Birthday Blast

When we lived in Washington, the Simons lived around the corner from our house. Barb was my very first piano teacher. She was so nice & fueled my excitement. Yesterday, I was using the "birthday clause" to play the piano instead of cooking breakfast. I was thinking, "Wow! I am so glad I can play the piano & Barb helped me learn."

After church Scott received a phone call from Keith & Barb's son, Travis. He was driving through & asked if he could stop by & see us. We were so excited to see him - he was one of the young men that Scott worked with in our church more than ten years ago.

It's hard to tell that he has aged one minute. I remembered that I had a great picture of him somewhere & found the hard copy in my "People" drawer. I am grateful for good friends & for photographs & cameras.

Chocolate cake - yummy!

While I am not happy about this birthday milestone (or my not-so-great hair day), I am very grateful to have seen the passage of time - the progression of great youth into great fathers and mothers, husbands and wives. Family & friends have kids that I knew as babies & toddlers that are serving missions and getting married & having families of their own.

After dinner, we had a fireside at church about protecting our families (internet security stuff) & then we hurried home to share cake & ice cream & cheesecake with the YSAs. It was a happy day!