Girls Rock!

My friend Richard saw this movie tonight, and told me to look it up, and I am IN LOVE.

All you mom's with girls, watch this. This is what we need. This is what I needed when I was a teenager and lost, and not sure how to fall in love with myself. The preview gives me chills.

Karianne, it made me think of you. Maybe cause you rock so hard. ;)

My kid is odd

Becken's newest thing is that whenever I take his photo, he cheeses it up, then turns around. He then insists that I take a photo of the back side of him. I've never had a kid do this! It cracks me up everytime.

When he takes photos, of his cars, he takes them from each angle. Front, side and back. What a thorough little guy.


Double fisting it with his bobos. I have a pic of his sis doing the exact same thing at this age, but I can't find it.

Yes, he is all Car-ed out! Hat, new pjs, long underwear, sandals. Holding onto Doc and Leak-Less
You gotta get the full effect!

This boy makes me laugh from my toes every single day!

4/29/08 Happy Things

• Marking even one task off my "to-do" list.


• Having thirty or forty-five minutes of complete quiet in the house before the crowd arrives back home.


• Visiting this blog.

April Birthday Pics

This is from my niece's party. She's 10! I can't get over it! She is so mini me from when I was a kid. Except she is much taller. She wanted clothes for her birthday. And some sort of ipod like all of the MP3 players her cousins have. But I'm so old school on those now that I have no idea which one she ended up with.





Here are some pics from my birthday at Red Lobster. I included the first one so you could see my new hair. I love it! It is all short and tousled in the back, but still piecey on the ends. You can tell how exhausted I was in the last one!

I'm so sad that our birthdays are done for another year!

Happy Monday updates!!! :)

Jonathan, my oldest, is 7. He had his first ever soccer game yesterday. And they won!!!!!!

I am involved with MOPS www.mops.org ... I'm on the steering committee, and I just found out I can go to convention again this year!!! I'm sooooooo excited!! It's in October, and this year it's being held in Dallas. I got to go last year too, when it was in Orlando, and truly thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime event. But the elders at the church are sending us this year, so our cost is down to almost nothing! A true miracle!!

Happy news I had to share!!!!!! Hope everyone is having a happy monday!

Coffee Talk

So my date was okay. It was definitely fun to dress up and enjoy a gentleman's company. But I could tell that we didn't have as many interests in common as I would have liked—with also a discovery of a dealbreaker: dogs.

BUT then I had coffee with a guy on Sunday. It sort of just happened, and...

it.

was.

fabulous.

:)

I don't want to get my hopes up too soon, but I can tell this guy is really mature, really strong spiritually, really smart, and really funny. And I can tell the coffee date was good for both of us.

It makes me happy that old memories that seem to torture really do fade when you meet someone new. It doesn't seem possible, but then it happens, and it feels really good. Even if this new guy doesn't work out, I think he was a wonderful reminder that (maybe) all the good ones are taken yet. :)

Can something bittersweet be happy too?

We have finally been working on having the kids sleep in their own beds. It needs to be done. It's been a longer run that I thought that it would be.

We took down their bunks and they now have beds side by side. Ivy's bed in all princessy and flowery. Bec has Cars bedding that is a contrast in textures. The comforter is horrendous. No matter how much fabric softener I use, how many times I wash it, it is scratchy and rough. But his flannel sheets are one of the most soft that I've ever felt. I try to not touch the comforter even when I make his bed.

Last week, Bec slept for 3 nights all night in his bed. Ivy slept twice. We all still get some snuggle time as each parent will lay with one child until sleep. The kids take turns asking which parent they want.

I miss them. I'm proud of them. And on a minor level, this makes me happy to see them become independent.