Birthday time again!!!

Here it is...
Another birthday!

Last year we went sledding for my birthday...
What a difference.
No snow this year...
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It was a good year. Life is good.
Really good.
Simple, and good.

Most significant to me this year would be the weight that I have lost. Over 40 pounds all on my own. Just diet and exercise!
I feel so much different...so so much better!

I still have some to go. Still working...and will finish what I started!
Having said that.....BRING ON THE CUPCAKES!

At about noon the kids reminded me what is important to them!!!
CAKE!
I wasn't going to make any....and they just about flipped out on me.
So make shift to Pillsbury!

Cupcake and cake.
Yummy!

My dad was in town, so that was kind of fun! He was there for my birthday, and came with us for the kids to go see Santa Claus which we did on my birthday. Then we all went out to lunch at QDoba, and later in the evening Tyler and I went Christmas Caroling with some kids families from school.

This year we went to MOLBAK'S nursery to see Santa.
I am sure we will never go anywhere else again...

It was great. There were SO many great picture opportunities!

So many families were there taking their (probably) yearly family pictures. There are back drops and hundreds of Christmas tress, and stuffed animals everywhere...as well as huge Poinsettas that you can move to your location.

We all, just loved walking around. It was BEAUTIFUL! There were carolers walking around, and there was free coffee and dessert cake...and it was just SO "Holidayish" for lack of a better word.

There is a GIANT Poinsetta tree in the center of the Nursery. It is SOOOO big. Beautiful!

Us and my papa....

The kids posed with every animal statue!

They don't ham it up too often...so it was kind of fun.

Finally, Santa.

He was great!

He just walks around and talks. THERE WERE NO LINES!

My kids went straight up to him for the first time ever, and told him the two things they each wanted...then he chatted with them about where to send their letter, etc.

What I thought was really nice, was after we were done, another family came up, and the little boy was too afraid to go to Santa, so Santa came to him. He knelt down, and talked to him...and then eventually picked him up and let mommy take a picture.

It was just really cool!

So...another wonderful day, in a wonderful year!

My love to all!