the first (and not the last) anniversary of my 39th birthday

It's been a crazy week and a half. My family came into town and promptly wore out Uncle:


There were presents to unwrap:


I have enough Coach to open my own store. I spent the entire week trying to bribe my youngest niece into telling me what was in the boxes. I almost got her to spill the beans when I up'd the bribe to 5 Tic Tacs but I got caught by my sister.

I threw a big party and the nieces helped by making me a fancy poster:


There was a ton of people and even more food. My quilting friends all bought me polka dot fabric. I got two new Xbox games - 80s Lips & Lego Harry Potter. Hubby bought me tickets to see Harry Connick Jr. in Sept (woo woo - whatta hunk!). I was spoiled rotten.

I think this picture sums up the entire experience:


It's not too bad being 39 again.