Quarter of a Century

I celebrated my 25th birthday on Thursday, October 2nd! I had a wonderful day! That morning, I was awaken suddenly by the flipping of the light switch, and when I sleepily opened my eyes, I saw a big plate of breakfast with a way-to-smiley-for-this-early-in-the-morning six year old boy and his love-to-wake-up-before-the-sun dad. They had made me breakfast in bed-and boy, was it tasty! One of Carter's talents is having a thoughtful disposition, always wanting to make the day special and worrying how to do that. He was so excited to help dad make me breakfast and kept saying, "Isn't breakfast in bed great, Mom?" (It was!) I then spent the afternoon at my mom's and had a yummy lunch with Megan and her and dad. That evening, my parents watched our kids and Damien and I went to dinner. (Texas Roadhouse, of course...) We had fun talking and spending time together.

(Sidenote: I heard this thing on marriage that couples should go out every week (or at least spend time alone together) and have conversations that DO NOT include these three things: 1-business 2-kids 3-money...Damien and I were both like, "What will we talk about then????" But I realized the importance of being friends and having more in common than just those three things. Also, not talking about your kids for two hours while you are at dinner doesn't mean you don't love your children or that you are a bad parent (something else I first thought when I heard this). So that night I tried it, and we actually had a lot to talk about. I like hearing about Damien's thoughts and perspectives on life, and it made me appreciate what I have been blessed with. )

We had a family party at our home last night, Sunday, and enjoyed Damien's yummy chocolate cake and ice cream. I love getting everyone together and visiting!

-Thank you to Mike and Tammie for the Ross Gift Card! I can't wait to put it to good use! You are the best people and I am so blessed to have you in my life.

-Thank you Megan, for the cute holiday tiles, I love them, and my boys can't wait to change the Halloween one to the Thanksgiving one....(I think that's how it's going to be every month)

-Thanks to mom for the cute jacket. I'm wearing it today and I love it!

-Thanks to Amber and Spence for the free overnight babysitting coupon-we can't wait to use it (and don't think we won't)!

-Thanks Cartsies and Koysies for the fuzzy slippers! I love them and they will be great for the winter!

Damien helped them make these awesome birthday cards for me!

I told Damien to just put two candles on one side and five candles on the other, making a 2-5,but he thought it would be funny to actually put all 25 candles on the cake, but we only had one package of candles, which only holds 24, but you get the same affect---it's still ALOT!!!
Addison wasn't sure about the singing...

All the kids had to help me put the fire out!


Thanks for making my birthday so fun and special! I love you all!