Happy Sunday!

Sunday is my favorite day of the week. It pretty much emcompasses the entire week into just 24 hrs! I look forward to waking up to silence...no alarm...except Chris'. Sunday morning is my favorite church service...for me it represents hope, and rest. Sunday lunch with family and friends is always great! Sunday afternoon I typically will spend a few hours doing some planning for the upcoming week as well as some not too exciting work reports. Sunday eve's service is one that challenges me to keep myself open to the word of God. Sunday evening also usually consists of a nice dinner with friends.

I encourage everyone to make Sunday more than just football or a bar-b-que...but use this special day to find ways to improve who you are, and prepare for the upcoming week.

Happy Sunday!!!

Surprise!!

Wow! What a night!

My birthday continued tonight with a surprise birthday party! Chris and I typically host a Christmas party for our friends around this time of the year. So...we had been working very diligently to prepare for the party. We made sure all the decorations were up and the food was in order. Barbara and Rose cam to the house about 45 mins early to help Chris. Everything was about ready...so I went upstairs to shower and get dressed. When I came down stairs, Chris told me that she needed me to go get ice. So I ran upstairs, got my shoes and keys and headed out the door. She stopped me and said that john was gonna with me....grrr I just wanted to hurry and get back, I had worked hard for this party! After taking forever at the store, chris called john saying we needed more chairs from the church! First off...we had talked about only getting 16...because we didn't wanna have a bunch of empty chairs! Secondly, why didn't she call me? Her and I had been working on this party! Becoming more and more angry...we got to the church. When john walked in the alarm went off...great, now we have to wait for the police! Didn't have to wait afterall...we headed back to the house. Carrying 3 chairs and a 20 lb bag of ice...the front door was locked! So I set my stuff down, got the keys, opened the door....SURPRISE! Most people said I looked mad...some said confused, others said surprised...actually I was a little of all! So, our Christmas party was actually my birthday party!! I had a great time and enjoyed each of the gifts!

Thank you to everyone who helped! An extra special thank you to Chris....you are the sunshine of my life. I love you.

30 and Counting...

The whole world changed yesterday.

I left my twenties….and entered my thirties!

Yes, yesterday was my birthday! 30 years old. Whoa.

Some said "you are now officially an adult"…what does that mean? Kinda weird since those same people told me the same thing when I turned 18..and 21. Not to mention the fact that I’ve been married for 11 years! Hmmmm… At any rate, I am ready to embrace the next decade of my life. Having learned how to do some things and how not do some things in my 20’s, I pray the next 10 years will be more exciting in an "adult" type of way…no more juvenile behavior!

As for the day itself, my wife planned and executed a wonderful day for me:

For starters, she had a card sitting at my bathroom sink first thing in the morning. The card was an old man about to blow out his birthday candles...wishing he wasn’t an old man…*poof* He turned into an old lady!! Very Funny! Accompanying the card was a 4GB mini SD card for my G1 phone.

Next she had a balloon bouquet delivered to my office at work.

Then we had an early evening photo shoot for Christmas photos in Oak Glen…I’ll post some pictures later.

Then to wrap things up she planned a dinner party with my Mom, Harry, John, Cam, Alyssa, Ella, Logan, Mary, Debbie (Alyssa’s mom) at Claim Jumper. Mom and Harry bought me a really nice white dress shirt…thanks! Chris gave me a second gift…a Magellan RoadMate! It’s cooler than I thought! And of course John bought our dinner as is his usual gift! I had the Porterhouse steak! Very good stuff!

Thank you to all that called or sent me a text/email wishing me a happy birthday! Thank you to the Centimark office choir that sang "Happy Birthday" to me and had a very yummy cake!

Thanks Christina for all you did for me! I love you!

Forty…here I come!