The Big 4-0!

Unbelievable to me. 40! Just doesn't seem possible. For the most part, I feel the same as I did at 20 and 30. I credit exercise for that. The mirror definitely lets me know that I am getting older though. Gray hair and face wrinkles. Yikes!

Although I had no desire to turn 40, it turned out to be a GREAT birthday.
My birthday was on a Saturday and we had to attend the wedding of our friend and neighbor, Chris. Because of this, we celebrated on Friday evening. Steve surprised me with a Kindle Fire. We went out for Mexican food and had ice cream cake from Cold Stone at home.

The wedding was also a lot of fun. The whole family got on the dance floor together. Good times and good memories.

How can it be my birthday again???

When you are a kid, you look forward to it. You hope and pray that there isn't a snow storm coming that is going to delay your party (not that that ever happened). When you are turning 39, not so much. I keep wondering how I can possibly be 39 already. I don't feel 39. Next year is going to be a tough one. I haven't really accepted that fact that I am in my thirties (don't laugh), so forty isn't going to be pretty. Steve doesn't let age bother him. There is a lesson there that I just can't seem to learn.

Despite my lack of enthusiasm about it, my birthday was nice. Since it was a Friday, I worked as usual. After work, we all went out to dinner and then to the mall. Steve took the boys to the Guitar Center while Riley and I browsed a few stores. It was then home for ice cream cake from Cold Stone. Before I blew out the candles, I stopped just a moment to think about what I would wish. Of course, there are things I want, but the things that matter most to me were surrounding me at that very minute. Maybe 39 isn't so bad after all!

New PJs

I know you can't believe I showed up on my own blog right? That is the problem, the photographer rarely makes it into the pictures. Now that I am here, I will give you one guess who picked out my new pajamas.