The Death of Elmo; Round One

One of my birthday gifts from Jeremy was an Elmo Pinata...here's round one. If you have young children who are Elmo lovers, I'll warn you, this is graphic!! :)

My 30th Birthday

Wow, has it been a long time since I've blogged!! And what better to blog about than how long I've been alive! 30 years, yipee!!! I had an absolutely fantastic birthday: it was a blind-folded arm wrestling, pinata pounding, cake eating, Frisbee throwing, Wii playing, plenty of laughing good time! The Lord has been so good to me the last 29 years and I am convinced it has been prep work for my 30's; I'm excited to start this new phase of my life!

My Olivia the Pig Birthday Cake!

The boys playing Frisbee in the park

The Death of Elmo (I'll post a video later)

Me and my dearest Jordy

Getting wooped by my boss (and pastor!) at blind-folded arm wrestling! :)

Must see!!!

So for whatever reason I can't embed this, so the link will have to do. If this doesn't move you...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Things you don't say to your wife

Oahu!!

God is GOOOD! Jer and I were very much in need of a break. I had been asking the Lord for just a few days of rest, and long story short, some friends of ours flew us to Oahu for 4 days!! We got there 1) on standby 2) without a single delayed flight and 3) despite Mt Redoubt!!

We had a fantastic time on the beach, driving around the island, and getting old fashioned sun burned and getting to know Mark and Monica better! :) We got to see Pearl Harbor, found the main beach where LOST is filmed, and had a close encounter with a sea turtle, and had a visit from a pigeon who stayed on our balcony and just wouldn't leave...even when I practically sat on him!! With Facebook being the rage, I'm not even sure who all checks this blog anymore, but none the less, here are some great pictures!

The beach right outside our condo:

The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor:

The LOST beach:

A sea turtle sunbathing:

Our friend Bird who would not leave...and my sunburn! :)