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I am 30!


Yes, I am. I am in a new decade of life and enjoying it so far. We celebrated all weekend. Melissa's visit was the best. Being able to actually look her in the eye, see her smile, hear her laugh, look at her "Oh, my...you are so odd" face when I am telling a story or eating something really strange, Laughing so hard at her expressions that I pee my pants, and being able to hug her sweet neck made my weekend extra special! I miss having my good girlfriends within physical distance....oh, how I miss it.

Randall was a doll and remembered that I told him that I, "just wanted to be happy on my birthday", so he bought me Happy perfume! He is always thinking. He also promises me some furniture from a new store here in town. We will wait for a sale though...you know us!
After tailgating with the workplace and attending the ASU game for 1 quarter, I decided I wanted to end my day with a bang. I wanted a donkey pinata and I wanted to hit it really, really hard and have confetti and candy fall out on top of me. After searching for a donkey and not finding one, I was miffed. Randall convinced me that pin the tail on the donkey would be even better. (not as messy of a clean up for him either) So, that is what we did. We played pin the tail on the donkey in our den and had LOTS of fun. (Now, some of you who read this don't know me and think I am crazy. If you know me, you expect such oddness from me and are laughing at the thought of me and my Rand playing pin the tail on the donkey in our den, by ourselves. It was quite the party, I tell ya.) We decided after sitting alone at the ball game, tailgating by ourselves in a sea of people from my work, shopping all the Walmarts for donkey pinatas and then playing pin the tail on the donkey in our den.....we indeed need some local friends!

I am so blessed to have such sweet family and friends to send me gifts, cards and messages on my birthday. Thanks for making it so special, and thanks to my sister for saying such nice things about me. Wow.

Abby

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