My Actual 40th Birthday (:

Lordy, Lordy I'm Forty!

And I'm so fine with that.

Forty used to sound so old 

to me.  Now I'm there

and I'm loving it:)

I'm the one in charge of decorating

and writing on our chalk boards;)

but what a surprise when my sweet 

Haddie took charge of this! 

She & my little Huds were all

about decorating the board for mama!

Facebook makes any birthday 

a little more special hearing from

so many different, amazing people

in my life!!!  My inbox 

was going crazy that day:)

I couldn't keep up!!!

My three besties at school were

actually gone on my birthday...

two to a workshop and one

with a sick child.  

It was just Trey and me that day

and he surprised me with flowers!!!

AHHHH!  Love him so much:)

Then my sweet, beautiful Kristi showed

up with Starbucks for my team and me!!!

She is the absolute sweetest:)

But of course she knows me well enough

to know that I just like the Starbucks cups...

no coffee!!!  Mine had Dr. Pepper in it:)

I had to send this to her and others

showing off my Starbucks cup;)

I'm so silly at 40! 

 

 It was a really easy morning at school

so I spent it sending selfies and such;)

This was for Kelli G showing her

how I had on the new scarf from her...

and the darling gold Kendra Scotts

she gave me the night before! 

Even though my besties at school 

weren't there that day, they surprised

me with a gift certificate via e-mail

to KENDRA SCOTT!  :)

Wahooooo! 

That afternoon Kristi showed up 

yet AGAIN with ANoTHeR

surprise!!!  A beautiful 

Kendra Scott necklace that I 

absolutely LOVE!!!!!!!!!!

It was such a great day:)

My mother and Hadlee did the 

sign in our yard! 

When Troy got home, they were 

so pumped for me to open my gifts!
In true Hudson style, they got

"pumped up" and made me do a 

"run through"!

I love them so much!

Why do I love "40" so much?

Because I have these three loves in my life!

 

Troy gave me a beautiful 

engraved necklace...

#truelove

I LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!

The kiddos gave me my very, very 

favorite perfume!!!  It's such a splurge,

but I just love the smell so much!  :)

Then it was off to Walker's choir concert!

As I sat at Walker's choir concert,

I realized that there couldn't be 

a better way to be spending my birthday.

This is my life right now:

my husband and my children.

I am so thankful to be busy at 40

with a husband, kids, extended family

and many friends doing the same thing. 

I am thankful!

BUT I had no idea what was about to happen.

Walker's choir teacher dismissed the 

girls from the stage, but left the boys

up there.  Then she announced,

"Would Mindy Pierce please

 come to the stage?"

I immediately thought 'oh my, 

was I supposed to do something

for PTA for the choir? or has

Walker fallen off the bleachers?'

I get up on stage and Mrs. Petty

announces that it is a special

birthday and that the boys

have a song to sing for me!!!!!

WHAT?!?  What?!?

I was so completely touched!!!!!

Completely totally touched!

And TEARY EYED:)

 This was so touching on so many levels.

First of all that my sweet, handsome boy

was on the top row grinning ear to ear singing

Happy Birthday to his mom with his friends!

 

 But also because I know and love most 

all of these boys because they are Walker's friends!

I have loved being a boy mom 

since the very day Walker was born!

It was the cutest thing EVER to me!!!

I couldn't even believe that

this had just happened!!!

The boys were absolutely precious!!!

Such sweet hugs from a super

awesome group of boys!

Then I find out that this was Troy's idea!!!
He & Walker had arranged this with Mrs. Petty:)
My family bestills my ever lovin' heart!

 My sweet hubs really pulled it off that night!

It was such a wonderful, sweet, special

and fitting surprise for my 40th!

I'll never forget those boys 

singing happy birthday to me!!!

I'm thankful that my Walker wasn't 

embarrassed over this, too!

He loved it:)

My heart was just overflowing that

night!  It was such a special day:)

We finished off the night at Freddy's.

Hadlee & I shared our favorite sundae!  :)

I absolutely loved all the cards I

received for my 40th, but I especially

loved these in particular..........

Sweet, Sweet Huddy...

Hadlee made this at school for me.

So cute and funny that she drew

"Kendra Scott" earrings and Stella and Dot;)

This girl knows her mama!

And from my gorgeous Kelli K...

"Officially a COUGAR" now;)

Sweet, beautiful RoRo and her family

sent me this AWESOME Kendras:)

I love love love!

Only wish I could have celebrated

with the Reeds...one of my fave fams! 

My birthday was perfect in every way. 

I felt so very loved!
I couldn't ask for more:)

In the months, weeks, and days leading up

to my 40th birthday, God kept placing

this verse from Luke 12:48 in my head 

and on my heart over and over again:

"to whom much has been given, 

much will be required."

I don't believe God has been doing this

to tell me how much He has given me

(and I'm not talking materially of course)

because all I have to do is look around me,

pick up the phone,

look at my texts, walk in my classroom,

see Facebook...

I have been blessed with THE 

most incredible family and friends

and students.  And I am SO undeserving!!!

But rather I think God is telling me

I better put this part of the verse in action:

"much will be required."  

My prayer is that in these next 40 years

I can and WiLL do more for others

especially in ways that take me out 

of my comfort zone and that I 

tell more people about Jesus.

It took something very tragic five

years ago for me to truly put my 

faith out there and that's a shame!  

My 40 years on this earth would

be NoTHiNG without Jesus. 

The Good Lord has blessed me and 

my heart is FuLL at 40.....

far, far from perfect,

but completely FuLL!

My actual birthday was mostly

spent with my favorite four...

Troy, Walker, Hadlee & Hudson:)

They are my 

EVeRYTHiNG, EVeRYDaY!