Happy Birthday to Me!!

It is time for me to get my birthday pictures up on the blog.... Really, I am more excited to post Mark's birthday pictures but since my birthday was first....here you go!! My birthday was near the beginning of the month and Ella was very excited to help us celebrate my birthday and "our" anniversary which was the day before. Ella was quite cute going around telling everyone it was "our" anniversary of being married....as if she were there eight years ago! We are sure glad she is here now! Anyway, back to the birthday... I was treated to a nice family dinner out and Mark gave me a gift card at my favorite spa. Now I just need to schedule a time to use it! James gave me an "I heart Mom" shirt that he can wear and Ella presented me with a jewelry box that we can decorate together. It was a very nice day! Below is a self timer picture of our family prior enjoying birthday cake. Actually, if you look close, James already had begun to enjoy the cake by sticking his fingers in it... : )

A picture of one of the roses Mark gave me for our anniversary. He also added a beautiful aquamarine and diamond pendant and chain to my jewelry collection! Thank you to my sweetie!!