And Now We Are Old.

And Now We Are Six Old. ...and it's time to face fears again. 

I've never had an issue with 'getting older'. In fact, most of the time, I've been excited about it. Take when I was 19, for example. I was ECSTATIC to turn 20. Mostly because I could now tell those people who could not believe I was married that is was okay....because I was in my 20's. (They didn't have to know that I was 20 and a few days, right?)

30 is a weird age, though. When I look around at other 30-year-old women, it's hard to tell where I fit in. I've 'finished' most of the things that women my age are just starting to do. And because you tend to gravitate towards people at the same stage of life as you, most of my acquaintances (outside of church friends) are at least 5-10 years older. ( And as a side note: Do you have any idea how hard it is to figure out how to dress? There needs to be a section in clothing stores for the "wants to be trendy, but too old to dress like a teenager" women like me.) 

It's tough for me to figure out why turning 30 is seriously freaking me out. It's really not that old. And now my age actually kind of matches what I've 'accomplished' in life. (have you seen how big peoples' eyes get when you tell them you have 4 kids, and you're not 30 yet?) 

So I've decided I'm not going to try and figure it out....I'll just try to roll with it. 

Ready to celebrate the last night of my 20's!

Birthday Martini's on the house!

All of us celebrate birthdays within 1 month of each other,
so we went to an awesome dueling piano bar. The boys made
pests of themselves by requesting obscure songs, while the
ladies sang loudly, laughed a lot, and danced a little.
Okay, so it was just me and Colin dancing.....

One of these girls just doesn't belong here.
One of these girl just isn't the same.
One of these girls isn't 30.
Now it's time to guess her name,
It's time to guess her name! 

If you've never been to a dueling piano bar, I'd highly recommend the Bourbon Room in St Albert. Such a blast! I have to say, our table was definitely the life of the party.

Apparently "Brittany" had no idea there was a Cher

cover of Walking in Memphis!

 

Another one of our many requests. The boys requested

everything from Bon Jovi, Roxette, Shania Twain, to Linkin Park.

It was a little crazy.....

And I'd like to give a shout-out to my 20's. It was an awesome decade:

I got married (okay, I did that a few months before...)

I finished post-secondary.

I had a few awesome jobs, and a few kick-ass opportunities. (like working with the Spanish Men's Soccer Team, and participating in a research project in Pediatric Oncology.)

I had 4 kids.

I moved 3 times.

I grew up a TON.

I'm a little sad to see those 20's go... after all: