hey guys! it’s my birthday today! the big two-nine.
birthdays are weird. they are so, uh, self centered. i know, i know..i have a blog that i write about MYSELF, but i still feel weird about birthday attention. i do love birthdays, but to be honest.. they make me a little anxious because of the self-centeredness of it all.
instead of focusing on me, me, me in a post today, i decided to focus on all of you! i asked you to send in photos of yourself blowing out birthday candles so i could share them in a post. the photos came rolling in and i have to say that i smiled each and every time i saw a new blow-out photo. i laughed out loud on many of them! you guys are all so cute. thanks to those who sent in photos. enjoy!
lee turns 33:

becca turns 27:

(she was in the middle of competition prep—so this was as close to cake as it got!)
clare turns 24:

amy turns 26:

wendy turns 21:

(such a rad cake!)
kara turns 5:

heather turns 26:

meggi turns 26:

tiffany turns 30:

allison turns 24:

kristen turns 26:

jenn turns 30:

(love the wig!!! it was her “wiggin’ out” 30th!)
melina turns 17:

elise turns 4:

(not gonna lie, i think this is my favorite of them all.)
sara’s baba turns 75 (14 years ago!):

angela (far left) and her neice, ava, turn 24 and 2:

monique turns 24:

annette turns 27:

tara’s friend, lacie, turns 30:

lindsay turns 20:

gina turns 29:

melissa turns 26:

elizabeth turns 30:

catherine turns 22:
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time for some family fun.. my sister answered my call for candle blow outs immediately! these are my cute nieces!
kaylee turns 11:

lucy turns 8:

sofi turns 6:

and a couple of friendly faces…
jessica turns 27:

kristen turns 28:

and, because i love the guy, i have to include the array of photos i have from marshall’s birthdays! he never has just cake.. it’s always something fun and different.
marshall turns 25 with six kinds of desserts (and randy):

best photo:

marshall turns 26 with tiramisu:

marshall turns 27 with cupcakes:
make a wish!


marshall turns 28 with eclairs:

and, yep, that’s all i’ve got of him. i’m older than him. i’m his cougar.
hope you enjoyed this birthday blow out post!
my birthday has conveniently landed on a friday this year, so i will be having a BBQ with friends tonight! the day has been great so far (aside from that whole work thing)..
- i started my day bright and early at GPP—neil made sure not to put a single step of running in today’s workout. love it.
- i came home to a pile of presents (and a hilarious card) from marshall. i love that guy sooo much.
- my mom delivered 29 balloons (and another funny card) to my office!
- i went to lunch at pallet with my mom.
- my cute co-workers got me one more funny card, gifts, and the most AMAZING dessert of baked peaches & vanilla bean ice cream! so rad.
before i go, i have some winners to announce!
- norwex winner: #101 steph
- move more in may contigo winners (from may 21-31): #648 sarah & #701 ellie
- move more in may overall winner ($50 lululemon card!): #3 marie!!!
thanks for all who participated in move more in may! there were a whopping 734 entries!! you guys know how to move it! thanks for the motivation!!
whelp, tomorrow i am running the dirty dash! super stoked. it was really fun last year.
i have an open house for my brother in law tomorrow night—he just got married in the carribean!
then sunday is my brother’s 32nd birthday and we are having a BBQ for him.
WOW—packed weekend. i hope i have a chance to check in here! hope you all have a great weekend!
Q~
what was the last dessert your birthday candles were in? i’ve requested cupcakes and nielsen’s frozen custard for tonight. hope i have enough wind in my lungs to blow out all 29 candles!
xo. janetha g.







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I would have submitted my big 30th birthday from this past year but I don’t have a pic with me and my candles. I used the sparkling Eiffel Tower lights as my candles, even sung to myself. I think the closest thing to a cake I got that day was a crepe.
This post brought a HUGE smile to my face! I just love the excitement and joy surrounding birthdays. Seeing others’ blow out candles is truly one of life’s simple pleasures. :-D
Did you do it? Did you blow out all 29?! I hope you had the best day ever, Janetha! Huge birthday hugs to you! <3
hope you had a great birthday thanks for including me!
AWESOME Pictures! My birthday is Monday and I can’t wait! Aren’t birthdays so much fun? Congrats on 2-9 girl!!!
What a fun idea for a birthday inspired blog post! I LOVE birthdays, can’t get enough of them personally so I hope you’ve been living it up in style this weekend! happy day girl!
im glad you liked the photo. can you believe my mom made that cake!
kaylee lucy and sofi are the cutest though. i just love freckles!!!!
I’m SO late on commenting, but I absolutely adore this post!! And now I wish that I had given you a photo of my doggies about to devour their bday cake. :)
Hope you had a wonderful day!
Now I understand why you wanted all the pictures. How fun! This post made me smile. Happy Birthday! Wishing you a magical sparkly and wonderful year full of love laughter and adventure. Cheers!
My last birthday cake was Home (as Mr Sparkle), but I didn’t have a picture of myself blowing out the candle.
http://lauraismotivated.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/my-birthday-weekend-in-pictures.html
Homer even….
Happy birthday!
I’m late but was very busy this weekend with my daughter’s birthday parties! Looks like you had a good one :)
I love this idea! These pictures rock!! Happy (VERY LATE) Birthday!!
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