Happiness

I turn 35 years old today. Pretty crazy, huh? I think it will be a good year for me! 35 is such a solid number! It's funny, I don't really feel 35. I always 35 was getting up there. In fact, I almost bought a Turning 50 birthday card for my twin sister as a joke (Happy Birthday, Molly!). But, really 35 is not that old. Even if I do take naps sometimes and quit dancing after the third dance. If I knew that 35 felt like this, I would look forward to it! Here's something I found online that I liked. Now my kids can know a little more about me, Megan, Mom, as a 35 year old. THE LIST: 1. List 20 random facts about yourself.- I'll do this one later. 2. Describe 3 legitimate fears you have and explain how they became fears- Heights, I've always been afraid of heights, Heights and Water- ugh!, Growing Old and all my kids moving away from me. 3. Describe your relationship with your spouse. Amazing. 4. List 5 things you would tell your 16 year-old self, if you could: ...

Don Carlos, my new bonsai palm tree! My new GPS! Charlotte Larsen, 6 months old, Molly Larsen, Me and Kelsy (18) Happy Birthday, Molly! You are 31 now! Wow!!! We are so getting up there! Just kidding! This picture was taken at our mini-family reunion in August. I went without the kids, as did Molly (mostly) and we had a blast! I'm glad that I live somewhat close to you (a 13 hour drive!) Speaking of driving, Josh gave me a great birthday present- a GPS!- so I can find my way around Maryland! Yay! Yesterday I just typed the name Kmart into it and it led me to a Kmart I've been trying to find for the past year. Yes, year! I am a slow learner. (I printed out the directions from google and promptly lost them.) See picture above. He also gave me a palm tree- yes, a palm tree! It's a bonsai palm tree and can live for many years. This will help me not feel so far away from California or homesick. Thanks, babe, I love you! Happy Birthday, Molly! What a great birthday! This is my b...

For my birthday, Josh stayed home from work and watched the kids while I went to the temple. I was planning to spend all day there. No kids. No noise. Just peace. I went and was so excited to see the Temple Matron welcoming us into endowment room. Then, the temple President F.Melvin Hammond officiated. We love the Hammonds. They spoke to us at a stake conference in Provo and then just recently at a stake conference here. Afterwards Josh dragged me up to say hi to them. They are the neatest people we know! After going through a session and being in the Celestial room for a little while, I felt prompted to go home. I came, I served and now it was time to return to my duties at home. I came home refreshed and renewed and sent Josh to bed for a nap, washed the dishes, started laundry and made my cake. I love to serve and I learned that the second best place to serve besides the temple is in our own homes. Me at the temple. Josh's sister MaryRuth sent me a beautiful package filled with ...

No, D-Day is not Christmas. It is my 30th birthday. Me? 30? I just turned 23 like two days ago. Did someone speed up the Earth? Pretty soon I'll be 84 on Wednesday. My birthday is tommorrow. I'm almost 30 and I can't even spell tommorow. See that's proof. I'm really just 23. I swear! No, the five year old with me is not mine- I'm twenty three! Tomorrow. Ok. Now I can turn 30. I am celebrating the big day by making nutella crepes for breakfast. I have never seen or even heard of these until my daily calendar that has "5 things to be happy about" on each day told me that one of those 5 things was "Nutella crepes". So, I will be trying these out for the very first time on my 30th birthday. Also, Josh is taking the day off of work tomm- oops, I almost acted like a 23 year old again!- tomorrow. I will be going to the temple. Then, we will be having Angel Food cake, ala chef Joshua and opening my present, which I already know of since I spotted it ...