One Year Wiser!

So it was my Birthday on Saturday and although I’m a year older, I would also like to think I'm a year wiser too. I love my family; they did their absolute best jobs trying to make the day extra special for me. Sometimes I'm not good at expressing gratitude directly- (something I hope to do a better job on in my 32nd year.) Therefore, to my family- these are the things that I was especially thankful for on my Birthday.



Greg made me a very delicious breakfast, including his world famous apple cinnamon pancakes (If you have not had these you definitely need to make a "pancake request")




A cute card with a special message inside from Greg (that also included a gift card for a massage!!) that was very thoughtful- I Love You!



This nice card from my kids that also had a special message from each one of them



This might look like an ordinary lunch bag to you, but Raija painted it just for me and filled it with treasures for her mommy



A picture of the Manti Temple where Greg and I were married, and where RJ says she wants to be married



She also had lots of other little treasures that were special to her, so she gave them to me



KJ did an amazing job on all these bead shapes- she also had them individually wrapped. She said the purple plane was to take Greg and I to Hawaii (she knows that purple is my favorite color). The little brown figure is a Hersey kiss, and the three squares are O's for kisses. She said she was sorry that she couldn't make X's. The red shape is lips so that she can give me lots of kisses. What a thoughtful and creative little girl.



Dinner on Thurs. night with my mom and sister



I forfeited a cake this year to enjoy myself some Mmmmmm Yogurt! Greg surprised me and put a few candles in my yogurt and they sang Happy Birthday to me




Aaaaaahhh!! I've been waiting for this for a while. My family will be eating like royalty for a long time to come. I've said this before and I'm sure I will say it again, I love Our Best Bites


Everything is better when it's mini- I can't wait to start decorating some cute mini cupcakes, and now I have a place to display them for all the world (or at least my kids) to see



Red Curry soup- I really enjoy Thai food. Thank you Greg for taking me out to dinner. On a sad note, our favorite Thai food restaurant changed owners (the food just wasn't the same :(



I ended a great day with a great movie- I highly recommend this one



you must also have a little bit of this



and a little bit of this

Thanks Greg, KJ, RJ, Anton, Mom, Gloria, Grandma and everyone else who truly did make this a special day for me :)