Thirty

My 30th Birthday was February 24th - it came and went with not much fanfare (exactly how I like it). It fell on a Wednesday - work day, school day, dance and church day - not much out of the ordinary- except Will did surprise me with a cake at our church dinner!!!! Facebook made it exciting too- isn't it fun to receive all those birthday wishes in your inbox from people that you haven't heard from in years???? So, now I'm thirty, an official ADULT - b/c really, 18 does NOT make you an adult and apparently neither does having 3 children - b/c now I REALLY feel OLD!!!! But, being the youngest of my group of friends, I'm still the "baby". So last night, a small group of us got together at the prompting of my sweet friend Ashley and we celebrated!!!! She even got me this FABULOUS cake!!!!! She's pretty AWESOME!!!!!

Here are those that could make it on a busy Thursday night right before Spring Break - thanks for taking the time to celebrate with me!!!! Ya'll are the best friends EVER!!!!!

So in honor of 30, I'm going to go for 30 things I LOVE! Here goes!!!!

1. God - and I'm falling more and more in love with Him and learning more everyday.

2. Will - loving, faithful, sacrificial husband he is - I couldn't ask for anything more, he's AMAZING!!!!!

3. Emma Claire - my sweet first-born - obedient, prissy, serious, funny, loving, silly, thoughtful

4. Wilson - determined, fast, silly, compassionate, energetic, smart, loving, destructive, fit thrower

5. Henderson - loving, cuddler, squealer, mama's boy, obedient, smiler

6. My family - and that I have family close by and that we are all close.

7. That all sides of my family get along great.

8. Diet Coke

9. Fruit

10. Gummy/sour candy

11. Running - early in the morning before anyone else is up and moving - to hit the road and spend time talking with God and feeling His pleasure.

12. The Bible - loving it more and more each day

13. watching all 3 of my children play with each other and make believe and act silly and have the time of their lives

14. Blogging - wish I was more creative and a better writer, but it is a fun way to document our lives!!!!

15. Being outside - LOVE the sunshine and playing outside and the beach and the lake and a wide open field to run and play in

16. Animals - big, small - not bugs and insects or reptiles, but sweet, furry ANIMALS!!!!

17. shopping

18. my church

19. my friends

20. bread

21. fried chicken fingers and french fries

22. date night

23. girls night

24. spending time with my children when I don't feel like I have a million other things to do!!!!

25. cleaning house - yes, I do!!!!!

26. A clean, organized house

27. working out

28. smocked and matching clothes, see #17

29. flip flops

30. Votivo candles