aubry's 30th. it's a big deal.

i made the trek from boise to salt lake last weekend all by myself to celebrate aubry's 30th.
i hadn't been away from harrison since he was born, that's at least 304 goodnight kisses (yep i added em up), and now i'm -2 blah. 
i was excited, but a little emotional. is that silly? whatever.

highlights.

• shopping at gateway for 2 hours BY MYSELF. only mamas will understand the magic and rarity of shopping w/out kids. heaven really.
• meeting up with mishelle and jen for dinner, the most amazing people and mothers and friends. some of my most favorite.
• a race through ikea with aubry, kyle and jen. my little brother is all grown up and married, his wife is drop dead beautiful and as sweet as sugar...lucky dog.
• tulie bakery for breakfast, seriously the best bakery ever, get the gougere...you will die.
• hip and humble, always a winner.
• the bijou market= lots of famous utah blogger faces, lots of pretties, and more time with kyle and jen.
• the jcrew outlet in park city where i probably spent too much $, but they had crew cuts. crew cuts!

and then back to n. salt lake for the big birthday event. 
there were lots of cuppy-cakes, friends, and good gab.
a few of us continued the party back at aubry's house until 3am. i haven't intentionally stayed up that late since the all-nighter we pulled with robin at cindy's wedding that preceded the great boise to tucson debacle of 2010.

solo roadtrippin' tips to remember:

bring more than one cd. i'll be taking a significant break from brandi carlille.

set the cruise to 80 mph and only stop once, the 5.5 hour road trip cut back to a 4.75, awesome.

too many red vines sit like a lump in your gut, diversify the snacks.

*did anyone take pictures of the weekend? 

these are all i got, because you know, these are the sorts of things you want to be sure and remember...

kind of funny right.

aubry's birthday lunch at wendy's,  MY TREAT, whoa classy.