Here I am at 30....and yes the next picture is of my gray hair..I like to pretend it is my first and that I haven't really been going gray since I was a teenager.
I must be dreaming because my 30th has come and gone and I feel exactly the same....I am missing a few tears...because I balled when the clock struck midnight....sobbed.....while a onlooking husband wondered why the heck I would seriously be crying. I admit..it was a hard one. 30 is old....time is going quickly....and I am now at an age where people think to themselves: WOW SHE IS OLD. I remember last year my goal was to lose 30 pounds by my 30th birthday...uh hum....um...well.....lets just be thankful I didn't gain any weight okay...get off my back!! I really meant the year after my 30th would be the year I will lose 30 pounds..so weight busters here I come. Remind me to tell you about Greg's comments at dinner...on my birthday..there may be reference to a beached whale...uh huh....I know...apaulling!!
Greg is the best husband...with the best intentions....and very VERY well trained. I have molded him over the last 10 1/2 year and slowly but surely my MASTERPIECE is becoming perfected...wuah ha ha. Let us take a moment of silence to remember the birthdays of past....it won't take long...most of them came and went with only a mention of.."I really didn't get you anything....I am serious...I really didn't...I don't want you to think I did..." Yes, he was serious and yea.....after multiple years he learned his life was more valuable than to let another birthday slip by without even a birthday card. Okay, I hear the people.... "Becky you are so selfish...are gifts really that important.....its about the love....blah freakin blah..." I am not really wanting to get gifts but maybe a little more love on the day of your birth wouldn't hurt. ***ALSO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN GREGS PLANNER YOU KNOW THAT ON THE LAST PAGE THERE IS A LIST OF 'GREG'S WANTS' THAT SPANS MAYBE 5 COLUMNS AND THEN A LIST OF BECKY'S WANTS THAT HAS MAYBE ONE OR TWO THINGS LISTED UNDER IT WITH A QUESTION MARK BY BOTH. A month or two before his birthday his will ever so "unslightly" pass you his list of wants.....complete with highlights, stars, and underlines. There seems to be an abundance of cash flow around December 23rd...and an underabundance of cash flow around June 8th...SHOCKING HOW IT WORKS THAT WAY EVERYTIME.
But this post isn't about the past...it is about the present and the progress my love chunks has made. With my birthday fastly approaching I didn't even have a slight clue of what might be instore for my 30th year celebration. Dallin knew...and assured me he would probably be a little nervous...thanks D. Greg was silent about it...(only because he didn't know what he was doing until 6 days before my birthday...) But after he figured it out he assured me it would be a big surprise. I begged and pleaded for him to tell me. Doesn't he know me at all...I hate surprises. JUST TELL ME OR I MIGHT DIE...I would plead. but he continued to torture me and haunt me with NO details at all. All he would say is, "you are the worst and I am never doing another surprise again..." Come on..am I really that bad........ ( I really am and this is a warning to all who read this.....DO NOT KEEP SECRETS FROM ME.......it will only make you go crazy)
Greg and I rang in the 30th yearday of my entrance into this world at the stroke of midnight. (speaking of can't waiting for a surprise did anyone know I tried to come 2 months early and they had to sew me in to my momma and she couldn't get out of her bed for 2 months...see you can't blame me..I came that way!!) Anywho..I told Greg that it was now my birthday and could he PLEEEEEEEEEASE just tell me what he had in store. He said no and rolled over and went to sleep. I woke up to a birthday song from Gregors. Colton was so cute because he was so excited for me to see what they had done the night before. He giggled and jumped around and when he couldn't stand it anymore he would run to the corner and jump up and down. You would have thought I was getting a new car or something but he was so excited because they made me a huge sign that they hung up in the family room and he thought it was the coolest thing EVER. We all went to breakfast (I actually got splinters in my butt at the restaurant..but that is a story for another day..) and then they took me to the spa and dropped me off for a MASSAGE. I know...HeAvEn!!! (I would have saved it for later if I knew what we were doing next.....) Afterwards Greg picked me up and he was all cheery...he said we had to hurry because we were supposed to be up PROVO CANYON IN 10 MINTUES......
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What are we doing up provo canyon Greg? You will see. I started to panic. It was raining....there was lightning......ahhhhhh! He finally said we were going down the Provo River. I specifically asked him if we were kayaking down the provo river and he said...NO. He claims he didn't know...uh huh. I quickly began the...."Um, hi...my name is Becky...you know your wife of almost 11 years....um...ya..hi......DON'T YOU KNOW ME AT ALL?" I don't like danger....I like safety...I am the queen of safety..in fact just call me Queen Safety. Why in the world would I like to spend my 30th birthday with a death wish. I assured him that I have NEVER wanted my death day to be the same as my birthday....EVER. How sad would that be. People mourning you would be like.."ahh, you remember the day Becky was born...?....AHHHH, then she died the same day.." They'd be so confused. Anyways.... I had no way out of it. I also knew there was no way Greg came up with this on his own. He reassured me that he actually didn't and that him and another seminary teacher figured out their wives had the same birthday...(holla Melissa) and that this was actually Sua's idea.......and that his wife was actually adventurous...
In the end...the clouds parted long enough for me not to be struck by lightning as we kayaked down the river and we actually had a good time. I'd say it was split to about 76% laughing and the other 24% me screaming for my life as we almost hit boulders and trees. We only ran into one "house sized boulder" and Greg only almost knocked me unconscious with his ore..but whatever. WE LIVED!!! So I had to be a little uncomfortable on my birthday..did I mention the outhouse...AHHHH my heavens....of course I had to use the bathroom...I'd say ladies room but this wasn't no ladies room....twice while we were there and NO ONE..I repeat...NO ONE..should have to dry heave like I did when I went in that portapotty. DI-freakin-SGUSTING!!!
We headed home to shower and then we went to the Cheesecake Factory and ate like kings. (**warning.....this is where husband needs more training...) We were just finishing our nice meal...enjoying the feel of "over fed" when I mentioned something like this...." Oh boy..I feel like a beached whale..." My husband ever so lovingly looked me in the eyes and said,...." you are the prettiest beached whale I have ever seen." WOW.... WOW..... WOWZERS!!! Geez... wow babes...thank you...I mean no one has ever said that to me before. What do you say after that. And although he deserved to be kicked where it counts...I didn't...because it was my birthday and he was trying to be nice and it has to be my fault...I guess I never taught him that when a woman says she is a beached whale you should never EVER say,.."Oh yes hun, you are...but you are the danged cutest whale I ever did see...." Somehow I can never see how that would go over well..(one more thing to add to my sidebar of "greg says the darndest things..."
After dinner we came home and as we were driving the prettiest rainbow in the world was right in from of my house. It was gorgeous and I hate to be overassured but I am pretty sure that that was heaven's way of saying...I LOVE YOU! Argue we me if you want..but what are the chances......thats what I thought.
One of the greatest gifts came on my birthday and that was the birth of my new little nephew. I was able to go see him after dinner and I do believe that since I am sharing my birthday with him then my sister in law Kerri should give me half custody of him. No arguments from any of you....whats fair is fair.
And although I am sad another year has come and gone and I am only getting older..the reality of it all is that I have had 30 wonderful years. For being such a paranoid person..this is an accomplishment..I haven't died yet!! I can't even believe the things I have seen and done and experienced in my life and I can't help but be grateful for the gifts that I have. I am most grateful to be married to my one and only and to have had the blessing of bearing my three beautiful little boys. So...I move on towards my 31st year with anticipation of the years that lie ahead...here's to a life without anymore kayaking rides!!!
*** oh and for the physical gift..I received a new IPOD Touch...YEAH!!!!
