Birthday weekend

Well the kids celebrated their sixth birthday this past weekend. Where the six years have gone I don't know. I don't feel any older, but they will always be the physical evidence of our advancing age. I guess I should have thought about that before we had kids. I was telling Jeremy that I feel like I've reached the end of a stage in life. I imagine life as having many stages, my last 31 years being one of them. I finally feel a kind of satisfied peace. I can only hope that the worst is over and can look forward to happier times. Maybe I feel like I've finally matured and realized that my life has been full of unrealistic expectations. Life is what it is; hard, fun, challenging, exciting, surprising, ugly and beautiful come to mind. That's just my view of it at this time and who knows in another 30 years it might look totally different. I'm happy to say that my kids are happy and healthy and I hope they stay that way. I can say I know volumes about what NOT to do, in fact you could call me an expert, if I can pass any of that knowledge on to them I think that they'll be okay.
The kids had their party at Chuck E. Cheese surrounded by their family and friends, to them nothing could be better then that. I think we all had an enjoyable experience. Our guests were my Tia and Anita, our cousins Jenny, Liley, Rainey and Decker, also Caleb and Alia's friends Greta, Shea, Aaliyah, and Maddy. After the party all of the family went over to my Grandma Ortiz's place and had a good visit with her. The kids were all very entertaining to her and the little girls all sang and danced to my sister Jessy's CD. The next day we had Grandma and Grandpa Tovey, Aunt Tamra, Aunt Sarah, Uncle Riley, Kendle and Morgan over for a visit. We were all very happy to see them and had a lovely day. Now we are looking forward to attending cousin Ned's Wedding in Pocatello, Idaho.