I just realized that in the course of the last couple month or so, we've done more traveling to Illinois to celebrate our friends' birthdays than staying in Cincinnati. That includes
my friends, too. Haha. Really, it's because most of my Ohio friends have their day o' birth anniversaries on either side of the Illinois group.
First we came out for Ali's birthday. This time, it was both Mike and Dillon's birthdays [separately] that we are celebrating.
The day started off with a background romp with Zepplin, Jesse's dog. He's too cute [the dog, that is. Sorry, Jesse.. haha]
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| "come outside and play with me!" |
Ok, ok.. we will (:
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| action shot |
30 minutes later...
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| a far less zealous zepplin... action shot ;) |
= Happy Dog!
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| too cute! |
Rob, Jesse and I met with Rob's mom & Don for breakfast before relaxing for the better part of the afternoon. The evening crept in before we knew it, so we trekked over a couple blocks to Mike & Kelly's house for Mike's 30th birthday celebration.
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| not a bad way to start! |
It didn't take long for the small crowd to assemble, and we made an evening out of the bonfire and great company.
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| from mini crackles to roaring warmth (: |
Oh, and folks - this is the difference between men and women when it comes to photography at a casual social gathering.. haha
Women:
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| hi, ladies! |
... And men. In every
single picture:
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so close, guys. this was the best one.
[happy birthday, mike!] |
Haha. All photogenic abilities [or inabilities, whichever you prefer] aside, it was an awesome little shindig and I'm happy that Rob is able to come back to his hometown and see his friends.
After Mike's, it was out to the Marina to see Dillon and that bunch, at the tail end of Dillon's birthday night out.
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| happy birthday, dillon! |
It's been a long night, but an awesome one and I'm glad we were able to make it in town this weekend. Tomorrow we'll likely be visiting Rob's dad before we head back to Ohio, so with the trip ahead of us, I'm callin' this one a wrap.
G'Nite!
xo |
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