October update

Here are a couple random things we did this month. One day we went to the pumpkin patch with some friends. That was a lot of fun for all of us. The one negative to the trip was the cost. It was a little spendy. $6 for each person, kids 2 and under were free. This price did not include our pumpkins or the bouncy obstacle course. So it was about a $30 day. The girls sure looked cute though.
Also, my mom, dad, brother and I started a new tradition. We go out for a meal together every other month. I never had this as a young adult and so to go out as a family really feels like we are making up for lost time. We talk about memories and someone different gets to pick where we go each time. It is so fun. Side note, my brother left a couple pizzas on top of his car and drove home. It was not until he saw them flying in the rear view mirror that he realized that he had done this. He never reads my blog, so he probably wont know that I blogged that. Love you.
The last pic have my Lou Lou and her head injury. She fell from the piano bench and ended up with three stitches. The huge praise out of this was that a friend did the stitches, so Lou knew her and was comfortable with her. That is all for now, peace out!

Not So Bad

So 30 is not so bad thus far. The other night at hula I did a move that I could not do a year ago. I made the comment that my 30 year old knees did a move that my 29 year old knees could not. My teacher just attributed it to the fact that my legs had gotten stronger and used to the moves, I will say that 30 year old knees rock!

30

Not much else to say. It is the first anniversary of my 29th birthday today. No party, no frills. I think we are going to dinner at Carmines tonight.

Tagged Again!!- Thanks Kelly, I love you!

Kelly tagged me. So now, I share 7 random facts about myself with the world. This is hard to do for someone who does much better when she is asked questions. Here goes:

1. I enjoy pluck my eyebrow hairs out. Weird, yes, but I heard recently that many obsessive compulsive people do this. I am not officially OCD but then, maybe I am. I only do this when I am nervous or concentrating. So, I am sure you can imagine how I used to look in college when there was a big test coming up or when I play poker. Two words, hairless chinchilla.
2. I was a mean big sister to my brother. I remember telling him that Freddy would come out of his closet and get him in the night. Consequently this lead to him wanting to sleep with me in my bed until I was 14 making him 10-11. Totally my fault.
3. I used to love Monopoly and now I don't play. My current passions for games are dominoes and Settlers - thanks again Kelly and Keith. I love the whole building and buying process in games.
4. I ran cross country in high school because of a tryst of events. First, my bad eye was a magnet for getting hit in volleyball. No kidding. I had goggles and everything that I would wear when playing. The breaking point for me was at a tournament. I had just finished two games as a middle hitter and was taking a break on a bench in the foyer. Would you believe that I took my goggles off to lay down and a ball hit me from across the room because two girls were practicing outside the gym and lost control. It hit me right in the bad eye which caused bleeding, elevated pressure, oh you know the story. So needless to say, no more volleyball. Secondly, I had to keep an eye on Chris' wandering eye. Those Abersfeller girls gave me a lot of heartache without even knowing it.
5. Chris and I are appreciating crazy shows like Scrubs and The Office in our later years. I remember when they first came out I thought, how stupid, who would watch these? The humor is so dumb. Well, I have decided that it is just an acquired taste and totally funny now.
6. I will be celebrating my first anniversary next week. Feel free to send me an anni card. Yes, that is right. It will be the first anniversary of my 29th birthday. I will gracefully take 40, not 30. I can do whatever I want even if that means living in DeNial.
7. Lastly, I will have you know that my favorite restaurant currently is Casa Mia. I love the butter that you put on the freshly baked rolls. I would eat the butter packets by themselves if I thought that would be socially acceptable. Who cares, I just may eat a butter packet by itself next time I go there. So much for being bound by the rules of conformity. You sheep!


Now that you know too much about me, I must tag some blogging friends:1. Jenni2. Cierra3. Chaunel 4. Maggie5. Abner 6. The Wickshref="http://roomforatleastonemore.blogspot.com/">Jeremy 7. <

The Shack

I started reading this book a few days ago and it is great. There are very few books I say that about because I hold Janet Evanovich books on such a high pedestal. However, I am devouring this book and it is a good read. There are a lot of really heavy "conversations" with God in the book and it forces you to think outside of your egocentric world and see the world as God sees it. Anyway, I am loving it and I am only half way through. If you have the time, spend the dime (by that I mean $8.49 at Costco).

What else is going on in my life???? Our bathroom is finished and the outdoor project is as finished as it is going to get this year. Praise God! That's all I got for now. I come up with really great blog topics and then I forget them because I dont write it down. I really need to start journaling again, then maybe I could remember stuff.

Also, I am going to a really important cookie exchange again this year and I am totally psyched. I had to check my cookie through my auntie. She is a veteran and I am a newbie. I have been lamenting about the perfect cookie. This is only my second year, I need to make an impression. But, thanks to Amanda, I found it and it is perfect. I will post some pics after I make it. It is truly beautiful. Ode to a cookie.

Fireproof

Our pastor at Crossview Community Church often says stuff about having fire insurance. He means having Christ to protect from the hell that we deserve quite frankly. That said, there is a Christian movie coming to the Tri called Fireproof. It is about not letting your marriage burn to the ground. We are going to try and see it tonight at Carmike if we can line up childcare. If you get a chance, make the time in your marriage to save it.

I sound WITCHY

Im not bitchy, but when I step outside myself for a moment, I might sound bitchy. NO, it is not my time of the month people.This is a topic that has plagued Chris and my relationship for years. He is not allowed to tell me that I sound this way, that would cause a fight. He often brings it up when I am on the phone with some customer service person. I know I get defensive, I just feel like people are always trying to rip me off some way or another.

Example: the other day Alli had an eye appointment. They were offering a test that is not covered by insurance above and beyond the normal appointment. I was asking questions like, "Is this necessary?" Her answer was all our doctors recommend it. Of course they do, what is the mark up on something like that? "Do any of the other tests show the same things that this non covered test is going to show?" Her answer.....this is a much more detailed look at the eye. Anyway, they suckered me into it ( Chris and I declined it for ourselves) but I thought nothing is too much for our kids. She was fine and didnt even need glasses.

Our new care group is going great. God has really blessed Chris and I by bringing couples that could benefit from a group. Praise Him! I so look forward to Sunday nights because the girls go down early, the house is clean, there are no kids, and we get to have some great adult interacation time in fellowship. We have had fleeting moments thinking about moving so that we could accomodate more people. But those thoughts are dashed with the comforting feeling that God will provide for us and for the group and that our home is more than sufficient.

*****Please note the mess behind me in the Picture**********Yikes!***********

Who Dis?

This is Leilani's catch phrase lately. Instead of asking us what something is, she will say, " Who dis?" So cute! She will point to a new color, a pack of gum, something shiny and say that. I am loving that she is our last because I am really cherishing her firsts. I remember doing this with Alli (before we dreamed of Leilani) and mourning a little bit that that would be the last little child I would see to go through these things. That said, I am not mourning that at all with Leilani. Completely enjoying the firsts and lasts. I wouldnt mind being on the last diaper, but quite frankly I have not been disciplined with her about that. I will post some pictures soon.

She also loves to play dress up, this is one of the many hand me downs she has gotten from sisters a cute little old cop costume. I included a crazy pic of my Allison and Dani too.

TAGGED

So I was tagged, and by that I mean that I have to post the fourth picture in my fourth file of my computer....so here it is, my brother. It was a few years ago after a game. His arms and pecs are much larger now, I am sure he would appreciate me saying that, but hands off ladies, he has a gal pal Ashley.

On a side note, I got food poisoning. I deserved it. I ate food that was questionably good. This is what I get. Oh well. Have a good one