Another Year Older. Another Year Wiser?

Between work, life and everything in between, it seems as if my birthday snuck up on me this year.

But despite its sneaky ways, we still found some time to celebrate (and by celebrate, I mean that I got to do whatever I wanted all weekend long... hiking, shopping, sewing, and eating massive amount of carrot cake...it's good to be one year older).

Oh, and did I mention that I totally kicked my sister's butt in a birthday arm wrestling contest?  (What?  You don't have those at your house?)  I should say for the record, though, that you've never met two people with less upper-body strength)