Happy Birthday to me!

Last Sunday was my birthday. It was a difficult weekend to be sure. Saturday I went to a community yard sale at a nearby church. I must have missed when I went to put my wallet back into my bag because later in the day we realized it was missing. I went back to the church but everything was already cleaned up. Of course we called and cancelled our credit cards but I was so upset about everything else that was in there. Then the next day Luke tried so hard to make my birthday special. He got someone to go to his morning meeting so he could be home and he helped the kids make cute birthday cards. I even got to sleep in 2 days in a row! Then I got to open cards and presents that I got in the mail. Unfortunately, before we could make the cake the oven broke. Luke took it apart to try to get it to work but we aren't repair men. I had a meeting for Young Women's that night and came home to a freshly baked cake!! Miraculously the oven worked that one time and hasn't since. The landlords are actually going to buy a new one soon but my cake was our first miracle. The second was a pastor called us at 10:30 pm Monday night and said he had my wallet. Someone had given it to him and it was completely untouched. We still cancelled cards and got new ones coming but the relief of having it back is indescribable. So my birthday was really stressful and upsetting in some ways but everything turned out in the end. It was definalty a trial of faith and I can say I am stronger because of it. I don't wish to have a repeat but I am glad for these little reminders to stay close to the Lord.
Thank you eveyone for your birthday wishes and gifts. Here are a few pictures from our party. The kids had a hard time just watching so I let them help open the gifts.