Happy Phil, Phil, Phil Day!
The most down-to-earth, incredibly handsome, charmingly grey-haired, and extremely affable gentleman of my life turned 26 yesterday, and hoards of friends showed up at the bowling ally to cheer him on and celebrate his life. And by cheer him on, I’m talking about the inevitable chant that occurs every time Phil enters a room. “Phil, Phil, Phil, Phil, PHIL!” He blushes a bit every time, and grins from ear to ear. They love me. They really love me.
Phil is the guy who has his own bowling ball, hit up the allies every Friday night in high school, and always wows his opponents with expertly thrown curve balls and strikes. The great thing is, nobody really knows how competitive he is, because winning or losing, he’s always smiling and is quite simply, a joy to be around. He’s the kind of man you don’t mind losing to, because he’s such a good sport, and really nice to kiss as well. (You can take my word for it.)
We took so many wonderful photos that night, and there are lots of great shots and great people left out of this post. (I’m not a big fan of photo-overloaded posts.) I’ve got plans to print all of the photos out (something I actually rarely do) and make a simple album for Phil to keep in his photo book collection. Someday we’ll have kids and they’ll get a kick out of seeing Ma and Pa when they were somewhat hip. And truly, I don’t know many other people who have break dancing sessions on the tables of bowling allies. That’s one for the memory books.
Happy birthday, Phil! You’re Incredible.
mama, you have the best way with words! if i were Phil, i would be crying right now! you look like you have some really great friends and fun times. i love that photo of you kissing your friend on the cheek! so cute. (and btw, i know it’s been a bit, but i love your hair dark again (: )
phil~ you da man.
i wish i was at this amazing bowling/beer/headstand/curveball/photo opt/breakdancing night.
maybe i will initiate this night with my circle here in t dot (canada) immediately.
Grey hair makes men even more handsome. ;)
Those are lovely shots, you and your friends are all so pretty.
Haha these photos are hilarious. I really don’t mind photo-heavy posts, actually, as long as the photos are great and relevant to telling the story.
Happy birthday Phil!
lovely pics, it had to amazing evening..
This post made my day, you two are so in love I can’t help but smile and be happy for you (:
Happy Birthday Phil!
I wish I was as stylish as all of you! Especially while bowling.
This is so sweet! Great pictures, looks like you all had a fantastic time :)
very lovely documentary photographs! It looks like it was a wonderful time!
anna
Gorgeous photos of gorgeous people in gorgeous clothes.
Helen, X
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i love these pics it looks like so much fun. :)
So much fun!!! PHIL, PHIL, PHILNOMENAL!!! :)
Whoa! I found your blog from the bleubirdvintage blog! You live in Canton?? Me too! And I happen to be friends with Brett! This is so strange! I love your blog, too cute! =)
you two look so well suited in that last photo. like you’re both in on a secret that no-one else knows.
x
Happy Belated Birthday Phil. I am blog catching up:)
haha you said such sweet things about him. I love how you said “really nice to kiss too”. How adorable. I thought he was older because of the grey hair but that is still cool. My husband always says he is not going to dye his hair when he goes grey. He gets excited when he gets a grey hair. He’s 28 though and it still looks dark. I’ll be dying my hair forever though probably.
I am really behind in commenting on blog entries so I apologize for that. Anyway I love all the bowling fun shots. Awesome.