Time sure flies, doesn’t it? I mean surely I can’t have already been two years since my nephew Bennett was born!! Indeed, my little buddy turns 2 today.  Happy Birthday Bennett! Looking forward to seeing him and the rest of my family at the birthday party on Saturday…

Where has the time gone?  Surely there is no way that when I woke up this morning I turned yet another year older??!!!

I think I almost cried for a second when I typed my real age in the title but now  I am over it…..  I think it sounds scarier than it feels because really, I do not feel any older than I did 5 years ago.

There have been a few years that I was lucky enough to take a day off of work.  Not so lucky this year.  Actually, the past few weeks at work have been busier than ever, too much to do to take a day off.

I have dinner plans with some of my dearest friends tonight; a quiet homemade dinner is exactly what I want.  That’s about it.  Also going to celebrate with my BFFs next weekend when Kimmy hosts a brunch in my honor.  Looking forward to it!

As always, I appreciate everyone who is in my life…… whether we are family, friends, colleagues, blogging buddies or whatever.  I love you guys!

Today is my bff Sonja's birthday and even though I know she doesn't read my blog very often ( no computer, no internet) I wanted to wish her a very happy birthday.  A few of us ended up going out last Friday for all-you-can-eat sushi/Japanese to celebrate.

I hope you have a great birthday Sonja!

PS Thanks to Lanee for bringing the camera :)

PPS Happy Birthday to Dana too!

I wanted to give a quick shout-out to my baby brother Jeff who turns the big 2-8 today!
There are a million great things I can say about Jeff (and a number of embarrassing stories from when he was a kid) but instead I will just share some cute photos of him when he was a little tyke.

Here is where we welcomed him into out family.  I was 4 and Brian was 2.

Jeff had the best curly blonde hair ever!! This was us on a trip to the Black Hills….our ages 8,6, 4

We were Karate kids back in the day….

Here is our family at my grandparents' 40th anniversary.  Last year they had their 60th, so this is 20 years ago!

I could post old pics all day but I'll just leave one more of me & Jeff on his bday a couple of years ago…….

Happy Birthday Jeff! I hope you have an awesome birthday….looking forward to celebrating with you at the BBQ this weekend :)  Love ya!

Wanted to say Happy Anniversary to my brother Brian and his wife Michelle on five wonderful years of marriage together!
(I made this collage for them last year!)

My little nephew is one years old today. 
Wow, does time fly or what?
Looking forward to seeing this handsome little dude at his party on Saturday :)


PS. My SIL Michelle also has a post on her blog about his birthday.

This is THE biggest week of birthdays between my group of BFFs: Mary, Kim, Lanee and Sonja.  We were all either born or gave birth within one calendar week:
Me 2-11 Lanee 2-14 Chase 2-15 (Mary's son) Jacob 2-17 (Kim's baby boy) and Angelina 2-18 (Sonja's daughter)
Mary, her daughter Taylor, and Rog (Lanee's hubby) are also all Aquarians.
Is that crazy cool or what?

Happy Birthday today to my BFF Lanee Valentina!
How cool would it be to have your bday on Valentine's Day?  Sonja planned a little surprise party for Lanee last night and I was able to go hang out with my girls for awhile and be there to surprise Lanee before having to leave to go to a concert. 
A few photos:


Heart shaped goodies in honor of our Valentina



Sonja, Leah and Me

Happy Birthday Lanee, I hope your birthday is wonderful :)