Happy Birthday to Me!

My Visiting Teaching Companion made me this beautiful birthday cake.  Do you think I can eat a piece for breakfast?

That's Right - I won!!!

As if there was really any doubt!  I pulled out all the stops and since I am a mother I was able to block out all the sad faces and make her do it anyways. 

We did have a lot of fun with our little photoshoot - I think Spencer thought we were crazy, but it was fun.

Anne has been my best friend ever since we got called to work in the RS together, so it is extra fun that our babies are due 2 days apart.

Our week-end together was great, we mostly just hung out and ate and then ate some more and visited with all the people around here who Anne knows.

Revamp

I'm just off to drag the kids around doing errands - they are so excited. But I wanted to quickly share this picture with you. When I picked the picture up from the printers I wasn't happy with how washed out everything looked, after much fiddling I finally got everything nice and vibrant. Much happier with this version.

Tomorrow I will share pictures of my fun week-end with Anne - You'll find out who won the belly shot fight.

A New Perspective

Nolan joined the book club at school. This makes me unbelievably happy as there was a time when I thought this kid would never learn to read. Now he is crazy for books. His latest series obsession is the Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Series - I'm sure he would highly recommend them. 

Anyhow, the books the kids have to choose from in the book club are all up for an award; for every 4 books they read they are able to vote on which book they think should win. One of the books Nolan read is called War Brothers. War Brothers deals with aids in Africa as well as boys being a kidnapped and forced to join the Lord's Resistance Army. It's a sad book and one that opened Nolan's young and innocent eyes to world he has this far been spared. His grade 5 classes is currently studying the Slaves in America - another eye opening experience for Nolan and his tender heart.

I know the time comes when every child must learn about the reality of life and the cruelties one human being can inflict upon another. But there is something about watching my 10 year old struggle to come to terms with this different and new world, that make me wish he was still little and spared the sadness of life.

A New Skill

There is something about figuring out something new that makes you feel proud of yourself. I saw this over at Sew Dang Cute and wanted to make one for my family. Since my Photoshop skills are next to nonexistent I've looked at it daily and this morning I finally took the plunge. Anyhow, after lots of trial and error and a few calls to Spencer I got it done and sent off to be printed. Hooray for me!

Once I finally figured it out, it's quick and really quite easy. I'm very excited for our new baby to come so we can add him into the mix (I don't know what our baby is... I just don't like referring to our baby as "it").

Anyhow, Sew Dang Cute does give you step by step instructions, but if you don't have Photoshop and want one of your family - send me a picture and I'll be happy to make a copy for you!