I just had a totally swell birthday. I can’t help but wish that I could have days like this more than once a year. I was complete bushed by the end of the day but it was so worth it.

The day started out my exploring some new mountain biking trails with my good friend Amy who has a birthday the day after mine.

The afternoon was spent mainly in the back yard hammock with a perfect blue sky and cool breeze and kids playing in the hose. No chores allowed on my birthday.

I planned a super evening with my sweet hubby and little sis and bro-in-law. I wanted to show them my new favorite climbing spot.

Here’s Sabra messing around on some pumpy overhangs.

The top of this climb is a major butt kick’n roof. It takes some super human power to get up and over. It was such a blast.

Here’s my bro-in-law contemplating an escape route.

Here’s me on an itty bitty finger holding climb. I kept telling Jeremy to hold off on the pictures until I pulled some awesome move. Ya, he doesn’t have that kind of patience.

We hiked out at dark and we got to see an awesome view of the city lights. There was an obliging fence that helped us capture this photo of the 4 of us.

We ended the night with cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. Yum. Don’t tell any that I took a night off from my sugar detox.