My sweet niece texted me first thing in the morning of my birthday with wishes for my day celebrating my 29th birthday. She is so cute. Yeah, I can't believe it either. No, I am not sure I even remember 29. That's right, I am 45. For some reason this was a hard birthday. Maybe because it's closer to 50 than 40. Maybe it's because my dad is 25 years older than me and there is no way he could be 70. No way. Do you even have any gray hairs, Dad? I don't think so. My mom was younger than I am now when I got married. I can't see the computer screen with the font on HUGE without my reading glasses. I like afternoon naps. Ok, that's not a valid point, I have always liked afternoon naps. I probably have bunions or something! Someone help! Ok, calm down, it's ok, lots of people are this old.
Maybe because of my joy in having to claim this year I was not really super excited to make a big deal about my birthday. It was a Thursday. I had regular mom duties to perform. We really didn't need a lot of pomp and circumstance. However, my family decided I did and I guess after all is said and done I am grateful. It is always nice to be remembered and have people express love for you. Yeah, it was nice. The kids were SO busy today so Nelson baked a cake for me. Isn't that just so sweet? He is really the best husband ever, really. I like to think this cake is a tribute to my roots in a representation of the great Alaskan earthquake....or maybe it's just that Nelson didn't realize you are supposed to cut the bump off of the bottom layer of a stacked cake or this happens.
45 candles
taking forever to light all of them
Finally all lit. See the green one on the left? wax running down the cake, the pink one next to it almost burned to the bottom it took so long to get them all lit.
Whoa, so bright!
Caroline was so fun to bring me balloons after school. Her gift to me is a pedicure. That girl really knows what a girl loves, huh? I am so looking forward to that.
Even though Katie is at BYU with no car she managed to bring me some fun balloons, flowers and a nice card. It was such a fun surprise for her to come visit! Nelson and David gave me a nice shirt and sweater, I love them!
After a lot of dread about being ....45......the day turned out very nice and I feel very loved. Thanks family!
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