My birthday...a bit early

Yesterday after church we were invited to have Easter dinner with some friends. Everyone we knew was there and I was having a ball doing the things I love bestest...eating and talking..:) Middle daughter had gone outside and after about half an hour she came in and said some people were at the door for me. I walked to the door and all the neighborhood kids who "live" here at Chez Owens were there with my three kiddos. They all started singing happy birthday to me while I stood there trying to take it all in. Then they handed me my present!!! Look what these kids got me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm snifflin' as I write this cause I still can't believe it. I've wanted an Ipod Nano for about a year now. Middle daughter started collecting money from all the kids I sub for...feed...listen to...comfort...or pay in popsicles when they help bring in groceries and they all went to the base store to get this. My two oldest left today to do a missions trip with their youth group at church (during their spring break..yeah I'm a little bit proud!!) so they gave this to me early. At first when I saw the box I thought they had given me perfume...I was sooo interested in reading the card with all their signatures and special messages...when I saw it was an Ipod I screamed!!!!!!!!!! Then I cried. Then I hugged each and every one of them.
I am very blessed people, just so very blessed.