Birthdays

In the world of everyday people there are birthdays which are milestones, 18th you are an "adult", at 21 you are really an adult and can now make all choices, at 25 you are 1/4 of the way to 100 so of course all 25-year-olds should celebrate their age. Then we start celebrating and mourning on the 10s, 30, 40, 50 etc. This year I turn 31 and in Utah's single and LDS culture I have to say that 31 is harder than 30 or any previous birthday. I think this is because I now should be getting kicked out of the singles ward and get to start attending the normal (family) wards whether I want to or not. I enjoy attending wards with families and children and many different ages and viewpoints. I am just worried that since my dating opportunities are scarce in a group of all singles, it should really be fun in a mostly married world. So here I go into the world of couples and kids and me.

Fantastic Cabin Retreat

Every year my friend Amy invites all her North Dakota buddies up to her husband's family's cabin for a weekend of fun in the snow. This year we let all the boys go play in the snow and the girls had a spa day. Thanks Amy!! I love all our white lips from our lip masks in this one. And, yes aren't my eyes nice and allergy swollen, sigh, one day I won't have to take drugs to spend time in the great outdoors.