Birthday, Chickens and Letters to Myself

On the eve of my birthday, Rachel and Micah took us to the BYU Basketball game against New Mexico. It was fun to catch some of the Jimmer obsession, but not so fun to see us get hammered. Clay is really excited that I have gotten into American sports this year. {A first for me. I blame my time in Australia where I got into AFL, cricket and rugby.}

On my birthday, Clay took me to breakfast at Communal. I got the baked eggs and they were delicious! I love how the chefs use local produce and meat in their meals. Our waiter told us about her backyard chickens, and now I want some of my own. We are doing some research on that.

For lunch, my sister Haley surprised me with Kneaders and we watched a couple of Gilmore Girls episodes.

After Ellie was in bed, we enjoyed homemade cake batter ice cream with brownies. Yum is an understatement. Then, we watched "Life As We Know It." Very fun movie.

Clay, pre-indulgence

I was touched by all of the people calling, texting and visiting to wish me a happy birthday. There's nothing better than feeling loved.

Oh, and I read this e-mail to myself that I had written a year ago:

Dear FutureMe,



This is me (you), one year ago, the night before you turned 26. Baby Ellie is just 3 months old and a smiley, happy baby who likes to kick her legs and is on the verge of laughing. Her brown hair sticks straight up and everyone gets a kick out of it.


You conquered your goal of a natural childbirth, overcame the baby blues after the first few weeks of motherhood, and have even considered having another baby :) are you pregnant again?! no rush.


You are dang lucky to have Clay as a husband. He gets more selfess every day.


Some goals as of now: foster deep relationships with family and friends. Be more confident as a wife, mom, writer and actor. Do more to uplift others. More specific goals: make some mulah off of BellyMamas. Get some acting jobs (films, commercials and voiceover). Run a 10k and a half marathon after that. Get your abs back. Eat more whole foods. How ya doin with that stuff?


Have a great year! You are still in your 20s, party animal. no need to feel old.

I laughed. Then I wrote another one to come to me next year. I use futureme.org.

Happy March! I love March. Other than the birthday festivities, Spring is right around the corner. It's about time, Utah!