35 years old... well... close enough!

If you look closely the cake says "Happy A." They started writing Happy Birthday but they were using this nasty (who knows how long it had been in the cupboard) gel, and decided to abort the mission after we all agreed the gel looked a little strange as they were writing "happy" so they added the "A" and called it good enough.

So I have officially decided that my birthday comes at a really terrible time of year. The last few years it has been back to school night for my kids and this year is no different. Not to mention, we have about 1,000 other things going on this coming week, and I was kind of grumping about this to Tim and the girls this weekend. T. and A. even gave me permission to skip the open house at school - AS IF?? But I thought the gesture was a sweet one and to be honest there is no where I would rather be than spending time with one of my girls. They surprised me tonight by making me a cake - I have always been a sucker for the cherry chip cake mix with the nasty cream cheese frosting from the can. Even though it is not the real day and our week is so crazy we literally won't even have time to make a cake on the actual date I was very touched by their sweetness. They did make me pose with the cake - in my sweats, no make up, and ratty hair - so not exactly how I want to be remembered at 35! But I am so thankful for this amazing little family God has blessed me with that I really could not ask for any better way to bring on another year!