them to the "L". This was the first time they had ever ridden one so it was pretty funny. At first I tried to tell them to have a seat but they wanted to stand, however by the second bumpy turn they did as instructed:) My uncle kept saying how he'd never make it if he'd had some drinks.


We went to all the Millienium Park sites and Grant Park sites. We also made it down to Navy Pier and at at the Joes Be Bop Cafe so we could hear jazz while we ate. I was trying to take a cute picture of them by the bean but as you can see my dad is a jokester and is sticking his tongue out.


The next day we went to Montrose beach and walked around, checked out the pier and the sailboats. My uncle hadn't seen water that massive before so it was really cool to see it with them because I know I take it for granted. Here is my uncle and dad being cool in their sunglasses.



I took them by Wrigley Field and then to Ed Debevics for lunch before they had to head home. We had a sassy waitress and of course my family said a few things back to her. She called Danny sugar lips when my dad took a picture of them. It was really fun. We all had a good time and it was nice to have them actually come up here and see Chicago.