The big 3-0!

I turned 30 this week.  I never thought I would get this old.  I've definitely noticed a couple mature changes over the past little while.  Like, I'll eat onions, and I even ate a salad with tomatoes this week.  I'm sure there are more to come.  Kali has been wishing me a happy birthday for a solid week, I love it, she seriously ROCKS.  She wrapped up some of my stuff in a towel and hid it in her room till Thursday morning, she was so excited to give it to me, another reason I love her.  She is so excited about many simple things, and she loves me more than anyone. 

I also had a SWEET cake delivered at about 5:30am on my birthday, I woke up to Grandma's musical phone call and found a chocolate cake on the table, it made my day, and I just finished eating the last piece this morning for breakfast.  I sure like cake.  Spence surprised me by coming home from work at his regular time, he thought he would have to stay and finish a project.  We had steak, wings and a berry/peach salad, I wish I could live on meat alone.  Another couple friends dropped off a Pavlova after dinner, it was so good, I was pretty spoiled.  Last night, I went out with some friends for dessert to celebrate another friends birthday, it was so fun to visit.  They even paid for our dessert.

So now that I'm 30, I have thought of some goals for life, one includes becoming better at doing service.  I love helping people, I think I honestly do it for others and not for myself.  I love making things easier for my friends especially, but maybe I should branch out a bit more.   I'm excited to see what the future holds.

Kali had all week off school, she starts again tomorrow.  I asked her if she's excited to go back to school... she said no.  I asked her who she missed the most from school and she said Ms. Werner, she really has a wonderful teacher.  We tried to have fun each day, we had a couple different friends over a couple of days, we went skating, played games, and baked cookies.  I like hanging out with Kali, she's a great girl, I hope she likes hanging out with me too.

Friday, we went to pick our truck from the shop, it was supposed to be finally finished and ready to go.  When I went to start it, it wouldn't start.  The fuel pump is dead.  Nice.  Well at least it's parked where they can fix it and we don't have to tow it to the garage (count your many blessings name them one by one).  Maybe next week we'll have it back.  I'm not sure how I feel about this truck, I have mixed feelings.  We bought it in B.C. so it has to have an out of province inspection, which is a pain, and we have to fix a lot of things on it.   Although at least when ALL those things are done we know that we shouldn't have to fix those things again.  I hope Spence really likes this truck cause he's going to have it for a long time.

Friday was also the BEST day because Kali got to go to the Cinderella Ballet... with her other Mother, Erin.  I personally hate ballet and never care to see one, but Kali loves that sort of thing, I am indebted to her now.  Kali loved the ballet and came home dancing, but apparently thought the men in tights were gross,  I can't blame her.  The other awesome part was that I got to watch some great basketball.  My cousins were in town from Barnwell for two tournaments and they ROCK!! Brianne plays for the Rebels in Taber, and Brandon plays for Barnwell, they are both awesome, and kicked some major trash.  I love watching sports, so this was a great day for me.

Saturday, we went to Taber to visit Spencer's family, we visited and ate wings (my favorite).  Kali loved playing with her cousins,  I didn't see her the whole time.  We went to Ryan and Tonya's new house, it's almost done, and WOW, it's amazing.  I told Spence he better not take me there anymore, I get too jealous, jk.

I'm Re-Energized.

I got home from Las Vegas early Friday morning, I went with my bestest friend (besides Spencer), Erin.  We left last Sunday and flew out of Great Falls.  We stayed at South Point Hotel, it's a mile or so south of the strip, it was a nice place.  I really liked that it was far from the craziness of the strip, I'd recommend it and we got Bath and Bodyworks in our room. I would say that we saw more than we wanted to in some regards, Las Vegas means different things depending on your purpose.  I found the hotels very fancy and physically clean, but morally filthy.  We spent some of our afternoon at the Shark Reef Aquarium, it was cool, we touched Stingrays and saw lots of cool animals.  We checked out M&M world, the Lion Habitat at MGM Grand, and a couple hotels.  Our goal was to see a show, and we had a few to choose from,  I was glad that we got to go to "The Lion King" at Mandalay Bay.  It was amazing, the puppets are so interesting, Erin and I wondered how some of them worked and had our own theories... We ate at the Bellagio... I was disappointed, I thought it would be better, but I have simple tastes so I can't not recommend it.  We ate great breakfasts and found a Cafe Rio, and I actually didn't gain a pound, must have been from all the walking and eliminating. 
We only spent a day and a half in Vegas, then we drove to California.  Our other purpose for the trip was to go to Disneyland, it was fun but different going without children or even being one.  I dragged Erin on some fast rides, we shopped, we ate some great parmesan, garlic fries, we laughed a lot and just had fun, it was so good.  That night we went to Cold Stone, pounded some great ice cream (cake batter with Reese's PB cups), and went to Huntington Beach.  We walked the pier, talked, took pictures, found sea shells, and played in the water, this might have been a highlight for me.

 I'm glad our husbands let us go together and managed the kiddies, they are so amazing.  The biggest highlight of the trip was hanging out with Erin, we had so much fun.  We had lots of driving time to talk, and laugh and get to know each other better.  Thank you Erin, that trip Rok(ed) my socks off, I'll never forget it.