This past week I turned 30 years old. Alas, it was not the fun times I had hoped for when I discovered I had a 102 degree fever the night before and I had to cancel all our plans. I spent my birthday (and several days subsequently) sick in bed, but my birthday itself ended beautifully — with a 4 star gourmet meal prepared by David, my daughter singing the most beautiful “Happy Birthday” song EVER, and so many lovely messages from family and friends! THANK YOU!
So, here is my 30 year retrospective. Not quite a photo for every year, but some fun ones nevertheless.
I am excited about turning thirty though I did not always feel so. For the past few years I felt a strong sense of dread as I concluded my twenties. Then I had a revelation. I realized that the majority of my close friends are already in their thirties and forties and, well, they are fabulous. What the hell was I freaking out about?!
So, now I feel good about joining the ranks of awesome women.
I am thirty. And this decade is going to be the best yet.
Even if it got off to a rocky start… :)
Thirty was a good year for me. I found a good path and started farming and was, for the most part, happy.
oh, i’m so sorry to hear you were sick… but a very very very happy 30th bday to you!! it’s so nice of all of MY friends to turn 30 before me so i’m used to the idea when it happens, heehee ;-)
and OH MY GOODNESS could miss leyba look any more like you in that first picture?? adorable!
As usual, I’m one step behind Alice, who has already written EXACTLY what I was thinking: You and Miss Leyba look SO much alike in that first picture!! So sorry you ended up sick on the actual day, but in my lengthy, 8-day-so-far experience of being 30, it rocks. Happy birthday! (p.s. I am absolutely sure that facial sparkle stars are going to be the next big fad–you look perfectly stunning. ;-)
Love those pictures!! Memories..! Especially you rappelling down the dam at Blairstown! Such happy times ~ love the ones you chose from your life, from childhood thru meeting David, and then welcoming Miss Leyba! xoxo Mom
Happy birthday, Carrie! Sorry I missed it… but, happy birthday a week late. How is it? I have about 6 weeks until the same thing happens to me. :)
Erin