Happy Birthday Babe

Josh's birthday was this past week. It would be a far stretch to say that the man had the birthday of his dreams.  He got up, went to work, came home, mowed the lawn, and watched the kids, while I ran to and fro dropping other kids off and picking them back up from their various activities.  At one point I stopped back by the house and found him with Ryken on his back, Wynter in one arm and pushing the lawn mower with the other.  You gotta love that man.  I took Wynter off of his hands only to have McKinlee run over to join him.  A picture moment if I do say so myself.  I made dinner, he opened presents, and we went to bed. 

A few weeks ago I went to the grocery store, as I was walking in a couple that had to be in their 90's came in at the same time.  I watched them walk in arm in arm, when she struggled to grab a shopping cart he loving came to her assistance, together they pushed that cart through out the store.  I watched them giving each other loving glances, they were genuinely in love and happy. Clearly they were the man and the woman of each other's dreams and they had 50 plus years to prove it.  I thought to myself, I hope Josh and I are this happy when we are this old.

Happy Birthday to the Man of my dreams, I can't wait to grow old with you!

Jewlery sort of...

Mia has mouth bling...at least that is what I am calling them. It sounds a lot nicer than mid-evil looking metal mouth torturer, that they are. Being a thumb sucker when she was little we knew this day was coming, when the Dentist recommended that we take her to the orthodontist, Josh and I began to look at our finances. When we took her to the Orthodontist (Dr. Troy) to get the first assessment, and she said lets put them on this month. Josh and I said but she hasn't lost all of her baby teeth. Dr. Troy said, that doesn't matter anymore, if we fix it now it will cost you a fraction the money and she only has to wear them for a year, if we wait for the baby teeth to fall out out it will be two to three times as much and she will have them for two to three years. So we said, PUT THEM ON!

So far it has been a little emotional for her, she loves the attention she is getting from them. But turning the expander has brought some tears. Now I am teaching her how to do it herself, I figure there is a mental difference between Mom doing something that hurts me, and I am doing something that hurts. It has helped a lot. One week down 51 to go.

Easter

It's hard to believe Easter is over, here is a little of what we did. We had our annual Easter Meaning Egg hunt and had the kids watch this, this is good too.