30

Feeling 30.

This is what it looks like to be 30--Just so you know. You can look forward to it too, my young friends (haha).


Um, I don't feel like I'm that old. But I don't feel like I'm a teenager either.

Today, before I fell asleep in church (that was my nap for the day, oh, and while the kids watched the first half of a Curious George episode), we were supposed to be writing down our roles in life.

These are mine.

I am a Mother.

I am a wife.

I am a sister, daughter, grand-daughter, aunt and cousin.

I am a friend.

I am a creative person.

I am an aged actress (you have to pronounce age-d). Like the old and decrepit prima-donna on Cats that sings Memory, the only good part of the entire show.

I am a mediocre housekeeper.

I am learning.

I am no longer in my "prime."

I am a taxi-driver, dishwasher, housekeeper, personal chef, seamstress and laundress. And all for free!

I like to sew.

I like to study genealogy.

I love to watch movies from home.

I love to shop....for my kids :)

What else?

I am a college graduate. I miss going to school, but not doing the homework.

I enjoy running (when it doesn't hurt).

I love to talk.

I love to eat but not cook.

So, those are what I could think of in 10 minutes. This weekend was great. I asked my sister-in-law to babysit the two oldest (thanks again Emily!) while I went up to SLC and shopped. I bought a few things for myself but mostly for the house and kids. My mom came up too. We ate at this delightful Greek place with Rose and Gledis (No, I didn't thy their moose-kaka, name that show :) And then I had a scare with poor planning. I told my SIL that she was off the hook at 1pm after she dropped the kids off at a birthday party. And Tyler was supposed to be done with his gold tournament at 2:30 when it ended. Well, he wasn't done and Emily wasn't answering her phone bcse she was preoccupied. So I started calling friends/family to desperately ask (talk about embarrassing) them to retrieve our kids (who had already stayed past pick up time) and finally we got a hold of Emily and she came to the rescue :) Thanks Anna for letting them stay longer!
Then we went to Gourmandise and had French pastries :)



Then we did some more shopping :) I got home later than I wanted to but I had the whole day off, it was wonderful. And I got a lot done too like exchanging clothing and buying stuff with birthday gift cards (thank you Victoria Secret and GAP!!) so I felt like I was accomplishing a lot!

On my actual birthday Tyler made yummy muffins in the morning. And I talked on the phone a lot :) And I requested Tyler make this dish. It was on the menu at the Greek place for $23 and we made it for about that much, but it fed 4 of us with leftovers! We didn't have fresh cream otherwise it would have a sauce on it, which would have made it even better. It's Israeli Couscous (can be purchased at International food stores) with shrimp and scallops. Yummy!!!!! I LOVE this kind of couscous. It's light yet filling. And it's not as bland as regular couscous.



Then Tyler was so warn out from de-veining these itty bitty shrimps (hey, they were only $2 a pound!) for an hour that he wouldn't make me a cake. So I made brownies and ate them with our favorite ice cream, earnestly chocolate from BYU Creamery.

It was a lovely day!

I hope the whole week will be fantastic as we pack up and move down the road to a slightly bigger place! Wahoo!!

Love you all!