Another Year Older

How exciting, huh? We both turned another year older in June! Matt now has 27 full years of experience under his belt, and I've got a mere 21. Together, we've got as much wisdom as a 49 year old! Is that how it works? Or do we combine 20 of our years since we could probably consider 20 of those years very similar experiences of growing up? In the latter case, we would only know as much as a 28 year old. Or, perhaps when we combine forces we are BETTER than individuals and would instead have the value of 60 years of experience.

Matt planned his birthday party this year and decided to celebrate by inviting some of his family over for supper and to help him on his long list of projects around the house. Let me tell you, that was the best birthday present ever for him! However, his family probably thought it was the most non-party to ever exist since he kept them so busy.

Ahh... dessert was so delicious. Thanks to Kelli for supplying the strawberry shortcake! Corbin was visiting Iowa for a few weeks and got to come for the evening, and three of my brothers were here as well. My brothers were staying with us for the week while Mom and Dad went with Justin on his band trip to Florida.

A few weeks later was my birthday, and by then the month had calmed down enough for my family to celebrate both of our birthdays at once! I don't have any pictures of the event, so Mom must have taken them all with her camera. There were testimonies and baptisms on my birthday weekend, and Abby was here again for the baptisms so it was an exciting and wonderful birthday for me!