Happy Birthday to Me!

Bruce and the kids gave me a good birthday today. I got to sleep in, (as much as you can with the kids screaming all over the house.) But at least I was able to stay in bed and wake up slowly and get up when I felt like it. ahhhh, the best present ever!! Most of the day was routine, taking Courtney to riding lesson, the kids had a Primary activity at the church, moving furniture around so I can try to finish unpacking, etc. But here was my evening:


Bruce took us out to dinner. I've been wanting to try this restaurant, but I'm the only one who LOVES Mexican, so we haven't been there yet. Since I got to choose the place, I picked Qdoba Mexican Grill. Turns out, we all loved it. Yay! A new place to eat! It was so good and I left feeling stuffed!

Bruce brought home this yummy cake for me. It was very rich chocolate, and after that huge dinner, I just couldn't eat a big slice. I did the best I could, after all, who can pass up a great slice of chocolate cake? Good thing it will be waiting for me tomorrow. Breakfast???

This was my birthday gift, which I'm using for some much needed clothes. That's really all I asked for this year. Unless you count the one time I used my birthday power to get out of changing a poopy diaper! HEE HEE :) Who's watching the kids while I go shopping?? Better yet, who's joining me?

Happy Birthday Courtney!

Courtney turned 10 years old this last week! How does it happen so fast? She had a great day. The highlight was that evening when she went to get her ears pierced. She has been looking forward to that for over a year, but we told her she had to be 10. She was pretty nervous once we got there, but did great, just a few moments of pain. She loves her earings and can't wait to wear other ones in 6 weeks. One of her big presents was some opals from Bruce and I. Plus aunt Kim gave her some cute bug earings. Bruce isn't too happy about the whole ear piercing thing. He won't admit that his baby is old enough.

yummy ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins

showing off her pretty ears

We're Home!

We've moved into our new home and are slowly getting settled. I can't believe how hard it is to find a place for everything. The last time we moved into a house, I only had 1 child. Now with 3 it seems like a challenge just to get the normal things done during the day, let alone unpack everything. My first goal is to get everything from the apartment unpacked. That was the bare necessities we were living with for those few months. The rest, which was in storage, is now packed into the garage.



I'll give myself awhile to get that done, maybe 6 months or so. I have to take time and be sure things are in just the right spot. I hate just throwing things into closets and onto shelves, thinking I'll come back to it later and organize. 3 years later, it's still there. So I'm determined to do it right, even if it means being VERY slow. My goal was to have everything put away by this last weekend. But my sister Kim surprised me with a visit, so of course we had to play instead of unpack. We had lots of fun shopping and eating and watching movies and getting too full from our yummy Baskin Robbins shakes.



So now I've got to get into gear and actually get something done. Not walk into a room, look around, feel overwhelmed, and promptly walk out, somehow thinking that by waiting until tomorrow it will all make sense. My inlaws are coming next week and I really want to look like I have some sense of order in my life and home. Oh how these boxes and piles taunt me.

I'm sending out change of address cards in the next few days so many of you should get one. If I miss someone, just blaim my crazy chaotic life right now, send me a quick note and I'll email my new address.