This past Halloween I turned 26. In my twenty six years of life I've experienced much and learned a lot. I won't get all into a super sappy 'what my life has been and how wonderful it is' post... but I do want to say that I am one lucky girl. I have THE BEST fiance and son you could ever ask for, some pretty awesome pups, a loving family (immediate, distant, AND the one I'm about to marry into), and some fabulous friends. Life is good..... even when I think it's not.
I did a lot in 26 years.... yet, there's so much more I yearn to do. During my life... I grew up. (I have more growing to do. Much more.. mentally and emotionally.) I grew from a 'child' to an 'adult', and that takes time! Eighteen years to be exact. Yet,
18 years is an adult?! What a joke. ANYWAYS (I'm straying here...time to get back on topic) I spent the last 26 years searching, trying, and finding. I tried every sport & dance class when I was younger. I couldn't wait to turn 13, to finally be a teenager. Then, I couldn't wait to go to high school. Then, college. Then, to FINALLY graduate. I couldn't wait to find the right guy. So many things that make you a "grown up". Now I'm here. I'm done. I graduated. I found the love of my life...and we have our own little family. Now what?
Good question.
Now it's up to me to make sure I continue to grow. To not stop here. To stay inspired & desired (like the rhyming there? I almost deleted it because it was a little too catchy and corny... but those two words are too good to delete, so deal with it). Nobody is telling me what to learn, how to do it, and when to do it by. It's up to me what I want to do, what I want to learn, how I want to raise my child, and what kind of woman I want to be. This is amazing... and dangerous. It's so easy to fall into a rut of living without living. I don't want to do that. Therefore, I'm going to make a bucket list. I've always had one mentally, but it's time to put that baby on paper! It's time to live that bucket list! I'm going to do everything I can to stay inspired 24 hours of the day...and to DO it, not just think it. I strongly believe that the happier I am with myself, the more I grow as a woman, and the more I truly live.... the better mom and fiance/wife I will be. And those are two jobs I take very seriously!
A littler longer...and sappier.. than I meant to be. Ahh well.
Our Halloween:
We put on our festive clothes
this pumpkin tushie slays me!
crafted & decorated
(John made this super fabulous bench... because I just know you were 'oohing & ahhing' over it)
We took some a million 'First Halloween' pictures
daddy love
Big John taught little John how to grill
and we I watched Hocus Pocus for the 29th time this month.
We had several trick-or-treaters... and it was the bomb. They were so cute ... and one hilarious little 5 year old girl seemed to have a crush on my fiance and wouldn't leave our porch for what felt like an hour. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard behind my 3 month old baby shield, while Johnny just stood there awkwardly with his 5 year old crush.... who, by the way, was twirling a sucker in her mouth the whole time.
I ended the night with a wonderful steak dinner, magnificent CLASSY wine (not my usual grocery store stuff) from our great friend Lee, and opening my present. It was a big ol' box with a piece of paper in it. The piece of paper was a picture of this:
Yep! My boys got me an Ipad Mini! I am so stinkin' excited for it to come in!
As you can tell from all the pictures, it was one heck of a birthday!
Blessed :)
