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I can officially check the 35-40 box on forms that I fill out now.

Thirty-five years ago, today, my mom was happy to not be 9 months pregnant any more!

It's been a pretty busy weekend, but that's the only way we know how to do it!!!

We had Aurora with us this weekend which was great cause my mom wanted to take all the girls out for Misty and my joint birthday lunch. Misty just turned 34, and I just turned 25- woops I mean 35, hey where did the last decade go????

Well, grandma took us out to lunch at a nice little place in down town Poulsbo. Here we were all out side the restaurant. It was really good- I had whole wheat ravioli filled with artichoke and cheese, covered in a cream sauce with more cheese and some kind of seeds on it- come on it was my birthday!

Kelsey, Misty, Katie, Aurora and Jade....

After lunch we headed back to my mom's house for cake... looks yummy! And it was...

Here are those birthday girls! Katie and Misty!!! I still think we look 25 and 24 Misty, not 35 and 34. Not that I'm not happy to be the age I am, just not diggin' the lines in my forehead, or the new aches and pains that pop up out of no where.... but my mom says just wait, it gets better!Here's the group of girls again, Aurora, Katie, Kelsey, Misty and Jade....Wow, the group pic just keeps getting bigger! Here we added the boys that hung out with grandpa while the girls were out.... Denny, Mason and Kent. I agree with you mom- Kent is getting TALL!!!We weren't able to make it to Denny's skate party last night, so we got him a little present today... here's his cute 12 year old face....This picture was kinda funny, Aurora was eating all the cake around the frosting... some other news, Aurora's mom is having a baby in May. Aurora already has a little sister that is 8 or 9, and now she's going to have a little brother in May!This picture is kinda blurry, but here is Jade and grandma- the woman who made it all possible, thanks mom!Then after all our fun, I had to rush off to... can you guess? Another party you say? To a massage? Another fun thing? Sadly, you'd be wrong. I was forced into work saturday, working a 10 hour shift from 3pm to 1am sunday, which technically means I was working ON my birthday- only an hour but STILL!!! Well, it wasn't that bad, and the extra money will be nice on the next paycheck.

And when I came home, I got a card from the kids and Jeromy had a card for me and some flowers- so sweet. And Jade and Aurora must have had a good time cause they left me a note saying they made some videos with the toys they were playing with... they are so cute....

If that didn't do it for you how about this one....

So now we are to today, my official B-day. We went to church this morning, I was a little tired but the sermon Pastor Kevin gave today was awesome! I'm so glad I'm saved- can't even put it into words how grateful I am!

While at church in the kitchen area before it started, I was ambushed by Trig and Smith kids, and one Crawford with balloons, wonderful homemade cards and presents! Then Laura got everyone to sing happy birthday, it was awesome- thanks you all!

My counter is looking pretty nice...So since we had Aurora with us, she wanted some Trig kiddos to come hang out for a while. It's great cause Nadia and Tae' are 11, Aurora is 10 and Beriah is 9. They are all about the same age. So they like to look at funny videos on the computer with Jade. Here is one they think is funny....

They've been copying it and saying it all day and laughing, so I told them they should practice it and then I could video it so you all could see what 9-11 year olds think is funny... well, and one 17 year old, too, Jade is just a big kid at heart. I love that about her.

Now, I am really tired. I had a great birthday, thanks everyone. I even got a special call from my grandma Shield this morning. Love you grandma!!!

So as you've probably figured, I've eaten alot of junk today, so I definitely need to run tomorrow. That is the plan.

Have a great week!