Welcome to the Dirty 30!

I did it! I turned 30! I wasn't scared or sad or anything like that. I was actually looking forward to it and really happy to finally be in my 30's.  I've heard being in your 30's is way better than your 20's.  So I am totally embracing this.  On my actual birthday Shawn was out of town, I was babysitting and I lost my voice COMPLETELY from a sore throat/cough I battled last week.  So I sadly couldn't even talk to anyone on the phone, which made me a little sad.... But still, it was a good evening with my kiddos.  I can't get enough of them.  Anyway, regarding my new age, here were my thoughts on my actual birthday:

"Thank you, friends and family, for adding some extra smiles to my face today. You know what I did this evening? I sat out in the sunshine with these 3 babies. I pushed them on swings, I went on a walk with them, I watered my beautiful plants and flowers and checked on my veggies I'm attempting to grow in the back yard, I ate homemade pizza, I thanked God for the sunshine he shined down on us today and I felt super happy and grateful for this life of mine. I love the fact that I'm officially 30. It's a decade I am super excited for! My 20s were full of some of the worst years and some of the best years- isn't that the way everyone's 20s are?? (Talk about a roller-coaster!) Haha, but now that I've entered into this new decade I have nothing but optimism and excitement for what's to come. My last decade gave me my husband and my 3 sweet babies. It also was a time that I felt I did some major growing-up and I accomplished a lot of personal goals I made to be a better wife and mother. I still get to learn and grow by leaps and bounds, but I feel good about where I am in life and the person I will keep striving to become. My sweet family is my everything, I love where I live, and "career-wise," I'm right where I want to be (a stay-at-home-mom). My other half isn't here with me until Saturday so he couldn't get in this picture, but he is the guy I am beyond grateful I get to have by my side throughout all my decades to come. I wouldn't want to have anyone else experience this life with me.

Thanks for all the extra love guys, and thanks for reading this extra long post😬. I guess birthdays kinda make you think about life, yeah!? Anyway, "30's club"- here I come!!"

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Because of the fact that Shawn was on a business trip, we decided to celebrate on Saturday.  Thursday didn't really FEEL like my birthday that much, other than social media sending me sweet messages all day!  But the day I actually felt was my birthday was Saturday the 25th.  That was when Shawn made me breakfast in bed and cake and dinner.  Also, that was when I opened all my gifts.  I didn't open a single one of them ON March 23rd.

Now, wait till you read this. It's so super sweet!

"Y'all. My husband did good. Real Good. If you know me, then you know that my favorite food is crab. So every year on my birthday Shawn steams me a ton of crab and I sit at the table and eat 'til I can't even move. Ok, well, rewind to when we were just in Hawaii and we found a restaurant that had THE BEST crab I have EVER eaten in my entire life. I couldn't stop talking about it because it was seriously amazing and was nothing like I've ever tasted before. Anyway, my sweet hubs emailed the restaurant a few days ago and asked them if they could please send their recipe along. They told him no, they couldn't because it was a secret! So he tried again and told them how it was my 30th bday and how his tradition for me was to steam crab, and it would mean so much to me if they shared with him their secret ingredients, blah, blah, blah. Well, the GM wrote back to Shawn last night and said he loved our story, and "here is the recipe." So Shawn made it just the way they did and you guys-It was to die for! I know, long story. But super cool. I love that he reached out to Jon (with a LONG Hawaiian last name) from Karai Crab just for me, and made me THE MOST DELICIOUS crab ever. He's such a babe.
Thanks lover lips. 💘You are the bomb.🦀🦀🦀"

All in all, it was a really sweet 30th birthday.  Hawaii, crab, and my babies. Perfection!

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And also, can we just mention how cute my kiddies were last week on St. Patricks Day?? They ALMOST caught a Leprechaun but he got out of the trap! 

Aaaaand how cute they were in their Hawaiian gifts we brought home?!

Now that I'm home-sweet-home and St. Patty's Day is done and I'm officially 30, maybe I can take a breath.  The past week has been too busy! Can't WAIT for School to be out, can't WAIT to be done babysitting. 

Cant wait for Summer! But first, Easter!  Good night all.