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On Thursday, I turned 28. As the years go by, birthdays just seem like regular days. I was not planning to do anything special - school, then off to work at Reminisce like I do most every Thursday. But my husband and parents had other plans - mom and dad drove over from Des Moines to surprise me with a cheesecake at work! Then Cindy was kind enough to let me leave a little early and we all went out for a late dinner at Formosa. What a great surprise and nice birthday.
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Friday afternoon I enjoyed a little time out on the porch enjoying the great spring weather and checking out the new growth in the yard - looks like the tulips will be blooming after all - I was afraid they would be done for after the freeze we had.
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Saturday morning I taught a kid's class at Reminisce called "Crafty Kids". It was a nice little group of girls and we made a 6x6 book about friends. Looking forward to the kid's camp week at Reminisce in June, too.
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And Saturday night I went for a girl's night out with a group of teachers from school. We went out for dinner first at Atlas and then over to Hancher Aud. to see the musical Hairspray. Good times.
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Here's Helen working on paying her bill. ha ha