I Turned......................................shhhh.......................39!

Another birthday has come around for some reason.  I am not upset about getting older because I care about the number.  But, what is 39 supposed to look and feel like?  In my younger years I could show up to any sport and do pretty well.  I could exist on no sleep and still function.  I could eat pretty much what I wanted with no or few repercussions.  All of those things have changed with age.  I don't really participate in sports anymore because my body just laughs at me for trying and then punishes me with limited use of a particular part of my body for weeks on end to remind me that it doesn't want to go there anymore.  I still exist on no sleep but now people just think I am on something.  And the food thing, I don't eat a Three Musketeer and down a Coke and call it lunch anymore.  Ahhhh, the good old days.
So what is 39 all about?  I have to say I love it.  I still have all of my teeth, I am still married to my high school sweetheart, I have these amazing kids that I love and love me back, I have really fun kitchen appliances and know how to use them, I get to grow things and eat them, I live near more temples than I can count right now and can go to them whenever I want, and I have this wonderful life that I wouldn't trade for anything.  Not even an all expense paid trip to Tahiti for a month to do nothing but be pampered and eat amazing food all while floating on a tube somewhere slightly off the beach-not too far-in water that is so clear you can see all the way to the bottom.  
Alan helped me pull of a BBQ for my party that had to be indoors because summer doesn't want to come this year.  We had some friends over and just ate and hung out!  It was so awesome.  We love having people over and eating of course.  The kids helped clear out the garage so they could all play in there without getting cold and wet and just ran through the house all afternoon.  I made shredded beef with green chilies and homemade tortillas for soft tacos.  We had grilled corn on the cob and homemade salsa and watermelon.  I also made my cake.  I should have made two because it was so good!  It was a double layer devils food cake.  I whipped up some chocolate ganache and layered it in the middle of the cake with some strawberry filling.  Then I frosted the outside of the cake with the whipped ganache and Alan made homemade vanilla ice cream to go with it.  I have to say it is so much funner to make everything from scratch to eat.  It tastes better than anything that could be bought from a store.  We really like our food around here!
After everyone was gone we all cleaned up and crashed.  Sadly, Daniel has a nasty cold now but he will be fine.  It was fun turning 39 this year and the best part is I get to have a "new to us" freezer.  A big one that you have to climb into to find things and get them out.  I can't wait to make a  year supply of cookie dough and leave it in the freezer!  Or a year supply of cinnamon roll dough, or dinner rolls, you see where I am going with this.  It will be baking heaven to have dough just ready to go. 
As usual, I forgot to have any pictures taken to document my birthday so I will have to leave that part to your imagination.  I will photograph my freezer and my other cool present when I can remember to.  Alan bought me a window from an antique store that came from an old house in Salt Lake City that we are going to put pictures in like a huge picture frame.  It is so cool!