Golden

By , August 25, 2014 6:06 am

 Today is my snister’s golden birthday! Happy 25th, Christina!

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A little then and now for ya

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Wait, what’s a golden birthday? It’s the birthday when you turn the same age as your birth date! So Christina’s is today, as she is turning 25 on the 25th. Mine will be next year, since my birthday is on the 31st!

Did you know it was your golden birthday when you had it (or have you not, yet)? If so, did you do anything “special” to celebrate?

I went to Iowa this weekend to see Christina for her golden birthday, and got her “gold-themed” gifts. As in, a lot of gold jewelry. You can never have too much jewelry, right?! RIGHT?

Oh, and some “golden” cookies of course, too:

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We had a fabulous weekend! “Summer” weather came around in full force this past week/weekend, and it was perfect for being on the beach!

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And I really enjoyed seeing Christina’s friends that I got to know from her wedding, as well as seeing my family, and spending the whole weekend with Rachel!!! Guttenberg, Iowa is such a special place for my family, and it makes me so happy that we can share it with our friends. 

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21 Responses to “Golden”

  1. Amy says:

    Great celebration! Happy birthday to your sister!

  2. Xaarlin says:

    Love how happy you all are in the photos 🙂

    I don’t remember my golden birthday- It was when I was 8… I probably thought it was cool that I was 8 on the 8th, but it’s wasn’t a “thing” to celebrate it in my family… My mom, brother and I would have “celebrated” our golden birthdays before the age of 8.., 🙂

  3. Chaitali says:

    I’d never heard of a golden birthday before, though my birthday is on the 9th so I was probably too young to get it anyway 🙂 I love the beach photos! It looks like you guys had a great time.

  4. Happy birthday, Christina! My golden birthday was my 13th, so I did celebrate relatively big but mostly because I was becoming a teenager. Epic sleepover party. Epic. 🙂

  5. Anne says:

    My golden birthday was my 21st, so I definitely had fun with that one! But I didn’t actually know it was my “golden” birthday at that time, I hadn’t heard of that until the last few years.

  6. My 18th birthday was my golden birthday, which made the day even more exciting! I had just started college a couple weeks earlier (since my birthday is September 18), so we were all still in that “OMG besties 4 lyfe!” phase that comes with the start of college, so I got all sorts of great surprises — room decorations, a poster on the mirror in the bathroom, flowers, cake: it was excellent! Honestly, one of my favorite birthdays.

  7. Erin says:

    Happy birthday, Christina!! I’m glad summer showed up so you could enjoy the river 🙂

    My golden birthday was when I was 12 and I don’t recall doing anything special for it.

  8. Courtney says:

    It looks like y’all had a great weekend!! And a Happy Golden Birthday to your sister!!
    =^..^=

  9. Rachel says:

    It was such a fun weekend! I hope Christina enjoyed all the festivities! It was nice meeting more of your fam and friends!

    Little Kim and Chris are so cute – but that creepy baby doll is staring into my soul. AHHHHHH! 🙂 hahahah.

    I can’t quite remember doing anything special for my golden bday – pretty sure I hung out at the fair with friends as was the usual bday tradition for me. 🙂

    • Christina says:

      Creepy baby is creeping me out too!!

      It was so fun having you at the river with us Rachel!!!

    • kilax says:

      She did enjoy them! She said she had a great birthday! It was fun for you to meet more of the fam! 🙂

      HA! That is Baby Anthony doll! LOL! Makes sense that he is creepy. (since Anthony is. JK. Kinda)

      That is a perfect birthday. SUMMER BIRTHDAYS ARE THE BEST!

  10. Christina says:

    Thank you for the post snister!!!! I had the best birthday EVER! I loved the golden gifts, and the golden cookies!!! Thanks for helping to make it super special for me! Love you!

  11. Mica says:

    Oh no, I had no idea golden birthdays were a thing, and I missed mine (2)!!! And I guess I missed 22 too. And I won’t live to be 222. Aradhafdsjfsa, so sad. 🙁

  12. martymankins says:

    I was born on the 6th of August. It’s been a LONG time since I had my golden. As for turning 25, that was a LONG time ago, too. LOL

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