30th birthday//july 4th

this morning, i sent the husband a text that said, "on a scale of 1-10, the fun level of these past 4 days has been a 15"

these have honestly been 4 of my favorite days in the history of all days! my 30th birthday was this past sunday, and it was perfect. we also had some of our favorite friends' housewarming party, another friend hosted a "welcome to cleveland" party, and then our 4th of july party. now, i know that none of this is technically on our 'trio quest' to-do list, but! when tucker & i were discussing our list, it was largely tied to keeping traditions alive, and creating awesome memories. this is our 6th annual 4th of july party, so i'd say we've gotten pretty good at that tradition, and it's always one of my favorite days of the year, so, here it is in all its glory.

on my original 30before30 list, i added the goal of having a 30th birthday bash, and i would say that one got checked off. even though my birthday was 2 days before the 4th, i got an amazing birthday cake, a beautiful rendition of happy birthday from so many of my friends (and luca yelling it in my ear), and had a house full of amazing people.

these first two are of my actual birthday, we went to the farmpark which luca absolutely loved. tucker surprised me and got a babysitter afterwards, for dinner outside in little Italy. my dad also completely took us by surprise and came to cleveland on Saturday (from mexico!), and luca had a really good time talking to his 'buelo, as he calls him.

and, y'all - my husband is the cutest. he is as artsy as they come, which is most definitely NOT the way i would describe myself. he used luca's chalk to make this cute backdrop on the fence before our friends arrived on the 4th.