Jeff Happy 40th!

Welcome to the club.  Have a wonderful day and a great time celebrating.  For what it's worth, Andrew couldn't believe you we're turning 40.  He thought you were in you're twenties:)

Happy Birthday,
Rebecca, Todd, Alyssa, and Andrew

A time you weren't so disturbingly old... It was the year 2000. The phone rang at 3am in the morning. I woke and nervously jumped to answer it, worrying it was an emergency. A guy I had never talked to was on the other end and casually said, "Is Jon there?" I responded, "Uh... I'm pretty sure he's asleep?" And he replied, "Can you tell him Jeff called?" Jeff was in NY where it was 6am. He had been up all night partying.That's how I met Jeff.

From "Pizza-Pizza" when you first moved to the bay area, video taping Jon yelling at us to skiing in Tahoe, to all the parties, picnics, weddings and other celebrations over the years, you've been my longest-standing bay area friend, going on 13 years. Damn, we're old. Actually, you'll old. 40? Gross. I don't know if I can even hang out with you any more. I actually shouldn't make these age-related jokes, because I genuinely feel bad for how old you are. Have a great birthday and may you live long enough to shit yourself...

Todd

And now a few photos from the years...


Jeff's Love for Singing

Jeff's Love for Spoons

 Jeff's Love for Food

Jeff's Love of Friends

 Jeff's Love of Dressing Like His Friends

 Jeff's Love of Dressing Like His Friends

Happy Birthday!

Jeff:

Happy Birthday! Thank you for being such an great friend!  You have definitely taken me past my comfort zone more than once and I am a better person today for those times. From nights out in the City to Vegas! to New York to Hawaii, All Great times and memories!

As importantly, you are a great friend who I know I can always count on; from work stuff to personal life.  There is no better example than this week from the low on Sunday when my mother  went to the ICU to the high’s on Wed, your support meant more than I can ever say.

Havre a Great Birthday and I can’t wait to have a Kettle one and Ginger to celebrate

 

Vince

Happy Birthday JT! The BIG 4-0!

It has been loads of laughs, a few tears, food, wine, dancing and numbers. Who knew that we would become good friends and partying patnas at that?! I pray you are using all your slang properly :) Here are a few words that relate to the awesome times we have had:

Onyx
Tomasso's
Haight Street
Cigar Bar
Robin Thicke (Still want my cd back!)
Michigan......................................State, heeeeheee!
Chipotle
Harlot
Month End
White Pill
Auditors and Starbucks
Squat and Gobble
Broadway
Poisoning at Palomino's
Lost phone at Palomino's
Recovery of phone at Epic
Spear Street
Chas
Mafia Princess
Happy Hour
Refunds
Polkers
False Stairs
Worm
Doyle Street
Velcro
E-22
Breakfast Sandwiches (quesadilla maker)
Shopping
Jillian's
Mens' Warehouse
Deborah/Debra
Tier
Vodka
Red Wine
Levende East
Pizza Orgasmica
Love Me Long Time
Oatmeal
LuLu's
Salt n Pepper
Old Blue
Uncle Jeff

I know I have not listed everything. We have had so many great times and memories. I look forward to 40 more!

Congrats on engagement, school and da BIG 4-0! You make it look good and fun!

From ya gurl Willie B! Love ya madly!

Welcome To Your 40's!

Happy Birthday, Jeff!!  I echo Kristi's comments below on all the great MSU memoirs...Too many to count.  Wishing you all the best in 2013 and beyond!!

Your Fellow Class of 1995 MSU Accounting Alum,
Karin Archer (Diedrich)

Happy Birthday Old Man!

Happy birthday Jeff! Too many memories to list (but I'll try: Fado's and barmen and NY Jets, Polly Esthers and extremely horrible dancing, West Virginia (Ina....MAAAAARIO), large rats in NYC, nintendo nights, East Lansing (Lee Corso), a dry spell where you decided to not talk to me for a couple years (still hurting over that), vegas, vegas, vegas (seriously, you could have charged that drink at 6am to the room), Tomasso's, vegas, Mexico (extra strong please), Tahoe (hot tubs), frisbee, too many bars to list, too many laughs, a few tears, napkins (that have successfully sketched out the future for the entire human race), and quite a few memories that perhaps best I don't list here). We have seen a lot, and I am looking forward to the more we will see!

Jeff, you have been a good and very important friend to me.  You have always been there when I have needed you and I have always known I can count on you (well except if you are in charge of getting the taxi). There were periods in my life that you were my biggest supporter and always managed to talk some sense into me....I am very grateful for that.

40 years....it’s really not all that bad...in fact it is likely to only get better from here on in!

Happy birthday Jeff!  I hope you have a fantastic birthday.  And thanks for being such a good friend!

Wykes

Thelen,

Happy 40th birthday!  One of the first of the MSU class of 1995 to turn the big 4-0 with the rest of us not far behind.  Although I haven't had the chance to see you in a while I will always remember the great times we all had.  Who knew that planning an alumi lunch for an accounting fraternity would lead to meeting such a great person.

There were too many fun times to name them all but here are just a few.  Countless late night shark bowls followed of course by late night Pancheros.  Long bus trips to Joe Louis and Old Shaleileigh and back again. The Bomber/Thelen Pancheros night followed by a bus trip the next day to Northwestern  to see some Spartan basketball.   Finally who could forget the endless proclamations of "I'm going to Scottsdale" after all of the job interviews were finally over.

It sounds like 40 will be a great year for you.  Congratuations on your engagement!  You are a truly great guy who deserves all the happiness in the world.

Have a shark bowl and burrito for me and Happy 40th!

Kristi Grubb (a.k.a. gator)