That Titanic Lady is OLD!

I recently watched the movie Divergent with some of my friends. I made the comment that the lady from Titanic is looking old. After a moment or two, I processed what I had said and commented, "She's looking old, NOT me." LOL I totally remember watching Titanic and feeling a kinship to her character. When was that anyways? When I got home from the theater I did a little research and realized that Titanic came out 17 years ago. WHAT?? Holy Moly--- Bummer!!! I guess I am THAT old.

Despite the realization of my old age, I had a fabulous birthday! I really do have an AWESOME family that is very thoughtful.
First, the day before my birthday, Brett took me to lunch at the Creperie. Good food, sunny day, hot date! Perfect!

Next, Liberty choose to use her Mental Health Day {see explanation at the end} to spend my birthday with me. Very sweet! Thanks to an extraordinary man in our lives, we were able to sleep in. And wake up to breakfast ready on the stove. Yum!

After getting up and ready, we did a little shopping together. We bought this beautiful star for our new house. Yeah!

Before heading back home, Liberty treated me to lunch at Subway. We even got free cookies because it was my birthday. ;) We were going to do a craft project together but ran out of time. We did do a little research and had some good laughs at the fun wood signs on our google search. The day went by way too fast but it was so special to spend the day with my beautiful daughter.

When Glory got home form school she had all sorts of special things planned for me. First she had made this duck at school that she thought would make for a fun Duck Hunt game. She had hid it last night and I had to go find it. So fun! Later, she came into my room and told me that we (just me and her) had to "go get the mail now". The way she said it made me realize she had something in mind. So hand in hand, we skipped down the road to the mailbox. When we got there, I opened and found a "special letter and treat" waiting for me. Her face was so cute. She was so excited she could hardly stand it. What a sweet girlie!

After work, Brett made me a delicious dinner! Some of my favorite things- Roast, baked potatoes, corn on the cob and broccoli. I ate way too much but it was so good!! 

Present time!!!! The kids were so excited to get me my own fishing pole complete with my first big catch. We are Montanans now, you know. ;)

Then they sent me on a Money Scavenger Hunt around the front room. Each person ahd hid some dollar bills for me to find. We played the HOT/COLD game until I had found all of them.

For dessert, the kids helped make snickerdoodle cookies and strawberry/banana parfaits. Yummy!

What a great day! Happy old Birthday to me!

MENTAL HEALTH DAY: We have had some amazing examples of families whose children are all grown. One thing we took from one of them was the idea of a Mental Health Day. In the Seamons version- each Middle School child can choose one day a year to take a break from school for any reason. We encourage them to be smart and not miss essential things but they can decide. In High School, they get to pick two days.