27 Years Young

That's right, I had a birthday..."I" being Anna, not Dalton. My birthday was last week and this one snuck right up on me! I didn't forget that my birthday was March 3rd, however...I did not realize that March 3rd was so close! Thanks to a friend who shares my birthday, I was reminded just in the nick of time. :)

It was a crazy week for us last week, mostly for Dalton but I always feel it when things are full for him...we are one flesh you know. :) We went to Hawks Bay, a town about 4 hours south of Tauranga, last weekend where Dalton and a couple of other guys from the House of Prayer taught at a seminar on the book of revelation. It was a wonderful weekend and so rewarding for all of us, but I won't go too much into that now. When we returned Dalton kicked off the week leading an intercession set Monday morning, then we had staff class Monday afternoon and then he taught the internship Monday night. He taught the internship the rest of the week and he is also teaching through the book of Revelation (which he is loving...and so am i!) at our Wed. night meetings. Over the weekend a good friend of ours got married and Dalton and I sang at the wedding...it was a beautiful wedding! Then Sunday, we made an effort to clean our house! It was a very rewarding week, but certainly a full one.

With all that being said, my husband is wonderful and still managed to make my birthday memorable and very special in the midst of all that he had on his plate. I am a blessed woman. :) Since I didn't realize how soon my birthday was, birthday presents were not on my mind at all. But Dalton still managed to pick me a WINNER of a present! We don't have closets in our house so organizing our bedroom has been quite a task for me and we have had boxes with clothes and shoes laying around our room since we moved in. Well, Dalton remembered this cabinet that I had noticed in a store a while ago and snuck out and came back with a large thing covered with a white sheet in the back of our car. After class on Monday night some friends followed us home and helped lift it out of the car (it's pretty heavy) and bring it in the house. Here are some pics of the unveiling of my present!

Drum role please...

Of course I had to put on a performance...

She's a beaut'!

Yep, that's right, I decided to just get dressed up and take a picture with my new present. Actually, my wonderful husband, as mentioned before, took me out to dinner to a restaurant that we have been wanting to try for some time now and afterwards he took me to see "slumdog millionare"...pretty good movie. Every morning for the last week I have woke up to Dalton telling me happy birthday. He decided that my birthday should be celebrated all week long, so today was officially my last day of my birthday week. It was a great birthday and I felt very blessed.

Later on in the week some of my girl friends made me a mexican feast and we celebrated some more. Good food, good company...what else could a girl ask for?

I also must make mention of my awesome family in GA and FL. My parents and sister sent me incredibly cool birthday emails and made me feel real special in the facebook world...which is a pretty big deal! My brother and sis in-law made me a video with my precious niece and nephew wishing me a happy birthday...it was amazing. And my mil (mother in-law) sent me an awesome b-day package making me quite the stylish pregnant mama. How blessed am I?!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to my family for still making me feel loved and connected even with oceans between us. It means more to me than you'll ever know!