My 34th B-day!

Well on June 18th I moved eras and can no longer consider myself in my EARLY 30's - it's MID 30's for me now! And although I don't much like getting older, I sure had a FABULOUS 34th Birthday! It started out with me being woken up to my girls and Shane singing Happy B-day at 7:55 AM - they were all dressed with their hair done and ready to take me to breakfast. I was given 5 min. to be in the car. What a great start to a great day... I couldn't believe I didn't hear any of them... breakfast is my favorite meal of the day.. (although at home breakfast is cold cereal and pancakes/bacon are reserved for lunch, but the later is really my favorite "breakfast"!)

The rest of the morning was filled with running girls around to swimming lessons and activity days. It was fun to have Saige's activity day girls sing to me on my machine and then come find me at the pool for an encore performance. That afternoon Shane took Tayler, Saige and Kenna swimming at our neighbors' pool and I got to take an hour nap while Jadyn had hers. Tons of friends and family called me or stopped by.. even my 92 year old Visiting Teaching partner stopped by with a little gift, she is amazing! My favorite comment of the day was when she said, "I'm sorry I look so scary I've just been swimming and didn't have time to get ready." I hope I have as much spunk as her in 58 years!!

The girls and Shane were so excited to give me my new camcorder - what a great surprise! That night Shane took me to dinner while the girls stayed home. To top it all off I was greeted at the door with a big sign from my girls and an "invitation" to visit the "spa" for a massage by "Saige's Magic Fingers" and her two assistants, Tayler and Kenna. Saige is quite a little masseuse... She started up a little business at our family reunion last year. She let everyone know that "massages were free, but tips are ALWAYS appreciated." She came home with quite a haul!

And as if I hadn't had enough junk for the day my neighbor Debbie came over with a fabulous apple pie that she had bought with ALL of her service bucks for my birthday! (we had a Service Auction at our Enrichment that night - She donated 6 hours of yard work - then got me the pie... it was delicious and even more delicious because it was so thoughtful!)

I may be getting old, but I still consider myself one of the luckiest people around to have so many awesome people in my life!!

(Happy Birthday to Andy and Rich today!)