HaPpy bIRthDaY to mE!

Oh, it came again. It's as if those grains of sand keep droppin' no matter what is going on! Before I knew it, it was my birthday and I turned 29. Wow, just repeat that...slowly; let it roll over your tongue and slip through the lips. Twenty-nine. It seems so weird to say, even more strange to comprehend. However, I like where I am, I know where I'm going, and I've learned from where I've been. :-)
Last night we celebrated my 29th birthday with my wife, my kids, my sister (Jenny) and nephew (Hayden), my sister-in-law (Sarah) and my other sister-in-law (Wendi). Sadly some family and my father and mother-in-law, and all my brother-in-laws were working or otherwise detained...but it was nice to have a gathering anyway, but there was definetly something missing! *you know who you are! :-)*. Angela made me my favorite, chicken enchilada's, Spanish rice, enchilada sauce, and then we had ice cream and cake! It was all so good! Then Angela and I took the kids (after watching Grey's Anatomy, of course) for a little drive up to the Provo LDS Temple, and then we made our way back home.
It was a special and rare occasion that we had and shared, to reminisce upon our previous years at BYU and being single...and then me reaching the realization that it was almost 10years ago that I, as a young missionary, had entered the MTC! I graduated from High School ten years ago! Man, last night we realized how quickly time flies by, and how we are quite literally caught up in the whirlwind and rapture of the smallest moments. Our lifes are just a collage of ongoing interconnected events and experiences; now I know we all know this...but it didn't feel like it had been 10 years.
I have had an incredible year, and I am so excited for the next year; to see what happens, where we will go, what we accomplish, etc. Oh, the anticipation and possibilities of the year to come!! Hopefully everyone will have some part to play in the next year of my life; I so enjoy and love my family members and friends! You all mean so much to me! Thanks for making last year so great, and for all that you brought "to the plate!" I can't wait for "the next course!"