Headed to the Track!

The weekend after my birthday Jeff and I headed up to Albany with Boris to explore his hometown and meet his family! We received such a warm welcome from his family and ate a ridiculous amount of home cooked Russian food- plates and plates of meat, potatoes, pickled herring, borscht, crepes and fried cheese pancakes! Everything was absolutely delicious!!

Boris, Jeff and I out on Saturday night in Albany at Boomers!

We also headed up to Saratoga Springs Race Track to watch the horse races. I absolutely love horses so this was a huge treat. We placed a few bets but didn't win anything big. We caught quite a few races because they race every 30 minutes alternating between turf and dirt. During the start of one of the races a horse went crazy and took off without the jockey and starting racing around the track and eventually jumped the center divider!! It was chaos!! They had to scratch him from the race because he was already so tired. I cant wait to go back to Saratoga- the track and the town are both beautiful!!

The entrance to Saratoga

Jeff and I before the start of a race

Thanks to Boris for inviting us up for the weekend!

Birthday Celebrations!

We did lots of celebrating a few weekends ago! Lori finished taking Step 2 and it was my 28th Birthday! It all started Friday night when Jeff and I drove in to meet Lori for some delicious NY Pizza and a movie- it was so relaxing and the perfect way to end the week. Lori and I won the movie choice and made Jeff go see Zack Efron haha :) Saturday we spent the day shopping, even a trip to Target (my absolute favorite). We got a great group of friends together and went to dinner at a local pub and then headed into NYC for some crazy bar hopping. We started off on a barge near Chelsea Pier, it was so fun to try something a little different and enjoy a gorgeous view of the city. After a few drinks we moved on to do some dancing- I can't even remember the name of the bar but they played some awesome music. We couldn't stop singing along and dancing and finally headed home around 3am- I haven't had such a late night in a long time. But boy I must be getting older because I was sooo tired the next day, I guess thats what happens when you turn 28!

Pre-gaming at Lori's apartment

All the girls, even Maggie!

On the train into NYC

Jeff and I on the barge

Not really sure whats going on here...LOL :)

Me and Lori enjoying our celebratory weekend

Rich looks like he thinks Jeff is a little weird

This is where the crazy dance party begins....

Dance party Jersey Shore style! fist pump!!

Jump on it!

And a little thriller to close out the night!

What a great weekend full of celebrations! Monday was my actual birthday and since Jeff was in NY on rotations my bosses (and friends) took me to a delicious dinner at Mitchell's Fish Market. They even surprised me the next day with Starbucks, singing Happy Birthday at the sales meeting and baking me a delicious red velvet cake. I am so excited to see where my 28th year takes me and enjoy all the adventures ahead.