happy 25th x 2 ~ to me!

I turned the big five-oh yesterday.

Yikes!

I didn't have any problems turning 40...when you can say you're

40-something, it still sounds pretty young.

But 50? Doesn't sound so young anymore!

I spent the entire day - and way into the night - with the two loves of my life:

my husband and my son.

We spent the day at Navy Pier in downtown Chicago,

walking around and relaxing under shade trees, listening to bands.

It was SO windy ~ as evidenced by our hair and the choppy waves.

 

Check out the ferris wheel - 150 ft. up! 

It was closed due to the high winds, but there was no way I'd go on this anyway.

Big chicken!

 

There was a stained glass window exhibit inside Navy Pier; all so beautiful.

I took a lot of pictures, but these are just a few of my favorites.

 

OK, so this one is bizarre, but also kind of cool.

 

The highlight of our day was going on the Star of Chicago boat cruise.

Dinner buffet, cruise on Lake Michigan, and dancing.

Tim insisted on buying his mama a drink for her birthday.

It was really good! And a pretty blue-green color, like the sea.

 

The views of the Chicago skyline at night from the boat were stunning.

Sorry for the low quality of this picture - I don't have a fancy camera.

 

I'm shy in crowds and don't like to dance in front of people,

but Tim got me to get up and dance with him for the last dance of the night.

Appropriately, they played Donna Summer's, "Last Dance".

Brian took this picture of us (he's not a dancer) and we laughed so hard

when we saw it. It looks like Tim is about to give me a karate chop!

He was doing some kind of dance move called, "The Sprinkler".

 Today was a pretty mellow day.

I think I'm getting too old for this party stuff. ;-)