Birthday Weekend

My parents came to visit this past weekend for my birthday, which is Valentines Day! Friday, the day they left happened to be one of much snow and ice, their 7 hour trip quickly turned into a 10 hour trip! They made it safely around midnight, but it was a very long drive from NC for 2 very experienced snow drivers (both my parents grew up in the north)! Georgia rarely gets snow and the state doesn't have the equipment to salt, spread sand or plow the roads like we were used to in Minnesota and more recently North Carolina!

We had a great 3 days with them, here are a few of the highlights...

Below are the girls wanting to be just like Wanka in their sunglasses before we took my parents on a tour of our church!

After a birthday lunch at a local Mexican restaurant my parents took me birthday shopping! I was able to get some much needed new clothes :) The rest of the evening we just hung out at our house spending time with family!

The kiddos woke up to many Valentines Day surprises, cards and candy from Uncle Matt, Aunt Diana & Ashtyn; movies, cards and candy from Papa & Wanka and little boxes of chocolate from us!

Here are the grandparents and 4 of their grandkiddos (minus my niece Ashtyn)

Jack was feeling photogenic and we were able to snap some pictures of the only grandson and the grandparents!!! He looks like such a little man in his collared shirt :) Notice he is sporting much shorter hair, but that's another blog post!

Our FOUR little Valentines :)

Parents of a 30 year old along with their 30 year old!

Jack enjoying our pizza lunch after church!

Our house with just a tad of the snow left...

Below is Jody & I before we left for dinner! My parents watched our kiddos so we could go out for my Birthday/Valentines Day! We went to an Italian restaurant in Kennesaw and if it's your birthday you get your meal for FREE (you do have to bring along your drivers license for proof), bonus!!! The food was super tasty and it was a great night :)

All in all I had such a great weekend with my parents and family celebrating my 30th birthday!!! Thanks Mom & Dad for driving down to visit and for making me feel special on my birthday (Jody included) and family & friends who wished me Happy Birthday...you guys are awesome!!!

And finally a picture of me and my birthday cake...our family tradition of a Dairy Queen ice cream cake, picked out especially for me by my kiddos!!!

What are some of your family birthday traditions???