25, 46, Hut Hut!


Walk down memory lane: Dinner at Outback (thanks to Melissa for the giftcard).
I don't think we had been here in 10 years! Thanks, Melissa!


I feel like I finally understand what the phrase "Time Flies" really means--because I feel like Dave and I got married, we blinked, and six kids later, here we are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary.

That is just wild!

And given that we have now been married 25 years, it only follows that I am now 46 years old! 

Holy guacamole.

Papaya made my 46th bday cake. (Ocean theme for Shark Week).

A sweet friend brought me flowers for my bday.

Zu and Lu made snow-cones for my bday dessert. So cool.

Harriet and Zu on our way to buy the special snow-cone ice.

Janae, my BFF, had a lemonade stand at her house and had this CRAZY-BIG cotton candy made for me (pina colada).

This is a family inside joke: Bam got this balloon a month ago. We named it Smiley. We loved it--for a day--until we realized it would drift into certain kiddos' rooms each night. Or slowly trail us down the hall. It was CREEPY.

So imagine my surprise when I went to change the filter in our HVAC system and FOUND SMILEY STUCK TO THE FILTER.

It seriously scared the crap outta me. How in the heck did SMILEY find his way here?
Bam is way into specialty make-up. Her dream-job: make-up artist on a movie set.

Jr. at the 4th of July BBQ our friends had. He is SO good with kids. LOL.

Fireworks across the street from our home.

4th of July night.

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