Turning 34 and other things. . .

This is not my first birthday in a new place.  It seems that, whenever we've made a big move, it's always been around the beginning of August, with my birthday arriving just a few short weeks later.  But this is my first birthday that has ever fallen on a school day.  It felt a little strange to send Bella and Graydon off to school when I've become so used to having my kids around on my special day.  But I still had Curtis and we got some special hangout time.  And he got to run errands with me - lucky boy.  The real celebrating began in the evening when everyone came home.  We had dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings and Andy made me some brownies (which turned out much better than LAST YEAR'S!) 


The following day, we went on another farm tour.  Andy got to drive a gator. 


If you look closely at the picture, you can see that Graydon is steering the tractor.  They didn't go straight or anything, but he sure did enjoy that experience. 


A little over a month ago, the kids were getting buried in sand.  Now it's corn!








Bella's turn to steer this time.  She did pretty good going straight!


A Happy Meal toy at McDonalds. 


Graydon asked me to take his picture. 


Curtis is starting to get much better at cleaning up after himself.  He wanted me to take a picture of him cleaning. 


Bella and Graydon's school photos have already come back!  Both kids are looking so much older to me. 


My parents were in town and my mom purchased a slip n' slide for the kids that was on clearance. 




We played lots of games: movie trivia, Spoons, Uno, and matching. 


My mom brought her cotton candy maker!


And though we're closer, we were still sad to see them leave.  Thankfully our next visit will be sooner than later!