Today I am 28...How did I get here so fast?

I woke up today as a 28-year old woman. I don't think I quite understand. Wasn't I just 17? I looked around and realized that I have a husband, two kids, and a dog. Where did they come from? My life must be in warp speed. There is just no other way to explain what is happening to me.

What a crazy feeling! But I love everyone blazing quick moment that flies by me. This life is more than I could have ever imagined in my wildest dreams. To be so lucky as to have an insanely wonderful husband that would make other wives drool by the way he treats me, a little boy who's smart as a whip, a little girl that is the apple of my eye, and the true "man's best friend" for our dog, what more could I ask for. God might just laugh in my face if I make any such requests!

I have had the absolute best birthday a 28-year old woman could possibly have. I found out today just how many people really, truly care about me. There are more than I thought - honestly!

I woke up this morning to little post-it notes all over the house with sweet nothings on them from my husband, since he had gotten up early to go to the gym. What a way to start the day, hey ladies???? I got two voicemails this morning with Happy Birthday being sung to me; one from my Dad, and the other from my friend, Karen who sang it first in English and then in Spanish! How cool is that?

I feel like an adult for real now. I have had all of the responsibilities for years - I think I just was refusing to actually call myself a grown-up; but here I am, almost 30, and I can honestly say that I am ready now. I am looking forward to the next year, and I hope it's as fantastic as the last few!

I did do one thing last night as a 27-year old, that was a bit risky. I decided to make both pancakes and syrup completely from scratch, and it was delicious! Here are some pics!

Ravine Waterpark in Paso Robles!

They are so stinkin' cute together!
Marcus & Madelyn

The girls lounged while the guys went on the slides!

We sure had fun at the Ravine!

We should do this more often!

We have a water park close to our home, in Paso Robles, CA. It's really hot up there, so it's the perfect place to have a water park. Only problem with it being so hot is that it's also really sunny, which caused 2 of us to get really sunburned the other day. Whoops! The kids got lathered up, but Mommy wasn't so smart. I ended up getting super dehydrated and had to take 2 days off of work - under doctor's orders!

Aside from that, the trip was so much fun!!!! We went with another family, the Chabot's (Sha-boe is how you pronounce it). Their dauther, Bella, is only 7 weeks older than Madelyn. They had a blast. Chase was able to go off on his own a little bit and really started to get adventurous. He couldn't get enough of the kiddie water slides but I just can't wait to take him on the big ones. I caught some major air on the way down. I think Marcus and I both caught a sink full of water up our noses!!!