Happy Birthday to me!

I was so lucky that everyone in our family was able to get together for my birthday this year. We went to Red Robin for dinner and afterwards, Mark and I drove my mom & dad around to look at Christmas lights. It was a very pretty night because there was some fresh snow on the ground. We listed to Christmas music in the car -- who would've guessed that the Christmas song my dad liked best was Bruce Springsteen's version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"? Earlier in the day, I had gone to work for a few hours, then Mark and I went to the Anti-Cruelty Society to make some donations (this is my new birthday tradition!) and then we had Jake & Bella's pictures taken with Santa Claus @ Petsmart.