Over the Hill?

Hardly!

Ok, I can admit that I am not thrilled with the idea of 30; mainly because I don't feel 30 (or feel how I think people might feel at thirty). In my mind, I stopped aging at 23, so that is the age I assume I must be. Therefore, I am always surprised when people start talking about ages, and I find out I am the oldest in the group. Yikes, when did that happen?

All that aside, I feel this has been one of my best birthdays ever. I threw myself a Mary Kay/Birthday party last night and I had a great time. I was surrounded by friends and I laughed a lot and enjoyed a delicious cake (made by yours truly of course). I almost didn't make it on the candles, but luckily I only put six on the cake, so hopefully my wish will come true (don't bother asking, you know I can't tell you).



More importantly, I am completely happy with where I am in my life as I enter this thirtieth year (wait, technically I am entering the thirty-first year right?). I am doing what I want (being a mom), I have a wonderful family, and I am still growing and changing as a person. As I did laundry all day today (I know...what great birthday fun!), and gave my baby a bath tonight, I was content with my simple birthday today. There would have been other years where I would have complained that I didn't do anything fun on my actual birthday, or lamented that Tyler was busy or we didn't go out to eat. But not today. We had tacos and I am writing a blog entry while he is out at Elder's Quorum (oh, and finishing the laundry of course), and that is fine by me.

Yep, it has been a good day. Happy Birthday to me.

Oh, and here is a small tribute to me: When Tyler made my birthday invites, we didn't have any good pictures of me, so we had a mini photo-shoot. It was fun, here are some of my favorites. This is probably it for the year; I don't often get photos of myself.