Tuesday, March 27, 2007

29...March 27th
Today was a special day for me! It's my birthday!
Here are my top 29 things I love from my years:
1. 1978 Being born :)
2. 1979 Living on Morton Road
3. 1980 Picking strawberries from the strawberry patch at the back of our field
4. 1981 Going fishing with my dad, Charlie the cow, and our pony Jinglebell
5. 1982 Mrs. Judy my kindergarten teacher (I loved her smiley face stamp)
6. 1983 Showing horses at Triune
7. 1984 Afternoons at Grandmothers house
8. 1985 Vacations to Datona Beach, Florida with Nana and Popo
9. 1986 Short Mountain Bible Camp (Living on the mountain for the summer)
10. 1987 My best friends, Stacy Walker, Zan Smith, and Suzzane Murray (I wonder what happened to these girls...I ran into Zan at ACU my freshman year)
11. 1988 We moved to Texas (While I was sad at the time, it has turned out to be a blessing)
12. 1989 Friends from Highland Oaks (Kayla Armstrong Cansler) She just had a precious baby girl!
13. 1990 Tight rolling my jeans :)
14. 1991 The junior high years-playing volleyball, basketball, running track, and cheerleading
15. 1992 Soul Quest Church Camp
16. 1993 Making high school cheerleader and my lifelong friends Summer and Jenny
17. 1994 Getting my driver's license (who can forget the Chevy Crew Cab)
18. 1995 Junior Scholar Summer at ACU
19. 1996 Graduating from High School
20. 1997 Summer in Washington DC
21. 1998 Meeting Chris Grubbs
22. 1999 Graduating from ACU with bachelor's degree
23. 2000 Marrying the man of my dreams
24. 2001 Buying our 1st house
25. 2002 The beginning of my teaching career
26. 2003 Baseball Season Tickets
27. 2004 Graduating from Texas A&M-Commerce with master's degree
28. 2005 Blessed with our first child, Wyatt
29. 2006 The health and blessings of my family
The beginning of 29 and counting...2007...happy blessings to all of my family and friends!

6 comments:

Nicole said...

That is a neat way to chronicle your life! It was fun to read. Happy Birthday!

Amber Smith said...

How sweet! What a creative way to remember your 29 years! I loved reading about your favorite things from each year. I hope you had a very happy birthday! Love you!

jenny biz said...

Happy Birthday, friend!! You are such an amazing woman!! God has and is doing beautiful things in your life. Thanks for being such huge things for so many people!! Love you!!

Amber Knauss said...

Hey Holly. I just read your list, which is great, but I saw you went to Soul Quest in 1992. I went to Soul Quest then too! How funny! See you later - Amber

Kayla said...

Happy Birthday! I am so thankful to have you as a friend so many years! What a blessing you are to me!

Traci said...

I loved this post! So cool that you remember one thing for each year. Happy Birthday!