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Sunday, August 9, 2009

haaapppyyy birrrthdaaayyyy tooo meeeee

It's my birthday. Feel free to sing.

I know I feel like singing, cuz I got one of the greatest gifts ever - a good friend back! Nadia and I hadn't spoken in about 7 years. Don't ask why - it's a long story... that I don't really know... though I have a better idea now after a nice long chat on Greenbluff in WA. But I still can't make sense of how silly things like this happen. Nadia was my best friend through Jr.H/HS. We did the craziest crap together (literally - another long story though).

Fast forward through lots of happy warm fuzzy reuniting moments... I got this card a couple days ago:

Hope you can see the photo clearly. It's a little girl in a swing making a very unhappy face.
The inside of the card reads: "Perhaps the cruelest of her childhood memories was one in which she was squished into a leather contraption hanging from chains and pushed endlessly back and forth, back and forth.... Happy Birthday!"
Brian didn't really get it or think it was as hilarious as I did. Brian and I don't have the same sense of humor. But Nadia and I do! And she even knew it would make my day to have fuzzy monkey stickers all over the envelope. But what she doesn't know is how it felt to just get that card in the mail and see her handwriting. She has very cute, unique handwriting that I've never seen anyone get close to imitating (probably cuz she's left-handed. I think I made fun of her once for that... maybe that's why she broke up with me 7 years ago). Just seeing the handwriting created a happy wave of nostalgia.
So this card and what is represents is probably going to stand out as my favorite gift this year. Unless Brianna comes up with something amazing - like potty training herself **smiling just thinkin bout it**

P.S. Other birthday gifts worthy of an honorable mention: mom sent me to Janice at Highlights Spa for an out-of-this-world facial, Brian's mom sent a very generous gift in the mail including solar lights for the yard, my former real estate agent sent a cute postcard, and Brian just booked us a trip to the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico for next month :) And he promised to let me sleep in as long as I want on my birthday morning. With Brianna still on her 6:15am internal alarm clock, that might just be my favorite present...

11 comments:

Julie said...: happy happy birthday were so glad your here....la la la la la la la!!! :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHELSEA!!! Sounds like an awesome day already!! OH and the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico - sounds super amazing and I am yep -- jealous!! :) So you taking the beautiful little tike?; August 9, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Unknown said...: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR CHELSEA! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!; August 9, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Veronica said...: Happy Birthday!!!; August 9, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Amy Hunter said...: Happy Birthday from all of us Hunters! Congratulations on your reunion. Gotta Love those healing times.; August 9, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Jessi said...: Happy Birthday, Chelsea!!! I'm so jealous of your vacation, that sounds like it will be amazing.; August 9, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Jessi said...: Happy Birthday, Chelsea!!! I'm so jealous of your vacation, that sounds like it will be amazing.; August 9, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Dan and Anne said...: Happy Happy Birthday Chelsea Dear! And congrats on Nursery.... we've been sneaking beckett in for the last month and I love it! Enjoy!; August 9, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Becky and Brian said...: Happy Birthday! What a great present you got. A vacation with the hubby sounds wonderful!; August 9, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Sam and Melissa said...: Happy Birthday! How old are you? So are you guys cruising or staying in hotels on your trip? Sounds awesome.; August 10, 2009 at 9:23 AM
BBS said...: Happy Birthday Chelsea in Cedar City! I guess that the Sunday threw me off--hope your day was wonderful--so fun that you got to listen in church.; August 10, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Unknown said...: Happy day to you. I am still laughing about the card.; August 12, 2009 at 2:04 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Sunday, August 9, 2009

haaapppyyy birrrthdaaayyyy tooo meeeee

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