ON APRIL 24th,

1184 BC - Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse.

1833 Patent granted for first soda fountain

1907 Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey, for the exclusive use of his employees is opened.

1929 A non-stop England to India flight takes-off

1953 Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II

1961 Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers struck out 18 batters in a game this day, becoming the first major-

league pitcher to do so on two different occasions.

1969 Paul McCartney says their is no truth to the rumours he is dead

1989 Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day"  

1983 Jessica Lynn Rands (later 

Kettle) was born in Bellevue, WA, 

the first child of Jon and Becky. 

Boy were they lucky. 

As of today, I am officially 25. I had an AMAZING day! 

Danny took the whole day off (which if any of you know Danny or what it's like to 

start a new business, you know this is a BIG deal) just to hang out 

with me. I dragged him all over Salt Lake doing what?? SHOPPING. It was pure bliss. Danny didn't complain ONCE, even though I took him to antique shops (junk stores, he calls them)and little boutiques all over the place. What a trooper!

He even got me the most FABULOUS mustard yelloweyish pea green 

settee, which he hates and I love. He was refusing, I walked away to

look at some other things, and when I came back, he had already 

payed for it. IT WAS THEN THAT I KNEW HE REALLY LOVED ME. 

We also hit The Gateway to play at the Apple Store and snack on some

Ben's cookies. mmmmm. We went with our neighbors to Corbin's for 

dinner, absolutely amazing. We had molten chocolate cake for dessert,

which as about as good a birthday cake as a girl can ask for.

DID I MENTION WE GOT A BABYSITTER all day?We dropped him off right 

around 11 and didn't pick him up until 6:45, when he joined us for 

dinner.

Hands down. Best Birthday ever.

Here's how it feels to be 25:

Painful- my butt cheeks are still sore from the gym. A sure sign of 

age.

Exciting- who doesn't love a birthday??

Loved- thanks to all my wonderful friends and family who called, 

e-mailed, and texted me. I love you!

Blessed- I am one lucky girl. I have an amazing husband, a beautiful

son, and the coolest family on the planet, a job I love and the 

comfort offaith in my life. I can think of a lot of other ways I'm 

lucky (YELLOW SETTEE ANYONE???) but I think that those are pretty 

much all that matters.

Happy Birthday to me. Here's to another year of fun.