Happy Birthday, Book Club!

(image from ShimandSons blog)

Last Monday, "Never 5," my book club, had its third birthday. I can't believe it's been three years already!

We met at Jenny's for some very yummy and elegant hors d'oeuvres and sat out in her balcony--which we later found out is unstable and for that very reason had never been used for a bigger gathering--thanks Jenny, for almost killing us! ;)

We caught up on gossip and the summer, and reminisced about all that we've been through together during the past three years: 2 baby boys and a third coming anytime now (Molly's VERY preggers), a wedding, and three 30th birthdays!

After we finished dinner and discussed last month's book, Kendra got up and said she had to leave. Very strange, but in an odd turn of events, four of the seven girls got up and said "Let's go!" The remaining three of us were clueless, but were dragged by the rest of them, as we were going "somewhere."

We arrived at the Melting Pot, where the four not-yet-30-year-olds had planned a surprise celebration for those of us who had turned 30 this year. It was so comfortable and fun! For our presents, we each got subscriptions to different mags that they girls thought we would like: Molly, the TV/movie junkie got "Entertainment Weekly," crafty A got "Real Simple" and I got "National Geographic Traveler."

How thoughtful and sweet of them! Thanks girls and looking forward to many more years reading and going through life with you.