My 31th Birthday

Today I am 31.
It seems to be just the perfect age for me.
We started the celebrations last night with a GNO. I arrived home a little past 2 am. I fell asleep around 3 am. My alarm went off at 5:30 am and I jumped out of bed to meet a few friends for a little hike. We enjoyed orange juice and danishes while watching the sunrise. It was just the way I like to start out a new year.. sleep or no sleep!
I came home to anxious kids. Homemade presents were waiting on the breakfast table. Ben's philosophy is "if a present worked last year, give it again... and again." Which means that I got another pair of homemade earrings and 31 handwritten things of why he loves me (compared to the 30 he wrote last year). Daddy, Zack and Luke wrote a few too, but they didn't number theirs like Ben did. I loved them all.
I've spent the day at the park with my kids, visiting with friends, answering phone calls, reading wonderful love messages on a birthday blog made by my sister, playing a few games with the kids, watching Calamity Jane, writing in my old-fashion hand-written journal, making a few goals, having a dance party & taking a long- much needed- nap. Now it is time for me to shower and get ready for a date with my husband. He is taking me to dinner and the Phantom.
If all THAT isn't enough, my wonderful sister and her darling four girls are driving down to Vegas to see us! This is a gift that will keep giving for an entire week. I have felt overwhelmed and a bit undeserving (which is so unlike me) of the love and attention I've received. Thank you all. I am surrounded by kind, generous, fabulous people who choose to overlook my many faults and see the best in me. I love you all dearly.

I will try to update with pictures soon, but with visitors in town, I can't make any guarantees! Thanks again. Thirty-one is my best year yet!