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it's my birthday!!

my daughter took this picture....i look pretty good for getting older!
here i am celebrating my 4th birthday - 31 years ago today! funny how i so remember the table cloth, green pitcher, dishes, and hot pads. i have had some great birthday's in my life. i remember my mcdonald's birthday complete with the talking tree. i remember the first slumber party and how awful it was! i remember birthdays with my dear friend that shares the day with me. i remember my college friends dragging me out of bed at the most horrific hour in the morning to treat me to breakfast for my 21st.
i also vividly remember the birthday 12 years ago. i was a little bummed. played some pool with a friend and had a few glasses of "cranberry juice." then i proceeded to spot this guy i found cute because of how he made his morning coffee at the coffee shop i worked at. well, i literally came literally running out of the children's department to chase him down. he didn't really recognize me, but his friends were impressed. exactly 12 months later we moved into our house on my birthday as newleyweds!
this year, my birthday was fairly quiet. thankful i wasn't moving again on my birthday, i enjoyed dinner and cards with friends, a morning to sleep in...
... a huge birthday card given to me by my sweet station kids - complete with one of the most interesting renditions of happy birthday i have ever heard!


...a lunch at hacienda with the family, complete with a sombraro and amazing flowers from dear hubby. there's a story there, but i LOVE getting flowers for any reason!


...and time spent with this little munchkin!

hubby just asked me if i had a nice birthday and you know what - i did! i enjoyed the simplicity of it, i loved laughing like crazy with our friends, i loved seeing my kids get so excited about their cards and singing to me at hacienda. i loved that they didn't fight today. i love that my hubby brought me flowers - simple flowers that remind me of our simple, pure love.








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