Birthday

Today was my birthday, and we had a fabulous day together as a family.


First, I got up and ran 4 miles before the sun came up.  As it peeked over the horizon on my last mile, the colors were just so beautiful.  I really knew it would be a great day.


We went to church and got groceries, then headed out for some Mexican for lunch.

I'd made sure we ate at a particular Moe's, because it's closest to The Cupcake Spot!!!

So you are probably thinking, tacos and cupcakes... can it get any better???


Natalie took a nap and Katie used the quiet time to play Barbies.  I talked to my grandma and both my brothers.  When the girls were up, we went out for our next great adventure:  The Lion King in 3D!


Colin had never seen The Lion King.  The girls had, but not the whole thing all at once.  I loved this movie when it first came out, so I was super-excited to go see it all together.  And in 3D!  That was pretty awesome, especially on the panoramic shots.  I felt like the birds were flying in from over my shoulder!  We really enjoyed ourselves.  We wrapped up the evening by having some fried chicken on the way home.  My parents called as the girls were getting ready for bed, so I talked to them for a long time as Colin handled getting the girls to sleep.


It was a great day.


But I missed my Grandma Eileen a lot.  She's been gone for almost 6 months now, and it just really hit me more so today than any other day.  No frilly birthday card from her, with a little note in that spidery cursive writing that seems to wander from the lines as much as it wanders between topics.  She hadn't called me on my birthday in years, but I sure would've loved to hear her voice.  For church, the girls picked out a dress for me that I hadn't worn in a long time...  I wore it to my brother's wedding.  Grandma Eileen was very vocal about her dislike of that dress and its uneven hemline.  Just putting it on made me think of her.  At church, the opening hymn was "How Great Thou Art", which we sang at her funeral.  I always sing with gusto at church, but I had a little extra-extra gusto, just for her.  Fried chicken was good.  Not as good as she would've fried up on the farm, but still tasty.  


It was a great day, and I know that she is with me.  :)