Happy 24!

Birthdays are so fun. I love the intentional time you get to spend with those around you. This year mine was mid-week so the girls were sweet and planned a day the weekend before doing things I love like painting pottery(!) together. My actual birthday was pretty busy which happens to those of us in the 8-5 club, but some friends came over late that night and we had a little shin-dig to celebrate the big 2-4. My friend Lu (not to be confused with my pup Lou, although she is just as great) took this video and it makes me laugh because Kel had no idea she bought me trick candles. Or maybe she did, I’ll never know.

My favorite thing about birthdays in my community here though is the tradition we started almost 3 years ago that on your birthday everyone takes time to tell you something about you they are thankful for. So often those things are never said out loud and it is just a great opportunity to encourage one another. Sometimes they are pretty light hearted and sometimes, they make you tear up. But not only was I thankful to receive that this week but I am always blessed to share on someone else’s birthday as well. I would encourage you to add this tradition to your own families or communities this year too! It really is great.

This party in a box arrived on my birthday, thanks mom.

Here’s to making year 24 full of joyful things, passionate pursuits and many, many adventures.

meg

Happy things

This past weekend my little sister Caitlin turned 17! We celebrated with a trip to the Cheesecake Factory and some shopping in the city. It was a fun day that we all got to spend together as a family. Here’s a little snap of her right before she made a wish.

She is growing into such a beautiful woman and I am so excited to see her journey unfold. One of the gifts Caitlin asked for this year was a letter to hang on her door. She didn’t give me a whole lot of direction, but this is what I came up with. Hopefully it makes the college packing cut next year, we’ll see.

This weekend was also our first (& only) snow of the season! We had friends over and were so hopeful that the town would shut down the next day. Luckily for students it did, but for us working folk life carried on. We made the most of it though with a snowball fight, homemade snow cream and movie to warm up as we watched the snow continue to fall outside.I brought Louise outside for awhile too which was fun because she had never seen snow before!

And now, with our "big snow" out of the way we can officially look forward to Spring.

Cheers to happy things (!!)
and to celebrating them along the way.

meg