Happy Birthday, Marie!

Marie celebrated her 23rd birthday several weeks ago but life has gotten in the way of blogging! Her friends continued the celebration for over a week, which she thoroughly enjoyed. We went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory with my parents and had a delicious, leisurely meal that was topped of with too much cheesecake. Happy birthday, Sweet Pea!

Changes

Life is weird, but nice. My husband is going through a metamorphosis - but it's a good one. He used to spend his weekends on the couch, watching every sport or history channel program that came on. However, in the past three months, he has cleaned out and reorganized the garage, hanging cabinets and shelves, painting, and building workbenches. Today, he hung pictures of Reagan and Kramer, his two favorite people. Soon, we will be purchasing a TV and adding a cable box so he can watch sports WHILE he builds things--I'm not sure what kinds of things but hey, that's okay. I'm so proud of everything he has built and the time he has taken to do a great job. He says he wants to get our house to where we can really enjoy it and I'm all for that. Next project: the sitting area off our bedroom--I look forward to that one.

Wow, who would have known that Ken would one day turn into my dad!

Happy Birthday!

Today is my 51st birthday and believe it or not, I'm ok with it. Last year, turning 50 and even the year approaching that birthday were tough for me. This year, I see it as a day to celebrate the things I enjoy in life so I'm stretching out the celebration: spending time with the girls and Ken today, Nascar on Sunday and a lazy day off from work on Monday! Ahhhh...

Taking stock as I hit another milestone, I can't help but feel extremely blessed by family, friends, work, home, health, and a Savior who loves me. Life IS good!