My 46th birthday

On the Saturday, April 1, I woke up to find that Abi had delivered Birthday Bear to the chair by my bed. 

My mom made a birthday cake for me (it's adorable!) and I had some more books and craft supplies for my birthday. Such a fun way to start the day!

Maddy made me a cute little present.

My mom also bought breakfast for us, so we had donuts on cute Easter plates!

We watched the last day of the Abide Conference, and again, loved it so much. It was much needed for encouragement and edification. We have talked about it so many times since, remembering the important and bold truths that were shared. 

After the conference my mom went home. Then I just spent the rest of the day with Doug and the girls, we got takeout for dinner, and we watched Beauty and the Beast. It was a great 46th birthday!

 

Abide for Women weekend and Birthday outing

I bought a virtual ticket to the Answers in Genesis women's conference, Abide. It fell on the days leading up to and on my birthday. I talked my mom into coming over to watch it with me all three days and to do our traditional birthday outing on one of the evenings. 

It was so awesome. The speakers were fantastic, and we both got so much out of it. 

After we were done with Abide for the day on Friday, March 31st, she and I headed out to Barnes and Noble. She bought me three books!

We grabbed some dinner on our way home and then we ate and relaxed whilst watching Green Dolphin Street. I had read the book this is based on by Elizabeth Goudge a few years ago, but didn't know until recently that it was made into a movie. It was pretty good.