The Big 5-0

Ok... so it's hard to admit I'm 50 now. I've had a really hard time accepting that fact. And it didn't help by having to turn 50 on a rainy, gloomy day either. But here I am. The day started out by Shana and her family and Troy and his family giving me a European Facial at a day spa. So Shana and I both went that morning and spent an hour having our faces massaged with wonderful cleaners, scrubs and moisturizers and a mask. Oh that felt so good. She also rubbed my feet with lotions while the masked dried. I will for sure be going back to that place!! Then all the kids and grandkids came over for a fun barbeque. We had to hurry though because it was starting to rain. While I was sitting there eating Shana brought out a bunch of papers and handed them to me. She said that she had had people email her thoughts, memories etc. about me. Well, I immediatley started to cry. I couldn't even start to read them for a few minutes. But I got through them with lots of tears and lots of laughter. That was the best gift of all!! She's going to make them into a book for me. I opened gifts and we were going to go to the Strawberry Days Rodeo but it rained and poured down like no other. Daxton was going to do the mutton busting but we ended up not going. We were heart broken but hope to have him in another rodeo soon. So we ended up going downstairs and the grandkids put on a dancing show. Hip hop, country swing etc. We were laughing so hard. That was a highlight of the day too. They always make me laugh!! I just want to say a big thank you to my hubby, and all my children and grandkids for making this transition day such a fun one for me. I was really not looking forward to it but it ended up being a such a fun day. I love you all so much.

I finally have all 7 of my grandkids with me. I'm so proud of them and I love being their grandma. We almost don't fit on the sofa anymore. They're growing so big and so adorable and I love them more than they will ever know.

Here's the "old fart" Wrinkles and all. Everyone keeps telling me it's not as bad as it sounds. So we'll see..

I hope what I wished for comes true!!!

Wow!! Hard to believe that really says 50!! But it does.

I had mentioned several times to Roger that I would love to have an ice-cream maker so that's what he got me. I can't wait to taste it!! I made some today for fathers day.

Shana was giving me pages and pages of comments that people had emailed her about me. Of course, being a ball baby I started crying as soon as she gave them to me. I hadn't even started reading them yet. We were all together for a barbeque before the rain started. We had hamburgers, bratwurst, steaks, hotdogs, yummy salads, and chips.