29th Birthday! What?

I was hoping I could stay forever 28, but there was no holding back and I had to turn 29 ;) We all know what that means, one year left of my 20's! Yikes. That seems scary because inside I still feel 18 sometimes. I was talking to my grandma about this the other day and she said she knows exactly how I feel, and yet she said when she looks in the mirror and sees an old woman, it's hard for her to believe sometimes. 

I woke up to my loves bringing me Cracker Barrel breakfast in bed, which was delicious. I tried sleeping in bed but my body is so used to waking at 7 am I couldn't lay in bed past 8. Thanks to Jake and the kids, my birthday turned out great! 

Saturday morning reading time snuggles, I love watching them together. 

Receiving packages and cards in the mail for my birthday is always one of my favorite parts! This card from my dad was so sweet :) 

After opening gifts we got ready to head to the pumpkin patch. Look at her long legs! 

This pumpkin patch in the middle of nowhere here in Texas was really fun for the kids. Mainstay farms had this big jumping trampoline, train rides, hay bales to climb on, animals, zip lines, huge slides, and the list goes on. 

Cutest pumpkin in the patch! 

The kids were all particular about which pumpkin they picked, here is Jonathon with his choice :) 

By the end of the evening baby girl was tuckered out

As I was walking with Bella towards the exit there were old cars on display for people to write messages on and I saw this :) 

For my birthday dinner we went to the Olive Garden, which is still one of my favorites. Isabella was her usual enchanting self waving at everyone seated near us and she tried sharing her food with them as well. We had a great night as we shared dessert back at home and the kids sang to me. It was the perfect end to a wonderful birthday. 

I'm actually looking forward to my 30's! My twenties were filled with some of my best days but they were also filled with my worst. I'm hoping my 30's are filled with wonderful memories and not so many sad ones. I do know that trials are necessary as part of our journey here on earth, and in the next decade I won't be exempt from them. I picture my 30's more stable hopefully. I became a mom at 20 years old, my twenties were filled with the best days of my life, but also with babies, pregnancy, and a lot of stress from our experience with Ryan and subsequent pregnancies. Though I would like maybe one more baby, I'm hoping my thirties are spent just raising my kids, no more scary pregnancies and deliveries, just our family growing together in love, and maybe some more time for me, a part I skipped over having kids at 20! The best part of me are my children, but fulfilling other goals for myself are important too and I think it's important for children to see that as well. Graduating from college next month will be the first on the list!