The rest of the weekend was awesome too- on Friday Andy flew in from Seattle so we (Anita, Andy and myself) went to dinner at LGO, then went back to Andy's room at the Hotel Valley Ho and ate way too many sweets. It was a late night filled with girl talking and fun, and it was the best way to kick off my birthday weekend.
The next morning I woke up and got a good workout in, then headed over to the nail salon with my sister to meet up with all the girls. We all got mani/pedis then headed over to The Phoenician. We spent the whole day out by the pool, lounging on chairs on the lawn, enjoying summery drinks (they have a great strawberry banana smoothie) and talking for hours. It was so much fun, and especially awesome because a few of my girlfriends had yet to meet until that afternoon! After our day in the sun we all went back to our rooms to get ready, then met up in Shirley and Alana's room for a mini-celebration before dinner. The girls gave me some of the sweetest gifts, and we enjoyed some Sprinkles cupcakes and other treats while we hung out and talked for awhile.
We did dinner at Citizen Public House and because it was Restaurant Week they had a special menu featured. I got the corn salad (delicious), chicken, and ended the meal with a "coffee and doughnuts" bread pudding. All of it was excellent. Afterward we went back to the hotel, hung out for a bit more, then went to sleep.
Sunday was full of friends and fun- Pita Jungle and Rita's with friends, a birthday celebration for our friend Danny at Thai Basil, quality time with my sweet Erin, and some great family time with my parents.
On Monday Hank and I shopped in the morning so I could pick out some birthday goodies, then came back to my parents' and celebrated with them. They of course made a huge deal (see below for the silly "Over The Hill" caution tape they made me walk through), and it was really wonderful. And then we ended our whirlwind long weekend by seeing our friends Broadway Calls play a show at Chaser's. They played so much old stuff, and I was the happiest birthday girl in the entire world to spend the last hours of my twenties seeing one of my favorite bands, enjoying Shirley Temples, and hanging out with some of my oldest and dearest friends.
I couldn't imagine a better start to a new decade. Thank you to Hank, Shirley and Autumn for planning such a wonderful weekend and all of my girlfriends for making me feel so special, whether they were there in person or sent love via flowers (Emily!) or phonecalls. I love you!
And thank YOU all so much for all of your sweet birthday wishes here on this blog, Twitter, humoring me as I over-Instagrammed the past couple of days, and always being so sweet. I feel lucky to have all of you in my life too.
Here are a million photos from the entire weekend, mainly taken with my iPhone. Enjoy!
















































Aww! Happy Birthday! It looks like you had the best time! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday gorgeous lady! It looks like you had the most wonderful birthday weekend - so special! xo much love!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday! You make 30 look good!
ReplyDeleteHappy bday!!
ReplyDeleteHappy 30th!!! Looks like it was terrific:)
ReplyDeleteLooks and sounds like an amazing weekend. Happy Birthday! x
ReplyDeleteThose look like some really lovely ladies!
ReplyDeleteYou look so happy! :D I love the pics!
Oh so glad you had such an amazing birthday day weekend!!
ReplyDeleteI adore every single one of your dresses your are wearing! You look great!
Amy xo
Oh too gorgeous!! What a divine special birthday weekend.. so much fun! HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.. I love your blog.. it's the only one I look forward to reading each day. Lots of love from South Africa x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures and post. Happy birthday :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous. Amazing. Perfect.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your 30th birthday weekend pics, it lookes like the most fun ever. You are so lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful people. Happy Birthday!
First of all, it sounds like your birthday weekend was perfect. Second, I am jealous that you own SO many adorable dresses. Third, my brother is in a band called The Menzingers and they've played with Broadway Calls many times! Have you ever heard of them?
ReplyDeletexo, Sarah
You, my friend, know how to party!! Happy 30th!
ReplyDeletexo
You look fabulous! Glad your celebration was everything you hoped for.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!! It looks like you had an amazing birthday weekend! I absolutely love the dress you wore to your birthday dinner :)
ReplyDeleteThat looks like such a fun birthday weekend :) I've been following along via instagram!!! I'd love to get away with all my girlfriends on my 30th. Such a great idea! I'd love to be laying out by that pool right now ;) ♥Lindsay
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful weekend! looks perfect, all of you ladies look amazing! happy birthday danielle :)
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ReplyDeleteWhat a fun weekend!!! I have to say, I am pretty jealous, I have wanted to stay at the Valley Ho for years! :-)
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday lady! Love your blog! And I wish you a lot of happiness in the years to come!
ReplyDeleteyay! Happy Birthday! Love that stripey white dress
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday! I'm a recent new follower of your blog, and I have to say that all of your lovely posts never fail to make me smile. It looks like you had an amazing birthday weekend, and you and all of your friends look absolutely gorgeous! (Also I love that pink dress! Where is it from?)
ReplyDeleteNow THIS is how you spend a birthday!!! It sounds like it was full of happiness and love. :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great birthday filled with everything necessary! Happy (late) Birthday! :)
ReplyDeleteWow, 30?! You don't look it. It looks like you had an awesome birthday. Happy late birthday! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fantastic birthday weekend, Danielle! Your pictures are beautiful :)
ReplyDeleteWow. You are one loved lady.
ReplyDeleteKacie
I loved seeing your instagram photos of the weekend and love these. It looks like you had a blast! Happy belated birthday!
ReplyDeletehappy birthday! such a fun weekend : ) beautiful photos !
ReplyDeletegahhh this looks like it was the perfect birthday weekend ever! Happy Birthday! I love that scalloped dress and omg you are making me want thigh tattoos. There is no way they would half as good on me though lol.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday Danielle! Looks like a fantastic weekend. Makes me think I should start planning my own 30th in November!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE this post!!! HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANIELLE!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Danielle! Your celebrating looks like so much fun. I love all of your outfits too!
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get your coral scalloped dress and the striped shift?! They're adorable!
ReplyDeleteIt seem you had a great day. Love those photos and it feels like I'm part of it. Belated!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh that blue/white dress is SO CUTE!! Where did you get it? You're definitely going to have to start labeling your flickr photos with the info :D
ReplyDeleteGlad you had an awesome weekend!!! The pictures are great. Oh. And ice cream cake was an awesome option.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I ever really got to say Happy birthday!! I've had this idea for a gift forever and I'm sending it out this weekend. 30 is a big deal! You had a beautiful celebration and i can't wait to see how fabulous 30 is!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing. Thank you so much for
freely sharing all your hard work! We
are going to definitely use a lot of this!