Category Archives: Parties
Jenn’s 21st Birthday 2000
Celebrating 30 Years in 30 Days!
(a.k.a. Happy Birthday to me!)
Almost a month before my 21st birthday my sister was in a near fatal car accident (read about it here). She was in rehabilitation on my birthday and my mom threw a little party for me right there at the rehab center. My mom had limited resources since she was living at the rehab center with my sister (which is over an hour away from our home), but I still had a pretty awesome party. My grandma and aunt from Florida happened to be there because they were up visiting my sister.
A Baskin Robbins ice cream cake…yum!
There just happened to be a Baskin Robbins right down the road from the rehab center.
There just happened to be a Baskin Robbins right down the road from the rehab center.
Some of the gifts pictured above
– A Mickey Mouse bathrobe that I still use almost every day
– A diamond bracelet from my mom- Godiva chocolates (Woohoo!)
– A princess picture frame with a vacation photo of me and Cool Daddy
– A bouquet of flowers
– A MST3K (Mystery Science Theater 3000) ball cap with Crow on it (um, awesome), but you can’t really see it in the picture 😦
My sister also got one with Tom Servo on it!
-It’s not pictured here, but my mom also got me a bar of soap that had a plastic cow inside of it. I don’t know why I found this so amusing, but I did. I was physched when I finally got the cow out of the soap.
-Cool Daddy and I had been dating for 9 months at this point. There isn’t a picture of it here, but he gave me the prettiest sapphire ring. Once my sister started talking again (the following month) she kept asking me if I was engaged.
– A Mickey Mouse bathrobe that I still use almost every day
– A diamond bracelet from my mom- Godiva chocolates (Woohoo!)
– A princess picture frame with a vacation photo of me and Cool Daddy
– A bouquet of flowers
– A MST3K (Mystery Science Theater 3000) ball cap with Crow on it (um, awesome), but you can’t really see it in the picture 😦
My sister also got one with Tom Servo on it!
-It’s not pictured here, but my mom also got me a bar of soap that had a plastic cow inside of it. I don’t know why I found this so amusing, but I did. I was physched when I finally got the cow out of the soap.
-Cool Daddy and I had been dating for 9 months at this point. There isn’t a picture of it here, but he gave me the prettiest sapphire ring. Once my sister started talking again (the following month) she kept asking me if I was engaged.
The best birthday gift was that my sister continued to get better and make more progress every day. It was pretty hard when it seemed like she didn’t know who I was. But soon enough she’d recognize me and start using my name again. It was a memorable birthday for many reasons. If only birthday memories came with an actual piece of cake…because I could really go for some of that yummy ice cream cake right now!
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st-20th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow!
You can take a look at my 1st-20th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow!
Jenn’s 20th Birthday 1999
(a.k.a. Happy Birthday to me!)
Another birthday without party, without memories, without words.
I know that we’re all sad about it, but let’s try to put on a brave face.
Here I am at 20:
I know that we’re all sad about it, but let’s try to put on a brave face.
Here I am at 20:
There WILL be a party post tomorrow!
I know that you won’t be able to sleep tonight with all of the excitement, but try to get some rest anyway 😉
I know that you won’t be able to sleep tonight with all of the excitement, but try to get some rest anyway 😉
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st-19th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
You can take a look at my 1st-19th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow!
Jenn’s 19th Birthday 1998
(a.k.a. Happy Birthday to me!)
Another sad sorry short one today 😦
I didn’t have a 19th Birthday party.
So, here’s a picture of 19 year old me
I didn’t have a 19th Birthday party.
So, here’s a picture of 19 year old me
The end.
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st-18th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow
You can take a look at my 1st-18th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow
Jenn’s 18th Birthday 1997
Celebrating 30 Years in 30 Days!
(a.k.a. Happy Birthday to me!)
I have no recollection of my 18th birthday, although I’m sure that it happened seeing how I got older and all. I did not have a party. I had graduated high school by this time and had gotten my first job. I had a boyfriend at the time and I’m sure he took my out to eat or something.
Here’s a picture taken a month or two before my birthday.
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st-17th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Jenn’s 17th Birthday 1996
(a.k.a. Happy Birthday to me!)
Well, this is going to be a short one.
For my 17th Birthday I had a sleepover.
I had a few girls from the Dance Line spend the night.
I don’t remember anything else, nor do I have any photos or videos 😦
For shame.
For my 17th Birthday I had a sleepover.
I had a few girls from the Dance Line spend the night.
I don’t remember anything else, nor do I have any photos or videos 😦
For shame.
I’m pretty sure that my senior pictures were taken very close to my birthday.
I was supposed to have them taken earlier than that but the photographer called and had to reschedule because she broke her arm (how dare she).
Once I finally got the photos taken it was a terrible experience.
I didn’t care for the photographer at all.
Without going into much more detail, here are just a few of those photos.
I was supposed to have them taken earlier than that but the photographer called and had to reschedule because she broke her arm (how dare she).
Once I finally got the photos taken it was a terrible experience.
I didn’t care for the photographer at all.
Without going into much more detail, here are just a few of those photos.
I hope that’s not supposed to be the Ladder of Success
because I look way too tired and disinterested to climb it!
I loved me some grunge. Best fashion trend ever!
My hair wasn’t usually that clean either 😉
I chose the picture above for my headshot in the yearbook as I felt that it more closely represented me as a person. As opposed to this photo which the photographer took specially to be used in the yearbook:
No thank you.
That’s it for today 😦
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st-16th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow
Jenn’s 16th Birthday 1995
(a.k.a. Happy Birthday to me!)
Can you believe that we’re already in the second half of Celebrating 30 Years in 30 Days?!
It feels like it’s been 16 days or something (tee-hee)!
Well, today I’m going to turn 16. On the blog that is.
I had a party of 16 people (myself and sister included).
Everyone (with the exception of 4 kids from church) at the party was in the marching band.
We actually had a Band Festival that night and I live about 5 minutes away from the field, so it worked out that all of the band kids were at my house.
Once again I am missing photos but I was able to take screenshots from the VHS tape.
The tape didn’t transfer well, so the pictures are pretty fuzzy 😦
The night before my party (which was held on my actual birthday) my best good friend, Meghan spent the night. We were up until 3am watching Forest Gump while Meghan braided my hair.
This was the best picture that I could get:
Meghan also ripped my jeans for me (yay!).
I believe that she felt led to do that because 15 years later I would want to show all of you a picture of my knee. And here it is…
(That’s Meghan in the background.)
I was wearing Chucks because they are awesome.
D.C. Talk’s “Jesus Freak” was playing in the background because it is awesome.
Here’s a peek into the dining room.
This card appears to have something to do with driving,
which is funny since I still don’t drive.
We never get a chance to see the cake except for the piece on my plate.
It appears to be chocolate!
(You’re shocked, I know!)
Here are various screenshots of me. My hair was super long (down to my waist).
Later this same year I ask my sister to trim my hair and she cut it up to my chin.
It looked cute, but I was still ticked off!
And here I am waving good bye.
Or perhaps I am telling the story of a one-antlered moose named Mooster Alexander Lollighan the 3rd.
You decide.
You might be interested in checking out my daughter, Adaline’s, first birthday party
You can take a look at my 1st-15th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
You can take a look at my 1st-15th Birthdays by following the links on this page.
Be sure to check back tomorrow
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