Our Sweet Angels from God: Goodbye 30's!!

On Tuesday, January 10th, I turned 40 years old. Turning 40 for me wasn't easy. It almost seemed as hard as 30 but even harder. Why is it that turning 40 is a bad thing? I know a lot of women curl up in a fetal position over it, but for me it was mixed emotions. I certainly don't feel 40, and everyone tells me that I don't look like I am. I just didn't know how to take it all in this time. It's definitely been a very busy 40 years. I was a Page, Maid & Queen of the Krewe of Terreanians, I graduated from high school, moved away to New Orleans for a little while, went back home, married the man of my dreams, moved & traveled outside the U.S., had two beautiful children, and now I'm living in Helsinki, Finland. A milestone birthday & it didn't feel any different nor did I. I have become more comfortable in my own skin now. I have many more imperfections than I did when I was a teenager, and in my 20's. Nothing brings those out more than having children and gravity. I am much more aware of how little I know about anything and everything in this world. I don't have a picture perfect life, I can be grumpy, I'm rather opinionated, and to the point. I struggle daily with some sort of clutter/messiness issue and I'd rather play with my children then exercise, which is a good thing... sometimes. I do know one thing, God walks with me every step of the way. There is evidence of him in every single part of my life and I know He will never leave me or forsake me, He loves me no matter what, anyway I am. I love how I use to think 40 was so old but now I don't see it that way. Although, in the back of my mind I secretly wanted a surprise party (never had one) or just a get together with cake & ice cream. I know that is so selfish of me, but I'm just being honest. The only thing, is that everyone who knows me, knows I am not one for surprises. I am just laid back and I like small get togethers where it's just my family & some friends, but you know with my husband there is no getting away with that or so I thought it was going to be just that simple.

Helsinki 1/10/12

On the morning of my birthday, very early, 3:30am to be exact we got up to watch the BCS game starring our LSU Tigers and boy was that a big mistake. I should have stayed in bed and got some more rest. I am still a Tiger fan by all means but I certainly could have used the sleep for the mood I was in. I continued to stay up because there was no going back to sleep after that game, and as any other day, the children got up around 7 and it was off to a rough start. We had breakfast, got dressed and got our day started. Troy had taken the day off, which I thought was really sweet of him to do. We didn't do much in the morning, just were lazy for a while before we decided to walk to the city and explore. We were glad to get out of the house and really had no big plans for my special day but to be together. That's all I wanted anyway. It ended up being a great day and I'm so happy that I got to spend it with my loved ones.