We had quite the celebratory weekend in the Zottola household. Jimmy and I celebrated five years of marriage and my 27th birthday on Friday and Father’s Day on Sunday.
Jimmy surprised me on Friday by taking off work and going to the Pittsburgh Zoo with Sadie and me! It was a ton of fun to spend the day together as a family and show Sadie all the work her dad did at the zoo! She was really into the cheetahs and enjoyed the aquarium a lot, too!
That evening, my parents came over and we all walked to our neighborhood’s park for a concert and food truck night. It was such a gorgeous evening and so lovely just spending time together. We walked around the park and pushed Sadie in the swing and I kept thinking this is the best. God is so good.
The surprises continued on Saturday when Jimmy’s mom came over and we walked to the park with her and Sadie. When we got back to the house, my parents, siblings, and their spouses and babies were all standing in our kitchen saying surprise!
Jimmy planned the sweetest surprise birthday cookout for me with our family and I’m tearing up just thinking about how loved I felt. It was the sweetest evening enjoying each other’s company, playing with the babies, and enjoying lots of great food.
Saturday was the first night we had all “the girls” (my siblings’ daughters + Sadie) together and it was as exciting as I thought it would be! I have a feeling they’re all going to be best buds as they grow up 🙂
On Sunday, we went to church and had a low key day at home together. Jimmy’s request for Father’s Day was to take a nap, so we made that happen for him! In the evening, we went back to church and stayed after for a Father’s Day fellowship.
We went to bed last night talking about what a great weekend we had and how thankful we are that God has blessed us with our families and each other ❤
Living My Full Life 
Awesome Allie!
Love You!
Dad
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Thanks for being part of the surprise and coming to hang out with us! I love you! ❤
So so fun!! Happy birthday, my friend! I love that he surprised you with this party. What a sweet husband! Glad you guys had such pretty weather and had fun at the zoo as well! 🙂
Thank you so much, Rach! It was an amazing birthday! The zoo was so awesome! I totally get why you guys love it so much!
Happy belated birthday! It sounds like you had an absolutely wonderful weekend. Jimmy definitely spoiled you for your birthday and it was so well deserved.
Aww thank you Maureen! It was the best birthday ever!
We certainly did have a busy and full weekend!! I loved every minute of it! After we left your house I said to Dad “don’t ever have a surprise party for me” 🤣 I would prob go into shock— plus I hate having attention on myself!!
I’m so glad you had a good time (my stomach still hurts from laughing)
Madre
Thank you so much for coming to the surprise party and hanging out with us!! I love you so much! ❤
Awwww, this is SO great! Happy, happy birthday! (Our birthdays are close together, as mine was on the 11th)! 🙂 And I love that your weekend was so special. Nate planned a surprise birthday party for me when I turned 30, and I just LOVED it so much. 🙂
Happy belated birthday to you, Nicole! I had no idea ours were so close together!
Sounds like it was a lovely weekend. And that picture of Sadie and her cousins ❤ priceless
That picture is a new favorite of mine! I just love it!
Happy Anniversary to you and Jimmy, Allie! And happy birthday to youuuu!! ❤ Ok what a stinkin’ sweet surprise set up by Jiimmy!! So so awesome. Thank you for sharing – this whole post just warmed my heart tons and tons!
Thank you, Mackenzie! It was the sweetest surprise from Jimmy! Loved every second of it!
How fun!! Happy birthday! It sounds like such a great weekend. Oh and happy anniversary!! I love that you guys are celebrating five years of marriage, that’s so great!! ❤
Thank you so much, Courtney! It was such a wonderful weekend!
Happy belated birthday & anniversary, Allie! That was so sweet of Jimmy to surprise you by taking the day off & bringing you to the zoo & oh my gosh. A surprise party too?! Sounds like such a blast. LOVE the photo of all the babies. ♡