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All Ya Need Is Love

I celebrated my 35th birthday yesterday.

I crept out of bed and told Robert I didn't want to be 35.

"Well yesterday you could have done something about that," he said. "Today, it's too late!"

I could have cried.

35 felt OLD. Nah, I don't FEEL old. It SOUNDS old.

So, I played my birthday off like it was, "NO BIG THING."

I laughed and told everyone, "When you're young birthdays are all about cake, presents, and parties."

"When you're 35, they're just a nasty slap in the face reminder that you're getting older!"

But, secretly, I relished in the entire day.

I was hugged and kissed and loved on by my kids.

"Happy Birthday, Mom.....!" (all day long!)

Bob gave me perfume, which I really wanted.

I had many facebook birthday wishes from dear, old friends.

My family, and loved ones far away, called.

My friends stopped by with gifts.

Oh, how they know this girl LOVES the accessories!

I received thoughtful cards in the mail.

It was a GREAT DAY!

Even though it was the day I turned 35, and I did NOTHING spectacular....

I FELT LOVED!

.....and you know what the old song says, "All ya need is love!"

Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom,

"All ya need is love, love, love.....All ya need is love!"

I am in LOVE

With my new book.

Thank you for the gift, Becky.

I can't keep from reading it, although I desperately do not want it to end.

It reminds me a bit of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

Everyone has a story.

My nose was buried down deep in its pages....

the entire drive home from Logan to Boise,

giving Robert the ammo he needed to shoot at me, once again,

with those hurtful words..........

''YOU are the world's WORST road trip companion!"

I love you too, my handsome chauffeur!

Score!

What's better than a pair of skates and gear to match, given to ya for FREE from the neighbor girl down the street????

NOT MUCH!

Miss Avery J.....that's what we call a....

SCORE!

Together

"NO, it's a school night!"

"You are NOT scared!"

"You do not NEED Payton!"

"You do not ALWAYS have to sleep together!"

And every night, after all that, when Bob and I finally retire to our cozy bed, we get a good chuckle.

Where might we find the little ones?

Yup......you guessed it......

TOGETHER

Happy Birthday!

LOVER BOY!

AHHH

It just hit me HARD...

BAM

Like, "The punch heard round' the world!"

In excactly 2 weeks from TODAY...

I'll be running my FIRST MARATHON!

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

It Feels Like Christmas Morning!

IT'S GAME DAY!!THE SEASON OPENER!!

WE'RE PLAYING OREGON!!
WE'RE GOING TO THE GAME!!WE'RE READY TO SCREAM AND CHEER!!

THE WEATHER'S GOING TO BE PERFECT!!
WE'RE SPORTING OUR ORANGE AND BLUE!! OUR GAME FACES ARE ON!! I'M TELLING YA....

IT FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS MORNING!!

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We took the kids to Utah for one last SHA-BANG...before school started. We drove all the way to Park City, and I tell ya what, "By far the best purchase of the day was the $8, new Miley Cyrus CD." We blasted that thing most of the drive, never tiring of the beat or the lyrics. Nope, we just, "Nodded our heads like, "Yeah!" Moved our hips like, "Yeah!" Track 2, the trip theme song FO SHO!

So, we did lots of fun stuff.

We basked in the beauty of Park City.

Raced down the mountain side on a sled, screaming through trees and belly laughing the entire way.

We strolled the ever eclectic main street, ate too much delicious food, swam in the hotel pool, napped, and visited with some of the Logan Ladies.

The talented and lovely Miss Steph and Angie B. of Whimsy Pix took our family photos, and Em helped out by dancing and acting down right out of control, making us laugh hysterically. Afterwards, shy guy Owen kept telling Robert, "I love Aunt Emily."

We also spent a day in Lagoon. The weather was over cast and perfect. We rode the rides all day long until the kids were asking US when we were leaving. Wow! Now that was a first. They were EXHAUSTED!

So, I had a few MOMENTS on the trip. You know, moments when you step back and realize, this is MY life, I am the parent of these kids, and they're pretty amazing (most all of the time), and I love em' with this enormous feeling that I can't find a word to describe or justify its intensity,

and I am GRATEFUL.

I recognized that it wasn't the big trip that created these moments, but it was the simple times when the kids did or said something that cracked us up, or when we realized they were happiest just swimming with mom and dad in the hotel pool, or jumping wildly off the hotel beds. And my best moments were seeing them get along, laugh, wrestle and dance with each other. And even better was when they were plumb wore out and crashed on their beds. Then it was ME and BOB time! Boy was it nice to just hang out, snuggle on our bed and flip through the channels aimlessly, without working on our computers, talking or texting on our phones, folding laundry, or doing dishes!

I also had a few flashbacks of my own life growing up and taking road trips with my family. We traveled a lot in the summer, following my oldest brother's baseball team. I remember the excitement of being away from home, staying in a hotel, eating at restaurants, wrestling with my brothers, playing silly games in the car to pass the time, and loving chasing all the cute boys at the ball field!

I guess what I am trying to say, is I am thankful for ROAD TRIPS, those I took as a kid, and those I am taking now with my little family. The quality time rendered on road trips makes me step back, have a MOMENT, and feel grateful.

Perfect Day

What's my idea of a perfect day?

Family, games, deeelicious eats, visiting, football playing, hiking, beautiful views and weather to match?

Yup......that pretty much sums it up!