Easter and Egg Hunts

I spent so much time this month thinking about how excited I was for us to wear matching outfits to church and what we were going to eat, and then I realized I had completely lost the meaning of Easter itself. I LOVED talking with my kids about Jesus and all he has done for us, and hope I can teach them to remember what's really important in addition to all the fun stuff. It was a really nice day, good family time, good talks in church, and good food and family.

Then of course there were the usual festivities leading up to Easter, egg hunts at school, and at the park, which Rick got to come to, which was so nice. Last year me and my prego self lugged the two to the Easter stuff solo....not nearly as fun.

30?

When did that happen?

It's funny how in my head I'm still stuck at 21, like when I see people and I'm like, they're not that much younger than me, but yep, they are. I remember when Rick and I first got married we had some friends who were approaching 30 with three kids and I remember thinking....man are they OLD. They were so fun, but I thought their life was over. They went to bed early, rarely went on dates.....oh wait....that's my life NOW. Except, oddly, I am very OK with that. I don't feel sad that I'm 30, I feel like, well, I am married with three kids, it's about TIME. Now maybe all those moms at preschool won't look at me like I"m CRAZY when I say I"m 29 with three kids:). I"m ready for 30. And most the time I secretly like sitting around in my jammies watching movies on the weekends....

Anyways, so for my 30th we had a lowkey day. I got up and the kids opened my presents.I went and got my nails done and then stopped by Brynnli's school to help with her Easter party (did I mention Brynnli started school? That will be a another post....)We had a blast at the pool and had strawberry shortcake for dessert (my favorite....since I dont' actually like cake much)It was a great day.

The next night Rick and I headed out to see the play Wicked and have dinner at Chima, a Brazilian steakhouse. Rick's parents rushed back from out of town to babysit, since I'm too neurotic to trust any teenager with all three of our kids:) Thanks Tolberts! We had a blast, but forgot our camera....so we took this one when we got home. What a great birthday! Did I mention Rick got a cruise for his 30th birthday? Just sayin..... mine will be coming soon I'm told....once Cole's older and...We're waiting for our cruising buddies the Wernlis who just had twins to come!!