They Say It's Your Birthday...

Happy Birthday To my Mommy - I LOVE you to the moon and back, and all the stars above. Love Miss M and Miss A (Little Dude helped too)

Some of my favorite things about you are

• you like making cards with me
• you help me
• you help Miss A
• you take me to the park
• I like picking flowers for you
• you make me mac n cheese
• you let me use your fun craft stuff
• you rock me to sleep
• you read to me and listen to me read
• I like it when you come to school and help out
• I like it when you help me with my homework
• I like doing projects with you

(from Miss A)

• going somewhere else with Grandma
• taking me to Taco bell to eat something
• i like to sleep by her and at night when I am scared with my pillow pet
• going to the library
• I like it when you make me rice and seaweed the kind that Daddy makes
• that you are my teacher
• that you sing to me
• that you read me lots of books
• I like that you let me play barbies

(From Little Dude)

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• jfdjkl              tttttttt...........dgrf
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• aerher/////////////llllllllllllltjgyf
• ghfhf
• poot

What else we have been up to

Not only am I a bit addicted to the silly farm town game on Face Book, but just about every evening after we put the girls in bed, Keenan sits at the dinning room table to study and Jesica and I pull out the crafts. At first she wasn't so sure about making cards but as you can see she has become quite the little card making (her's are the safari collage). I've had this knack for showing my sisters how to do things and then they just run with it. I love her cute cards! To make me feel better she said, "Um I make 4-8 cards a night and you have done over 20." Ok so I am a little bit faster at making them, but I think that we both make pretty cute cards! Plus it's fun to watch all our Tivo'd shows while we make our crafts. Sometimes we stay up way to late, but I guess we are trying to get it all in before her baby comes.

I have also been making more hair clips for the girls. Now that Miss A finally has hair long enough to put pony tails in its fun to add cute hair bows. (she has started to leave them in a little longer too!) And with all the fun bow choices, I don't mind that Miss M wants her hair done in a pony tail everyday. I even enjoy adding one to my pony tail.

Keenan is doing great in school and really enjoys it. He is almost done with his CNA 10 week course, then he start the fall classes. He also really enjoys is Japanese language class he decided to take. I am very proud of him and what he is accomplishing!

8 is Great

Today K and I celebrated our eighth wedding anniversary.

R and K - Lake Michigan 2002

Traditional gifts for your eighth anniversary are bronze and/or pottery, modern gifts are linens and/or lace. I can't say that K and I have ever done that tradition - but whether he planned it our not, I did get a Willow Tree figurine from him - I'd say that is pretty close to pottery. I LOVE Willow Tree and I usually get one for Mothers day from the girls. So it was a wonderful surprise getting one today. He got me this one here.

R and K in Hawaii 2000

We didn't have any plans to do anything special, just hang out with the girls and my grandma.
Lucky for us, my friend called me to see if Miss M could come over for a play date, she also offered to watch Miss A so that K and I could get some lunch. FLAT TOP HERE WE COME!

Our Wedding Day Chicago 2000

After lunch we picked up my Granny then the girls and headed out to the mall so my Granny could use her gift cards. We were spoiled by Granny as usual - she got K a new suit and I got a new purse - (remember my spilled milk purse - well I just did it again on Sunday luckily it was just water, but it was time for a new purse!)

Salt Lake Temple Feb. 2001

Our wonderful neighbors upstairs (we really are so lucky to have them!) offered to watch the girls so we could go out for dinner. HOORAY! Two meals out with NO kids in one day! HEAVEN.
K and I went to Maggiano's had a scrumptious dinner. It was so nice to sit and relax, have an adult uninterrupted conversation. It was also nice to come home to two happy girls.

(Thanks Lyn for the gift card!)

Christmas 2008

During dinner we talked about our 8 years, the highs and lows. Our blessings. Our struggles. We agreed that this has been one of our most stressful years of marriage, but yet we also agreed that we have grown a lot together during the last year. We do have so much to be thankful for and so much to look forward to.

Packers/Bears game 2007

I also need to mention Miss M. She was so excited that today was our anniversary. She kept wishing us "Happy Anniversary." Making us cards. Leaving little candy's and notes. She is such a sweet little girl. She made our day extra special.

K and R at the Big Ka Hoo Na 2008

Thanks K for 8 great years!

Speaking of young...

Here is a baby picture of me