{ Thirty Things }

1. In three days I will be thirty. 
2. It also happens to be Lucy's half birthday...6 months ago, our family was forever blessed with her and her perpetual sweetness. There is absolutely no way she could be any more dear..
3. And to celebrate turning thirty I am throwing a big party here. 
4. Also, I am challenging my self to write thirty different lists of thirty things over the course of the next year. 
5. I am surprised about how excited I am to turn thirty.
6. Although thirty never sounded so young. 
7. I keep hearing from people that your thirties are really the best years of your life.
8. Going into my thirties I feel like maybe some of my insecurities have faded a little bit . 
9. That I've done a lot of growing up over the last decade. 
10. That I don't feel quite so much like I am " faking " being an adult, as much as I used to. 
11. I feel more comfortable in my skin. Laugh lines, gray hairs, baby weight and all. 
12. I am more accepting than ever of who Jesus made me. 
13. I am looking forward to putting down roots, and going deeper in my thirties. 
14. To watching my children grow + change and to dedicate myself to the nurturing their minds + hearts.
15. To working on being better organized.
16. To laughing a lot. 
17. To remember how important it is to have a healthy balance as a parent, wife and friend. 
18. To celebrate life. Especially the magic found in an ordinary day.
19. To  continue to let Jesus love on me and encourage + enable me to live in His freedom.
20. Instead of fear. 
21. To hold my family and others to a standard of grace, and not perfection, including myself.
22. To flirt with my husband like I did in my twenties.
23. To being silly with my kids.
24. To learn how to dance.
25. To the pursuit of joy.
26. To giving thanks in all things.
27. I am about to change the subject just a little.
28. The only thing makes me happier than getting presents, is giving them I am a firm believer that it is in fact more blessed to give than to receive.
29. So bless me by coming back on Friday the 14th to enter a lot of really lovely giveaways.
30. Happy Birthday to me!