Kay's Birthday Wishes

The start of our walk.

Just had to get on really quick this morning and share the fun Kay had last night.  I asked what she wanted for her birthday dinner... she picked meatloaf and corn!  :)  Then she kept trying to decide between cake and cupcakes for her birthday dessert (no, there were none left over from the party).  She finally settled on cupcakes... and so mommy made JUMBO cupcakes for her.  (They didn't even finish a half of one.)

When I asked what she wanted to do after dinner... I was expecting her to ask to watch a movie or something like that.  She instead declared that we should go for a walk.  After dinner was eaten and the cupcakes were out of the oven, we prepared for our walk.  To which Kaylana stated that she wanted to go put on her Dora jammies and go for a walk now.  With her in jammies and bare feet, Colson in his clothes and just his socks... we headed out (with them in the double stroller) for what became quite a long walk (and ending with me walking back home while Geoff ran the kiddos back the long way!).

Cheesy grins and muffins in a stroller!

Colson with his Half-Birthday present  :)

Kay insisted on a picture of "all of us" but not mommy.  Lol.

Amelia Bedelia!  She's so silly.

Fancy Nancy!  A favorite for sure.

We went all over the surrounding neighborhoods, enjoying the beautiful evening.  I was surprised at how long we stayed out, but we had so much fun.  When we got back we had present time!  Because Kaylana and Colson's birthdays land 6 months apart, we are able to ease the difficulty of sibling jealousy with an easy half-birthday gift solution.  Plus it's fun to celebrate the half-year mark at their age anyway.  I love that Kaylana is so grateful even for the little things.  She was so good about saying thank you enthusiastically (without being told to) for everything she was given. 

After that it was bedtime for this tired momma.  I've been getting up around 5:30am or 6am (though my goal is to get up at 5am, I'm working my way there slowly to get on my new schedule for getting everything in a day --or that's the plan anyway--) so I get really tired about 9:00pm.




The picture below I captured while on my solitary walk back home (don't worry, it was a short jaunt and I was more than happy to slow down for a little while).  The sun was setting and everything had that touch of gold in its path.  Stunning! 

As beautiful as that golden sunset was for my eyes to behold, I was reminded of how my family touches my heart with more warmth than the sun and fills it with joy and love more precious than gold.  And it goes without saying (but I'm going to anyway), no beautiful creation and no amount of joy and love can go without remembering the Creator of it all, the One and only Son that makes all things beautiful.  I feel blessed, even though life is difficult and far from perfect.  Finding my joy in what I have rather than don't have is a much better way to live.

The Sunset at Trail's End