29, 4 kids, and a minivan

Okay Jenny, I don't really know how to do this but here goes nothing. You all will have to excuse the bad picture. I was taking it of myself at the end of the day when all my makeup is off and the hair is done for the day. I took like 90 pictures and just kept saying, this must be bad lighting, there is no way I look that old!!! But is probably only comes as a shock to me!But really, I am okay with turning 29. 25 was really hard for me. I could finally rent a car at 25, the only barrier beyond that is the senior citizens discount at age 65 (and I am all over that!) So being old is old hat to me now! I am feel like my life is even better than I imagined it would be at 29. I wouldn't botox a single crows eye or smile line on my aging face! I want the world to know that God gave me a ton of reasons to smile about in my 29 years.







Things that make me happy!

1. My husband and children of course (and everything that goes with them)
2. Staying in touch with great friends!
3. Sales or getting a great deal on anything!
4. Hoover steam-vac
5. sappy old Cary Grant or Audry Hepburn movies
6. The smell of Laudry detergent
7. Chocolate or carmel or both
8. Winning austin at a game
9. Baby blues comics or funny greeting cards
10. Suprises (except when my mom doesnt tell me she is coming into town and shows up at the doorstep when my house is a mess. NOT a good suprise!)

Recap of my Birthday
Well, now that the day is over and the kids are all tucked in bed and looking so sweet and cute todays events seem almost comical so I will give you a quick recap of today's events. Austin is on call today which means he left at 5:30 this morning and will get home tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. to sleep for a few hours before going back in at 5:30 p.m. So, on my own today, the kids ALL woke up to my delight 45 min earlier than usual. After beginning the sunday rituals of dressing and doing everyones hair I hear a huge crash in the kids bathroom. I run in to find that one of my children was trying to be a Gecko and climb the bathroom wall, using the towel rack as a support, ripping the entire rack off of the wall to the floor and leaving a huge hole in my wall. After a long exhausting effort to get everyone to church (still dressed and with hair still in tack) We sit down in the pew and instantly the kids start fighting. During the sacrament one child decides to dip her fingers in the sacrament cups and swirl them as I am helping her sisters with theirs. Then I feel something warm and wet on my lap. Yep, the baby shot right out the side of her diaper all over my skirt (which didn't hide it well) Of course today I didn't grab an extra outfit for the baby. But there is no time to go home because primary is starting soon. So the baby only has a dress top, no socks, no tights, no shoes! Then one daughter decides to show her underpants to one and all and when asked to put her dress down she gets mad at me and flips her dress up above her belly button! Need I say I was embarrassed! That same child showed her underpants all during primary, the other wouldn't stay in her seat, I was carrying a baby the entire time and now I have no left arm, someone asked me if I was having a happy birthday and I broke down in tears, when we got home we ate some mac and cheese and the kids fought until they fell asleep! Anyway, I'm sure you get the picture. So I have decided what I want for my 30th birthday, To stay in bed!!! On the good side though, Emma madsen (Mike's wife) brought over a cake yesterday to wish me happy birthday and it is to die for good. So I am currently erasing any bad memories of today with chocolate! Bless Emma!

Random wishes: A new guitar, to go to Israel, twins, a panini maker, to learn to play the violin.