30 Years....

....is how long its gonna take to get through this post! :)

April 26, 1980

I was born at home, on my family's dairy farm in Purdy, Missouri.

Pictured: Sonja, Joseph, David, Jonathan

Amy, Mom, me, and Freeman

April 26, 1981

April 1982

1983

Me and David (brother)

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

David home from his mission

(Also pictured: Amy, Jeffrey, and Rachel)

1990

April 26, 1991

Sherida Rogers and Sherry Judd (friends)

Summer 1992

Rocking the side-half-ponytail

Ammon and Jacob (nephews)

1993

Once during this year, I was mistaken for being one of my "dad's sons". Yeah, great confidence boost for a 13-year-old girl! Honestly though, I can totally see it.

June 1994

Taylor's (niece) blessing

Fall 1995

Church youth activity - float in BYU's Homecoming Parade "Mister Ected and his band" with various beauty queens, or I should say "Miss's" We won the Cosmo award

June 1996

August 1997

Young Women activity ~ Alicia Mildenstein (far left) was in a play at Sundance and we went to see it. Pictured: Alicia, AJ Cole, Beth Chun (YW Pres), a girl I don't know, and me)

April 1998

I lived in Virginia for 3 1/2 months with my brother, Joseph and his family. This was about 2 weeks before my 18th birthday.

Austin, Taylor, and Alexx (nephew and nieces)

April 26, 1999

April 26, 2000 

20 years old ~ I started college on my birthday...a major factor in my life today is the  education I decided to get then. VERY glad I made that decision.

April 26, 2001

Another monumental birthday

Pres Hinckley sent me a birthday present ~ a mission call to serve in the Ireland Dublin Mission

Pictured: FHE brothers (I can't remember their names) and roommates: Andrea White, Rhonda Roberts, Brooke Roberts, and Natalie Vance.

April 26, 2002

"Sister Marble" with Sister Fezi Vis (companion from South Africa) and  Sister Constanza Perez (former companion and trainer from Spain)

April 2003

Mission reunion ~ Pictured with Sarah Vause (companion) and Janelle Wilcox

April 26, 2004

A large group of friends and family went to eat at a restaurant. SO much fun!

Important detail of this birthday. Among those invited to this birthday celebration were various members of my BYU ward. One such individual that came started dating my brother and they were married a little over a year later. Cool huh?!?

(The two in the middle)

April 2005

My nephew Jackson's birthday is on April 29th. So we usually get a picture together each year, thanks to the insistence of his mom. Here's us with my dad.

May 2006

Me, Rachel, and Amy (sisters)

April 26, 2007

My parents, sister and I took a trip to Moab. Pictured with my beautiful mother.

April 27, 2008

Me and Jax

April 26, 2009

Jax and me :)

Here's to a great 30 years! Looking forward to the next 30 years....at least :)