A Milestone Birthday

I used to think 40 was old. Seriously old. It's not so old anymore. At least, it doesn't feel old.

So, Matthew hit the milestone last month, and I will reach it in a few months. And the good news is that we will be running in the Masters divisions in some of our favorite local races!! We have an excuse for our graying hair. And, I think being 40 gives us the green light to begin stories with "You know, when I was a growing up . . . "!! (Insert rolling eyes by our beloved children!)

Thanks to a thoughtful sister-in-law to dropped off this sweet surprise! What a fun idea! It only took a few days to reduce this beautiful arrangement to a pile of empty cans and wrappers!

We celebrated with white chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting -- Matthew's choice!

We had to improvise with our candles because we didn't have a "4" candle. And we didn't have 40 of any candle. SOOOOOOOO, we used a 20 + 10 polka dot candles + 10 primary colored candles. Apparently, our cakes promote addition!