Birthday Blessings!

How appropriate that I choose today to blog again! It was a month ago that I last posted :o(

Anyway...today is my @)(%$*&# th birthday and I thought I'd share about my day! Actually, about my weekend.

Aubrey brought her mom and dad to visit Thursday night so her Daddy could go be a Civil War soldier Friday morning for a group of students at a nearby school. Yes, the South will rise again and there ARE those who will be ready when it does. ;o) Rob is a Reenactor and has the complete outfit and set-up (tent, etc.) and the shotgun, too! Kellan used to go with him before Miss Aubrey made her appearance, but I think the opportunity doesn't come as often anymore. So this outing was fun, I think.

Rob and Kellan are doing this crazywild workout video and diet (that puts the rest of us to shame! Go, guys! Looking good...) and she fixed us all pizzas that were in their diet and really good! Yay, diet junk food.

Saturday, she fixed us this amazing omelet with portabella mushrooms, spinach, cheese, and fresh tomatoes cut up on top! Good stuff...bet you're sorry you weren't here for my birthday! Ha!

Then Kellan and I went for pedicures and "tickle feet" at the mall. We actually wore sandals in thirty degree weather! Better cold pretty toes than warm messed up ones!!!

After that, they went to have "6 month" pictures that I will post later and Mike took me to Caribou to get my birthday Mocha Latte' and it was the best one I have ever had!!! DARK CHOCOLATE mochas, yes! It just went too fast...

Dinner was a wonderful pork loin roast with orzo lemon pasta with spinach and green beans. Topping the dinner was a beautiful fruit tart compliments of my sister Martha and some frozen peach wonder from my NEW NINJA!!! YAY! Does this sound like all I care about is food???

Guests at dinner were, of course Aubrey, her mom and dad, Mike, Aunt Judy, Kiera, Nate, Ashley, and Andrew. Mindi and Nicholas came for dessert and brought cupcakes. More food!! Yay, again!!

Did I mention that interspersed throughout all of the celebrations were three dogs???? Seriously, it was a good time had by all. Thank you, all my celebrants for making my day special and sharing your love with me. I am a blessed woman...and that was just the day BEFORE my birthday.

Today, Sunday, the REAL day, has been bittersweet. We are now alone from visitors and cleaning up the leftover mess I made in my kitchen by dumping at least 10 GALLONS of water out of a cooler on to my floor when the lid came off as I was lifting it....all under my cabinets and appliances (hopefully, not down to my downstairs neighbor's apt.). All the towels we used to clean it up are chugging away in the washer.

And I am here, basking in the blessing of a wonderful life and asking Abba to "abundantly bless above all they can ask or think" all those precious people who make my life a joy!!! I love you all.