Friends

I saw some friends I haven't seen in a long time this weekend at the two little kid birthday parties I went to.

Carrie looks the same, but her baby is quite changed. He is two years old now. Yikes - I didn't realize he'd grown that much...I guess that just means that it's been a long time since I've seen her!

Anna is engaged to a guy she's been dating since March. It was good to see her happy and in love again.

Kim is raising two pretty little girls - one of them a fresh three years old. It was fun to see Kim's artistic abilities being put to use as a loving mother; she made a pretty rockin' panda pinata for the party.

Charity has a bf and an almost seven-year-old daughter, who, like Carrie's son, is still a baby in my memory.

It's nice to catch up and see people doing so well and being so happy.

For my birthday this year...

we went to breakfast at Byways Cafe,



followed by a massage and Phantom of the Opera, then a drive to



Lincoln City for an overnight stay,



the Tillamook cheese factory the next day,



Mo's in Cannon Beach later that afternoon for some clam chowder bread bowls



and finally a walk along Cannon Beach.

It was wonderful!