My Birthday

I haven't blogged for a while, and part of the reason is I haven't wanted to make this post. Hopefully it will be short, just to get it over with. It is much easier to blog about the kids. My birthday passed over a month and a half ago (Sept. 10). I turned 35. That doesn't seem too old to me yet, with the exception of thinking about my child-bearing years coming to an end soon. I didn't really do anything much that day. I did pick up some lunch for Jake and I. Greg took over in the evening. He cooked dinner and baked a cake for me and went crazy on buying presents. My favorite present was the SCOOBA, the robot that cleans my tile floor (you know it's sister the ROOMBA that vacuums for you). I hate mopping!! I also appreciated phone calls from my dad and my friend Leah. Happy 35th to me! That's really about it. It seems like you don't need a whole lot when you aren't a kid anymore.

Pictures of me are hard to come by these days. Who wants to point the camera at me when there are 5 cute children running around? Not to mention I am usually the one doing the camera pointing. Sooooo, I thought it might be fun to include some of me growing up.

Here I am with my brother Todd. My guess is I am about 4 years old.

Here I am on my 16th birthday. My family had just moved from Utah to Virginia.

This was not on my birthday, but here I am at 35, with my buddy Jake.

Here is the cake my wonderful husband made for me. We are going to run out of room for candles soon!