These are my plans:  flying out of town with David – the kids + meeting up with some of our favorite people = AN AWESOME BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!

I love meeting up with good friends.  :)

Happy birthday to my twin too!  He could pass for 29 and I could pass for 21, right?  OK, maybe 25?

I’ll have lots of fun pictures from our fun weekend I’m sure.  :)

To jumpstart the fun, I recieved this fun little beauty in the mail:

My sister Jenn sent me white Lustregloss by M.A.C. and I LOVE IT!  Apply it over any lipstick to give it just the right umph.  Trust me.  After you get it, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it!  (You see, I’m actually wondering how I survived.) I used to use a silver lipstick that I would apply over any shade of lip liner, lipstick, or gloss, but it has been discontinued.  (Dang you Trucco, Aveda, and Artistry!)

Jenn first heard about this make-up must have from reading an article on what Victoria Beckham MUST have and this was one of her top picks!

I can see why.

You should too!

Celebrate my birthday by getting yourselves one of these!  (Your treat of course.)  :)

He talked about his 20 year high school reunion coming up in a few years.

Yes.  HIS 20th reunion.

What a handsome (and young of course) man I’m married to.

Happy birthday!

Judging by the look on his face, he doesn’t have a clue what to do here . . .

It just took one little hand print . . .

And then he seemed to know what to do.

His bossy little index finger sure had a great time.

And Hannah’s bossy fingers did too . . .

His face doesn’t have nearly enough icing on it yet . . .

But now it does.  Eating birthday cake is really exhausting!

Happy birthday Dallin!

I have  many pictures to post.

We had a wonderful time with our friends in Texas celebrating the 4th of July and Dallin’s birthday.

Now that we’re back, I need to catch up on some assignments (remember how I’m in school full time?) and upload some photos.

But for now, know that this delicious birthday cake got our birthday boy very, very messy.

And it made him so very happy.

And this delicious cake made the adults very happy.

They are moving to Florida in a few weeks and this will be our last hurrah with them before they move far, far away.

This will be my first time meeting their one year old baby Darby.  This will be their first time meeting Dallin.

I’m sure there will be lots of stories and pictures to post upon our return.

Plus, we’ll be celebrating Dallin’s first birthday while we’re away.  There’s no better place to celebrate turning one than in Texas.

Enjoy the 4th!

Hannah is all about birthdays. (What two-year-old isn’t into cake, candles, presents, and chocolate?)

This is what we ate for breakfast on Betsy’s birthday.

Really.

No one complained.

It was delicious.  All 467 calories per bite.

In fact, I’m positive this was the favorite breakfast my sister’s family ate while visiting.

Because they didn’t smile like this when I served cold cereal and oatmeal!

I’d like to send out a big THANK YOU to everyone who guessed that I am indeed, YOUNGER than my twin.  It’s nice to be the younger one when you’re getting older.

Oh, and that is the correct answer.  I AM 10 minutes YOUNGER.    I proudly share this statistic with anyone who cares (which is no one).

Also, thank you for all your kind comments on this post.  I wasn’t fishing for compliments, I really just thought it was interesting that I used the same bathroom as these people (okay, maybe not the boys, but you get it) when I was a little kid.

Thanks for your comments, and thanks to all the lurkers who came out of obscurity and made themselves known!  You’re welcome to keep commenting . . . 

So this is my twin (and his girlfriend):

It’s bizarre to think we were born on the same day, same year, in the same hospital, from the same mother. Where we are in our lives is just slightly different.  In fact, our lives are so slightly different, you may not notice the difference at all:

Me:  Married almost 12 years

Him:  Single

Me: Two kids

Him:  None

Me: Living here and there and everywhere like a gypsy

Him: Owns a condo

In many ways, I feel so much older than him, and in others, I feel like his little sister.  What do you think?  Which one of us do you think is 10 minutes older?

This is your chance to speak up!  Blog stalkers and lurkers alike, COMMENT!

And please don’t ask any silly questions like, “Are you identical?”

Because I’m going to ask you to THINK before you SPEAK, and to PLEASE take your FOOT out of your MOUTH. (I know some of you really almost asked this question and are just slightly embarrassed to admit it.  It’s okay, everyone does it.)

(I hope I win!)