OWEN SAVES THE DAY

i have so much to tell everyone really, but only two minutes to do it...
yesterday owen saved my birthday. sunday night i sat and cried unconsolably to myself about how alone i anticipated feeling on my birthday the next day. with my mom away, chad and katy gone and having just left jenell and jen, i had a renewed sense of sadness. i expected to have nothing to do, but had resolved myself to enjoy it anyway. i planned to enjoy my kids and try to have a good day regardless of whatever it held, but was worried i would find it difficult.

here is how it really went: i woke up to happy birthdays all around. jen called at 8:00 am and i got to talk to her. after getting mazy to school and kissing owen goodbye tristan and i went to breakfast with my dad; which i really enjoy doing and don't do too often. then t and i did a little shopping and he behaved quite well excluding the asking for things. next to trailside to retrieve mazana and on to home for a yummy home cooked lunch. upon finishing my lunch i received a call from owen that if i wanted to he would take the afternoon off and take me skiing, so we dropped the kids off at alicia's and headed to the mountain. the skies were perfectly clear (ordered specifically for me on my birthday. thank you God for answering that prayer.) i had the best ski day i have had in years! owen said he had never seen me ski so well. after skiing for 2 1/2 hours (which is the perfect duration in my book) we headed home to shower and dress for dinner. we went to the purple sage on main street and had a great dinner, then went window shopping in redstone and topped it off by renting a movie to take home and relax in front of. we laughed together and talked and really listened. it turned out to be perfect.

thank you everyone for all of the phone calls, i really appreciated it.

the rest of my heart's feelings and news of my world will have to wait. i have to go to work!

happy valentines day! i love each of you individually.