We had a nice celebration on Sunday night, 3/7, with Beth, Scott and the kids (John was on a flight to Frankfurt and then Paris/London for the week).

with her mom's help and

Yummy chocolate cake! Thanks Beth, Scott, and the trio!
On my actual birthday (Monday), I got to chaperone a fieldtrip to the public works department. We're studying different types of transportation so on our way there, we rode the l

At the public works, we saw

, how the workers

and how they

need it. We also got to see how the cherry picker, street sweeper and

work. I learned a ton in the process too :-) AND I got to spend my time with these

so it was a good birthday indeed :-).