I celebrated my 41st birthday yesterday.  It was a great day!  I hope that bodes well for the rest of the year.  I received many birthday wishes and greetings on Facebook, on Twitter, on the phone, and through the mail.  I am truly blessed to have such wonderful family, friends, and acquaintances.  One surprise this year is that I received two birthday cakes from one of our church members and her granddaughter – one to share at the office and one for home.  Nothing like that had ever happened before.  And those cakes were delicious!  Thanks, Rita and Skylar!

Here’s a few pictures and a video from yesterday’s festivities:

Posing with Annie's present to me - a ceramic piece she made at school.

Posing with the girls on my birthday.