Wow...it's weird to say "I'm 40". I can't believe I have been around for 40 years. I have seen bell bottom pants, used Aqua Net for my hair, listened to Depeche Mode, visited Europe, graduated from college in the 90's, got married at 30 years old, had 3 kids and much more. I have certainly lived a memorable life so far. I have traveled to some great places, made lots of good friends along the way and have a wonderful family to share my joy with.
The kids and KC made my "big" day very special. They made me breakfast and while we ate I opened their gifts. Seth gave me some chocolates and Cali had cut out tons of snowflakes for me. It was so sweet of her. I even strung them together to made garland. KC got me an iPhone and I am wondering if it is for me or him?!?!? I'm not very techy and simple is better. However, a good friend told me that sometimes the gifts we get from our husbands may be things we one day can't live without. I am excited to learn my new phone and see what it does.
The next day we went to dinner at a new restaurant to us....Hula's in Monterey. Some friends from here came with us and that made it more fun.
So far the first 40 years have been pretty good and I know the next will be even better.
This was a fun day of exploration in Monterey. We had only been here for a few short weeks and we were learning about our new city. 
It is so funny because we have had more visitors while living here so far than we ever had in San Diego. This month grandma and papa Anderson visited us for a weekend. We went downtown to the wharf where the kids got to hold a parrot.....pretty cool. Then, we drove the famous 17 mile drive where we stopped at the fancy shopping center and had lunch in our car. It was fun to have mom and Jack here to show them our new house, the kids new school, KC's new base and all the cool things to do around the town.
We are getting settled into our new 3 bedroom, 2 story, big front lawn, huge garage, great area home. We love it here and all the space. The kids got a tree swing for their birthdays and it fits perfect in the front tree. We have awesome neighbors who are friendly and helpful. We got the kids into Olson Elementary and things are looking good. This weather will take some getting use to (a bit colder than SD) but if that is the worse then we will survive.
What a bitter sweet day, Aug 1, 2010. We woke up Sunday morning, packed the car and said goodbye to family (mom, jack, becky, rob, sherry and frank). They had all come in town for the kids party and Seth's baptism. We all stayed at the Anderson's house. I cried as we said our goodbyes and gave hugs (picture below). I know we will be back but it is still hard to leave home.