The Big 3-0

Yikes, I've been a little absent lately. I guess that happens when your old and you can't seem to find the time to download all your pictures :) Or...maybe I've just been avoiding writing a blog about turning 30. Nah, it's definitely not that. I actually had a wonderful 30th birthday celebration weekend/week and I am MORE than excited to enter into my thirties. As my friend Emily reminded me, a few years ago when I was the naive young age of 25 I erroneously called someone out as being old when I learned that she was 34 - not to her face, thankfully. Back then Emily told me that I would be there soon enough and boy was she right, it creeped up on me fast!

I actually took the time to do a little reflecting on my twenties. At first I did it because I wanted to recap my pretty amazing 20s. Looking back, I really am so blessed to have had the opportunity to have experienced so many great adventures, met so many people and traveled to such amazing places.

Quick 20s recap: College (4 years of awesomeness), summer abroad backpacking in Europe, Mardi Gras (several times), President of my sorority (an honor to lead such a wonderful group of women), Skydiving, roadtrip across the Western US, worked at Daytona Beach Bike Week (now that's a story!), Alaska and salmon fishing, graduate school at UF, St. Thomas, and many many more amazing experiences in the last decade.

But when I looked at all the photos and I thought about all the wonderful experiences I have been so blessed to have had I realized that by far the best years have been those leading up to 30. I met Josh at 24, we married at 27 and Colton was born when I was 29. Wow, I can only imagine where I'll be at 35 and even 40!!

So I'll leave you with some photos from my birthday weekend/week of festivities and fun and I can honestly say, as a thirty-something, that I've never been happier or more fulfilled than I am today (living in little old Alachua with our family, home and an acre of land)! God has truly blessed me and I am so grateful for the last 30 years because they brought me to where I am today.

Love,
Jenny

Jenny's 30th Celebration