"Happy Birthday to me....."

Yup!  Every July!  I love having a summer birthday, because it is evenly spaced between Christmas's.  Plus, while I was growing up, we would always have a big water party, and it was always so fun.  This year, we had a family party first.  Thank you to everyone for coming, and for all the wonderful gifts! 

Then we had a little close family party, where Jared and the kids gave me their presents.

One of the things Jared got me was a docking station for my Ipod, so we can finally listen to the music on there.  I love it!  Plus, we had to try it out that night, which turned into a dance party!  It was so fun! 

The kids dancing.

The best was dancing with my wonderful husband.  Love you Jared, thanks for a great Birthday!

Then, we went out on my actual birthday.  (Thanks to Melissa for tending!)

We went to Olive Garden, which was DELICIOUS!  But it was the night of one of those crazy summer down pours!!  And we were soaked just from coming in from the parking lot!  It just makes it more memorable though.  We had a good laugh about it.

It didn't help that right when I walked under the awning, the wind picked it up, and dumped like two buckets of water on me!  I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.....and got soaked! 

Then we went BOWLING! 

Haven't done this in years!  But thanks to playing Wii sports bowling, I wasn't too bad at it.  And both Jared and I got a few strikes.

The night ended with this beautiful sunset!  I love the sunsets we get here sometimes.  One of the perks to the storm that hit. 

It was a wonderful birthday!  I'm so excited to see what the next decade brings for me.  I have such a wonderful family and so much to be grateful for.