Birthday Waves.....

 I started out my 35th birthday with breakfast in bed from Mike and the kids.  The kids were adamant about "surprising" me with breakfast in bed.  At 7:45 a.m. I was forcing myself to stay in bed, since I knew the kids needed their lunches and needed to be out the door at 8 a.m. for school.  Seeing their excitment and pure joy on their faces made it so enjoyable.  I also got their birthday books that they had been working so hard on the previous couple of day.  Ethan's story was an informational story about redwood trees and Mckay's story was about playing soccer.

My good friend JoAnn covered my lunch duty shift that I had that day for Naomi's preschool, so I could go out to lunch.  My parents, April, who came in from Oklahoma, and Jeff came down for the day to celebrate with us.  

After school we ditched McKay's gymnastic class and we headed down to the beach.

Nice weather, a nice swell, and a quite afternoon in October made for some great birthday waves.  

I got to surf with my 2 brothers Jeff and Justin while April and my parents watched the kids play on the beach.

 The kids love their cousin Elle.

 We enjoyed some yummy Mexican food.

 

We ended the day with homemade birthday cake from Mike.

I must say it was one of the best birthdays.  I guess turning 35 years old isn't so bad.