april recap the best month ever

Like promised....


The best part of April was my birthday. Taylor threw me a surprise 28th birthday party. He invited a handful of couples to come and celebrate ME.


He made me my own little cake (because we went to Ilse's 1st bday and Kyra had gotten Ilse her very own cake to destroy and i had remarked, that i never had my very own cake)


He decorated my cake plate with pictures of our family cut out and artistically arranged around the edges of the plate.


He made me my own cake (yes i said this already) in the shape of two hearts that intersect.


He blew up and hid 10 royal blue, pink and glitter black at Linda's house.


He made me spaghetti (my favorite dish) Juliann brought bread and Janette made the salad


He made a special Oreo cake dessert


He also remembered the kiddos : he brought them pizza and a movie.
turning 28, irrelevant


the second very best part of April : was watching BLUE OCTOBER. They were awesome. i brought Juliann and made her a fan I was sad cause the last two years i have been going with Linda but she wasnt able to attend. So jules sucked it up and went and had a freakin blast!!!!


we even stayed till like 1 am waiting to have them sign stuff and i got to take a picture with the lead singer, justin!!! IN HEAVEN I WAS.




the other cool thing about April was i started working for the first time in almost 5 years at Alliance Foods in earth city. They are a food broker for Save-a-Lot. its clerical work but it is a nice change. the kids and Taylor are adjusting well. its been hard juggling the work, working out, housework, snuggling, playing bathing sleeping thing. but i will adjust.....


BTW if any one has pics of the party send them my way JANETTE :) ps i miss you too

Deaths in the family

How it happens that one followed the other within two weeks is beyond me. All i know is by the end of march i was wiped emotionally. Losing my grandmother though it was a long time coming was rough. I knew she was in a better place, i knew her kids were now better off but seeing my mother break like that was hard. I cannot imagine the pain. She died from old age and all the crap that comes with that but she hadnt been well mentally for almost seven years. the last two she no longer knew any one and did not function. it was tough.

Nikki was harder because though she had been diagonosed with cancer  a year ago, she had hit her 100 day mark and was cancer free at the time of her death. it was sudden she went in to the hospital after a week of doing better, and never came out. it took only 5 hours. the toughest part for me, was Ryker. being a mother is hard and adding in the fact that death touches anyone at any time regardless of how old your "baby" is, was a hard pill to swallow. My heart broke for her husband Terry, and her family but it absolutely shattered for Ryker. He was 15 months at the time of her death. She was only 33. It just brings it all home.

It has made me more grateful. Has me counting my blessings even more fiercely than before because i want to have used all the moments i had. with my children and my husband. Work(money) is a necessary evil but all the other stuff we do, that we put off till tomorrow, well now we have to prioritze it because that tomorrow may not come. and then what???

what will my kids and friends remember? what will my spouse miss most? even if i didnt fulfill my dreams would i be proud with the product i left? i cant whine that i didnt have enough time, i only have myself to blame.

Its been too long

It has been too long. I think at least three months since i blogged last. I am not even sure that i can retell the last few months.

Let's try:

in march we had two deaths in the family. My sister in law Nikki and my maternal grandmother Felicitas. Brynden turned 2

in april i turned 28 and got a job after 4 1/2 years of being a stay at home mother. Saw BLUE OCTOBER :)

in may we learned how hard it is to have three kids and two parents that are never in the same place for very long. love spinning

in june boston finished the first grade with flying numbers. He went to texas and Brody went with him for a week. my motherinlaw came to visit, had my very first overnight date with Taylor in like 5 years. i got released from my calling. and then got a new calling. saw Eclipse with some close girl friends of mine. it was great.

in july, so far, we made a trip to and from atlanta GA to visit the Guymon family. that trip was super fun and deserves a post of its own.

how's that for a recap?
 
fabulous huh?

i will expand on all these things in the order they were listed. i know you are all waiting on the edge of your seats huh? i promise the wait wont be long