35.

Yesterday was my 35th birthday and I wanted to share some of the fun we had. I worked in the morning (it was OK but NOT part of the fun!), my husband picked me up at 1:00 and off we went. We headed up into the thumb (for you non-Michiganders that is the thumb of the mitten that is Michigan) and had a great picnic lunch followed by several hours of relaxing on the beach of Lake Huron's Saginaw Bay north of Caseville. The beach was all but deserted - I think maybe 5 or 6 people came and went through the course of the afternoon. We swam, lounged in the sun, looked for flat rocks for our someday to be constructed backyard fountain, swam again, lounged again, did crosswords and Sudoku puzzles.....all well aquiring a light shade of pink! When we were beached out, we headed north further into the thumb and drove around for a couple hours just exploring any country road that looked interesting. We came across some cool parks, saw quite a few deer, and drove through some of the most beautiful farmland I've seen. Everything looked so green and healthy and tall - just like it should approaching harvest time I suppose. We ended up in Bad Axe for dinner and then headed home into a beautiful sunset as the blue sky gave way to purple then pink, red and orange. What a beautiful way to end a beautiful day! We were sun soaked and exhausted and slept like babies. 35 is gonna be great - I can just feel it! I expect grand things out of the next year but need to remember to keep my eyes on Jesus and let the grand things come from Him, not me. Maybe in another 35 years I will get that down pat! As my lovely colleague TJ reminded me today, I now have to mark the 35-39 box instead of the 30-34 box.......nice reminder Tiff but just remember you'll be jumping a box yourself here before you know it! Love ya!