happy birthday stacey!

two words: dirty thirty. summer vacation started off with a bang, celebrating stacey's 30th birthday in orlando with the girls! as usual, we were slightly out of control on the dance floor. just goes to show that you're never too old to shake it. stacey is the first of the five of us to turn the big 3-0 (thank goodness! haha). we're getting so old, in fact, that photos from the start of our friendship are in a box in the garage because they are prints. digital cameras were not all that popular back in 1999. yep, friends for 11 years now. hard to believe we met freshman year at FSU when we both ended up pledging the same sorority. we lived in the prestigious kellum hall dormitory. aka the biggest craphole ever. made for many good memories though and that is where our friendship bloomed. we spent the next 4 years living it up at college.. we attended graduate school in different states. the five of us continued to have our girl's weekends despite distance. eventually she moved to south carolina and me to the other side of the world (aka, seattle). since then, we've met up in vegas, orlando, tallahassee, largo...next stop..who knows?! it was a fabulous weekend spent with good friends, yummy drinks and belly-aching laughs. per stacey's request, i chose the following photos with care (in other words, no braces, bathing suits or booze..well, the first two, at least)...hope you enjoy and stace--happy dirty thirty. love you!!