Jamie's birthday weekend...

I love having my birthday fall on President's Day weekend.  It's like a special 3-day weekend just for me.  It doesn't happen all the time but often enough!  I love it!  We started the weekend with the kids doing a fun run.  It was for charity and the kids all received a shirt.  It's a nice shirt, kind of silky and quick drying.  The kids lived in them for the whole weekend, sleeping and wearing them, except for church.  Jack is fast and won 3rd in his division.

On Monday, I went to lunch with my Mom and Dad.  Yummy!  Just as I got home, Merril called to tell me he'd been in another car accident!  He was in a rental car given him from the motorcycle accident he was in a few weeks ago.  Sheesh!  He stopped and a lady behind him didn't and ran into the back of him.  They weren't going that fast so that's good.  It just seems ridiculous that he was in another accident!  On with life!  Then the whole family loaded in the Tahoe for a little hike to the Warner Valley dinosaur tracks.  It was a super teeny hike, the perfect size for Mikayla. There was dirt to play in and rocks to climb.  

See what I mean about the shirts.  They've been in them for 3 days straight.

Mark was the good kid he always is and rode happily in the backpack.  It was his first hike.

Afterwards, we got Chinese take-out.  It doesn't happen very often because it's so greasy and we usually get Japanese or Thai food because it's so much lighter.  But I still love greasy Chinese and I got to pick for my birthday dinner!  Then Mikayla helped me blow out candles on a cheesecake sampler.

I had a great weekend!  Monday night, Mark slept from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. so I also got a full night's rest as a present!  Ahh, that feels so great!  I've already done 2 loads of laundry and the dishes this morning.  Feeling great at 34!