30th Birthday

April 18th was my big 3-0 birthday.

Best text of the day from one of my youth girls:

My birthday fell on a Saturday this year. John is working Saturdays right now and my parents had the kids from Friday night, so I enjoyed my coffee and a beautiful, relaxing morning on the deck with Hugo.

I met Mom & Dad and the kiddos at the Snohomish Bakery for a late morning breakfast - where they all spoiled me!

Then we took a walk down by the river.

The kids picked flowers for me.  :)

They also made my favorite - cherry chip cupcakes.

And Grandma helped them make cards for me.

Nate:

James:

Bethy:

When we came home, it was time for naps and Bethy wanted to snuggle.  :)

James woke up early from rest time, so we sat on the deck for a while and chatted - and took selfies. 

When John came home, we drove out to one of our birthday restaurants - Duvall Ixtapa.

And to top off a great birthday, the sunset was beautiful... "Like, really really beautiful". (John likes to make fun of my love of sunsets.)

I had such a great day. I had to purposefully not get super thoughtful or reminiscent about turning 30 because it's just weird to say I'm not in my 20's any more. I know intelectually that 30 isn't very old, but I still have clothes from high school, it seems like just a couple of years ago John and I were getting married, and when I look at my 5 1/2 and 4 1/2 year old, it almost seems like a dream - I'm not old enough to have school-age kids! 

 

I feel overwhelmingly blessed in life right now and I am so thankful that God has put us right here. Here's to another 30!  ( But more than that would be really great too!  :-/ )