I'm still younger than Jack...

One thing that gives me comfort each year as my birthday comes and goes is knowing that I always have been and always will be younger than Jack! Granted I'm starting to look older with my wrinkles starting to come in and getting my haircut this week didn't help matters either. Here's how it went down: I asked for a cute stylish cut for my 20 year class reunion that is coming up. I thought I was doing it all right by making certain I got it cut a few weeks before the date just in case my bangs got chopped too short which commonly happens to me. The outcome was my bangs turned out fine but the trade off was a mullet. You know, the bi-level look from the 80's where the bangs continue halfway across the sides of your head and the long hair hangs from underneath. Even my hairdresser mentioned that "it's a little top heavy on this side so let me try blending it more" at which point it was getting worse. So most people age one year each birthday and I aged a decade... or perhaps people will think I'm trying to keep my youthfulness by living in the 80's still. hmmm.

Anyways, since Jack was away for my birthday it was nice to have my great friends and family who remembered (something I can rarely claim to do) and made me feel special. Gina, thanks again for lunch and making the drive out to my neck of the woods. You got off the hook with a photo! Below is a picture of my other sweet friends Amanda, Erin, Jen, Rachel, Marlo, Somer and I enjoying a celebratory dinner which got me out of my house for a few hours to have that much needed girl time. Thanks for the yummy food, cards, and gifts! I can hardly wait for our weekly girls night to start up again this week.



I know Amanda is going to kill me for posting this shot but I had to....



Anyways, enough about me growing older and onto better things. No hair losing stories involving the boys this week (since I can't blame them for the hair loss that took place at the salon) but I did notice that my more recent posts spent a lot of time talking about Ty and Sage and I felt bad that unknowingly I had very few posts that included Connor. Probably because Connor is our child that manages to fly under the radar much of the time. We were so proud of him today when he took on Ty's responsibility at Church to read an assigned scripture in primary (which is in front of a larger group of kids). Ty was all bent out of shape about having to read in front of everyone so without hesitating Connor offered to do it for him. He did and did a great job. Connor has such a strong desire to always try his best to be good and choose the right and what a joy it is to have his sweet spirit in our home. Here's my handsome boy who I happened to capture while taking Sage's photo:



Jack and I were over in Singapore years ago (before the kiddos) and for memory sake we brought back a bunch of kids sized robes, pj's and dresses that they were selling all over the streets there. Ty has gotten plenty use from his robe and pj's (see Hugh Hefner photo below) but I had forgotten about the dresses we had stashed away. Finally, almost 10 years after being purchased, Sage debuts the dress today. Here she is:



And finally, thanks Erin for forwarding on this lovely photo you took of us last Saturday at the party! Nothing beats a photo with John Wayne...