Goodbye Twenties

I had a birthday last week, a very sad birthday...I turned 30!! I can't belive it. I don't feel thirty, not that thirty is old, but when I was younger it did seem old. But now that I have reached that age, I realize that I was wrong. I had a great birthday week and had some sort of celebration almost every day. It was great! My family got together the Sunday before my birthday and we had birthday dinner. Our regular Yancey tradition. Charyn, Jackson, and Zander came from Idaho Falls (Mike was in Seattle at a football game). We had pulled pork tacos and pumpkin pie. My choice and it was delicious! I was spoiled and got 2 new purses from Charyn. Some scrapbook paper and stickers from my mom along with a Frankenstein candle warmer, some Halloween lights, 2 new books by Josi Kilpack, and a picture frame. My dad gave me some money and Matt did as well. I have been wanting a new pair of Shears so I am going to save that money to go towards those, maybe fore Christmas. I also had several friend drop by during the week and drop stuff off to me. It is nice to be thought of and know that you are loved. So on my actual birthday my mom, Charyn and I, and our friend Sheri, went on our semi-annual scrapbook reatreat. I was so excited to go and told Matt that that was all I wanted was to be able to go and scrapbook for a few days and get away from the daily grind. My mom made a birthday cake for me while we were there and everyone sang Happy Birthday. It was nice. I was able to get 44 pages done and I put a small book together for Paxten with 20 pages in it. So the weekend was successful and the kids loved seeing the pages when I got home. It is so nice to be able to get away and spend some time with my mom and sister and the other friends we have made over the years as we have been scrapbooking there. I stayed up way too late, 2:00, 2:30 in the morning. And got up early 7:00 each morning. We laughed alot, ate to much and had a great time. I can't wait to go again!!! It was a great birthday and I think I can settle into my 30's alright, at least 40 is ten years away and I don't have to worry about that for a long time!!