Happy Birthday to Me....

My Mom, Mardee and I always celebrate our birthdays by having lunch at Tona. This time, Jen, Nikki, Tobin and Stephanie were able to come. It was so much fun! Steph is like a sister to me, so I was so glad she could come. As for Tobin, he's my honorary Brother, so I'm glad he could come. He had to listen to all of our "Girl Talk"! What a good sport. Jen and Nikki surprised me with a copy of Jane Austen's Sanditon, the only Austen Novel I don't have. Thanks so much "Sisters"! Mardee gave me another Le Creuset pan which I love. Thanks Mard! My awesome Mom gave me some shopping money and a really nice card. I am so blessed. I love you guys! After lunch, I went to the mall and shopped all by myself. It was so nice. Mason did call me every 15 minutes, but it was still fun! After I got home, we went over to the Ivins for swimming and a BBQ. We just love to swim at the Ivins. The twins just love playing with Mason and Emma and Hailey is just so good with the kids. She'll swim all night with them and that's just about what we did. Really. We got home at 10:45! Thanks so much guys for an awesome pre-Birthday Day!

On my Birthday, Bruce and I took the kids for a bike ride down the river parkway, then lunch at Pelotons. We had a great time, even though it was so hot! After we ate, we tried to ride the rest of the trail, but it was just too hot for Emma. Not to mention Colter's unfortunate (almost) run in with a transient. Colt was cruising around the underpass, when this guy comes flying the other way, almost running into Colter. I apologized to the man and we kept going. When he was out of earshot, Colt said "Hey Mom, I almost got hit by a Hobo!".

Mason REALLY likes Blue Cheese dressing. Can you tell?Yes, she has a fork in her ear.... When we got home, Jeni, Nikki, Gma Sue, Granpa Vern and Grandma Joyce came over for cake and ice cream. Nikki made me this awesome Barbie cake! Isn't it cute. I loved it so much, I didn't want to eat it.
The Barbie was too big for the cake, so Nikki had to take of her legs. Here's Bruce having fun with the legs....
Tired, hot, sunburned, but very happy! Happy Birthday to me:). Thanks everyone for all of your Birthday wishes. Love you all!