Happy Birthday Hannah! We are off to have a party at John's Incredible Pizza Co. with her cousins and Grandma and Aunt Megan!!

Birthday fun

I had the best birthday this week! My friends surprised me with a big luncheon. John and the girls decorated the house with canes and walkers and over the hill things. My mom was in town and took us to dinner. I was pretty busy on my actual birthday with school and church meetings so John sent a cake to my camp meeting. Yesterday during church John told everyone in his testimony that I was forty and asked them to wish me happy birthday. So everywhere I turned people were going out of their way to say happy birthday. It was quite funny! All of this was a surprise to me and to top it all off....John booked our trip to Europe!!! Pretty great day!

Happy 40th Birthday to Carrie yesterday

Wonder if you've been shopping yet for all the new and exciting things a woman of your age ought to have? Don't forget what I said about the teenagers. Life really doesn't begin until Anna starts pretending she doesn't know you. Hope your day was a memorable one with lots of love.

hello to all! With much trepidation, I have finally accepted the invitation to join in. I am equipped with my ipad and will now be an active contributor. It only took driving 10 hours to Sarah's and mom forcing me to sit down right this very second and sign in. Thanks to Sarah and Mom for allowing me this opportunity. They can now take off the blindfold and put the gun away. I am here to stay.

Hello?

Is anyone there? (crickets)

New diet techniques

Anna got an expander today for her mouth. It is a temporary metal thing attached to the roof of her mouth. It should enlarge her pallate. It looks painful. So it's mashed potaotos and ice cream for the next month. Yeah! (I wonder if that's on my diet, too, or if she just meant Anna?)

PB, where?

I was sitting next to Ivy watching cartoons and glanced over at her. It looked like she had something in her ear. So I brushed her hair aside and said, "Do you have something in your ear?" To which she looked at me out of the corner of her eye and flipped her hair aside and said, "Just peanut butter." And kept on watching tv. (There was nothing in her ear, in case you were wondering.)