one year older and wiser too?

Yes, there is one more birthday in this lovely month of February, mine!  And what is pretty cool is that it is again on Friday The 13th!  The last time my birthday was on Friday The 13th was on my 16th Birthday!  Anyhow for the magical 27th birthday here are 27 things that I love and 27 things that I don't.

Loves and/or Grateful For:

1) my family

2) being a mother

3) softball

4) the Priesthood

5) photography

6) learning

7) a good laugh

8) the outdoors

9) that I'm still in my 20's (for a little while longer)

10) the Temple

11) the Gospel

12) a massage

13) going to the dunes

14) flowers

15) a clean house

16) staying home (most of the time)

17) watching my children learn & grow

18) the smell of wet dirt on a softball field (I know that this may seem weird but I'm not alone!)

19) Sea World

20) the beach

21) having a sister

22) being an aunt

23) being close to so many dear friends from my childhood

24) shopping for others

25) baking

26) adoption

27) trials

Don't Love

1) bugs

2) money

3) potty training

4) CPS

5) drugs and how they can ruin the lives of people

6) cancer

7) tests

8) grocery shopping

9) heights

10) seafood 

11) yogurt

12) speaking in public

13) working out in front of others

14) the texture of a banana

15) messes

16) the scary things that lurk in the ocean

17) "fake" people

18) weeds

19) being sick

20) being home alone

21) that missions are so long

22) when people are just handed everything in life and don't know the true meaning of having to work for what you have

23) how difficult and foreign Photoshop is

24) texting

25) cleaning bathrooms

26) bodily functions

27) when others have to suffer

All in all I have been extremely blessed in my life, especially this last year.  We have had some very scary and very amazing experiences happen.  I am so grateful for my beliefs and for the amazing power of prayer.  I am grateful that I have the faith to rely on my Father in Heaven and to know that He does know best.  I have been so blessed with some really awesome people in my life, both family and friends.  Here's to another great year!