Brent's Birthday Get-together

Brent turned 26 yrs old today; can't believe where the time has gone(a statement made by almost every mother!*S*). When Brent was born, he brought so much love into our family and continues to do so.
I wish for Brent more joy than he can even comprehend and just a little opposition so that he'll recognize the joy when he sees it. He is a wonderful young man and I am so grateful to be his Mom.
So fortunately, we had his birthday celebration yesterday(Sunday) because he woke up at 6am today with food poisoning from a meal on Saturday night (he thinks). So today was not a wonderful birthday.
We had quite a few people come, which was so much fun! (Steve & Victoria Truscott and Afton, Kiel Munger, Seth & Carly Bagley, and Josh, Shannon, Jessica & Ethan Johnson. We barbequed steaks, chicken, hot dogs, had all kinds of food that we and the Truscotts made. It was a wonderful time with LOTS of conversation and Laughter!
These photos are not wonderful but they document the day!*S*

Brent wanted a HUGE piece of Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cake and he got IT!*S*


Ranae & Brent

Ethan & Shannon

Kent & Kiel

Rob & Steve(wish I had noticed Steve's eyes were closed, I would have taken it over)

Ranae, Brent & Victoria (again, didn't notice Brent's closed eyes!)

Afton, Ethan, Shannon & Josh (what is Josh doing? *S*)

Alot of candles to blow out!

Count the candles and you'll see 27 since there is always an extra candle to "grow on"

Have a great day!

So, today I was at the grocery store buying a few things; mostly for Brent who got sick this morning. When I checked out the cashier told me to "have a nice day". People say that all the time but this time, I had a small "aha" moment.
In order to "have" a nice day we have to be OPEN to receiving it. There are times when I'm not in a great mood or even wanting to have a nice day. If I am OPEN to it; then I am looking for it and will be much more likely to receive it.
I know; a little random, but just something I learned today.
So, today, even with clouds and rain and with Brent sick on his birthday, I am OPEN to still having a nice day!

I can't believe it's been a year!

I have no pics to post at this point, but I just happened to log on to my blog to find April's blog to find a salsa recipe and could not believe it when I saw that it's been about year since I have blogged about anything!
Unfortunately, I have been using facebook as a way to "blog"; and the problem with that is that nothing is written "in stone". And it's not "storytelling" it's only listing the day-to-day activities.
It's been a full year and I will get around to posting pics to show my family and things we've done.
But for now, Brent and his new wife, Ranae are here for the weekend and it is his birthday weekend! (funny that my last blog post was Brent's birthday a year ago!).