Turning 30 (and loving it!), graduate school, work, and just life in general!

Well well well my friends who read my blog.....The day came January 12 and I turned 30! I look back on the last 10 years from when I turned 20 and I sometimes can't believe how fast it went....and other times I think how did I fit all that in....in just 10 YEARS! Seriously people I am SO excited for the next 10 years of my life! Turning 30 for some can be tough....for me it was the most wonderful day! Well I really should just say week, because it was a birthday week!...I will give you a play by play...so Monday which happened to be the 12, the day I was born I was scheduled to go into the field to work...I wasn't sad because I knew I could go play on the weekend to officially celebrate my birthday, so I got a cake at Lin's, it was a carrot cake...won't get that one again...it was so sickenly sweet...one small piece gave me a stomach ache...we had enough cake for 2 days....I got out of the field and Shad surprised me with a dinner at the new Brazillian steakhouse here in town and it was so good, my favorite was the grilled pineapple. Then on Friday I spent the whole day with my boys...cause I missed them! Saturday Dem and I had plans to go visit Kp in Vegas! So we left Saturday morning and came back Sunday night....We had a BLAST! Dancing, playing games and just having a grand ol' time! A great week! I feel like over the last 10 years I have accomplished so much, I loved playing softball at UVSC (now UVU), I loved being a river guide in Moab, that opened my eyes to so much living in that cool little town and having a cool job like that for the summer! I was able to develop a love for the river which I still love to go and do each summer! (Yeah SKULL hole!) ok....so this draft has been sitting in limbo for awhile so I am going to fast forward a bit.....I found Second Nature after rafting in Moab and really have never looked back...I found Shad along the way and within the last ten years I have 2 amazing boys, have become a great mother and love my life, I am on the cusp of finishing my masters degree and becoming a therapist and I feel like the whole world is open to possibilities...I know there is another baby for sure in the mix somewhere here in the next 10 years...maybe 2 more, but one for sure and overall I am so excited for 30 and beyond! Shad just celebrated his 30th birthday on the 6th, and I surprised him with a little party at Matt's house, his sister was there for that and that was a nice touch....Shad has really began to reconnect with his family and I can tell he is so much happier because of it! He broke out with this viral rash infection, that is supposed to go away on its own....and is feels like he is ready to start working out and playing racquetball again and working on getting 100% on his knee. Tae can't say enough these days...he is talking whole sentences and letting me know when he does or does not like something. He really hates it when his hands are dirty...he has adjusted to me being gone for 4 days a week, and is so excited to see me when I get home, he says....Mommy I missed you and I love you, please give me huggies and kisses....how can I resist....:) Taren is growing like a weed and developing his own special personality, he loves to try and play with Tae, and gets frustrated when they leave him because he is too small...he has figured out stairs so the gates are back up until he figures out how to go down....well we ordered a new laptop, something simple so that we could use it downstairs more, Taren is still in the computer room, so when the boys are down for naps at the same time...there is no sneaking in an blogging when I have some downtime if they are asleep cause Taren will wake up if I walk in....so hopefully I can get to blogging more once that shows up! :) Here are some pictures to enjoy of life in 2009, we went swimming when Shantell and the girls visited...and us playing at the park...and Shad about Taegyn's age...thought that would be fun to share. :)My eyes are doing funny things in some of those photos...oh well.