By the time the cake was ready, we were all in our pajamas...but look how excited everyone is!

Addie and Amie stir the batter (this is Friday night, after our dinner date to Rib & Chop House)

Friday Night: Matt and Amie and Addie in my kitchen making my birthday cake!

Zipadee-Ay- and Hi-Dee-Ho

I have been 33 for 10 minutes now and it feels very much like 32. But, being the Christian girl I am, 33 has always seemed like a mile-marker age for me. Christ supposedly completed his mission at 33 and I can't help thinking, "Hmmm, what have I done to change the world in 33 years?" I've actually been pondering that all week and I have come up with some really good things I have done, but also a long list of things still to be done to make a positive difference in my world.

I also started a list of 33 things--constant things-- that I am grateful for. When I finish it later today I will post it. Thanks for remembering me today, grandmas and moms and dads and friends and aunties (so far). It's been a lovely day with my girls and my brother Matt & his family. Life's too good.

More to come (it's time to read stories with Addie)...

And here is another GOOD MORNING from the Melin girls--watching Sesame Street on mommy's bed this morning!

Here's Jake trying his best to scoot over and get Heidi...maybe they will teach each other to crawl! 

After stake conferece, we drove up to Helena to visit my brother Matt and his cute family. Here is Heidi on his floor, trying to scoot over to Cousin Jake... 

I have to post both of these cuz I can't pick a favorite! 

Yesterday was stake conference in Bozeman. We had to laeve the house by 9am for the 10am meeting--here are the girls waiting for us to leave. 

The end of the parade (these are taken thru Addie's bedroom screen, hence the fuzz). 

The Park High homecoming parade just clattered past our building (we live across a street and a creek from the high school). I think it's funny that they are called the Rangers and their color is purple just like ours at Rincon/UHS in Tucson. The lawn mower there says "Mow 'em down Rangers." Clever.