random thursday - EXCITED Edition! :)

~ Wow - is it really Thursday already?! Although having this week over won't be such a bad thing. Joel has been swamped with work and I miss him. Looking forward to a relaxing weekend and time with my Lovelies.

~ We had a super fun time with Joel's parents going out to dinner and My Fair Lady last week.

~ Belle is going snowboarding with her BFF tomorrow. I am excited (and nervous) for her! She is out-of-this-world-bursting-at-the-seams excited so I am trying to be mostly excited too. But the Mama in me is scared she will get hurt or freak out and need me and I won't be there. But I know she will be in good hands with my BFF so all will be just fine. (I think.) :)

~ Joel rocked the Valentine's Day dinner again this year...My fav strawberry/spinach salad, parmesan crisps, Steak Diane, roasted red potatoes, roasted asparagus and chocolate dipped strawberries. YUM-O.

~ My gift for Valentine's - A week's worth of cooking ala Joel. I can either take them all in one week or break them out over time. However I do it, it is gonna be NICE.

~ His gift - a new wedding band. His old one was making him break out and was getting too small. It was weird. He could only wear it for short times before it made him all itchy and rashy. So he hardly ever wore it. And I can't have my man going around without a ring on. ;)

~ Micah all of the sudden became very mischievious today. Lil' stinkpot is into everything and especially into all of the things he is often reminded not to get into. I think his little will is in full-on development mode this week.

~ My sister comes for a visit tomorrow and there are lots of excited peeps here awaiting her arrival! And I know Mary is bursting to scrunch on a lil Mouse. :) It will be nice to see her. Cannot believe she has been gone for over 5 months already!

~ We are not sure why but the greenway behind our house is often overrun with blackbirds...like hundreds of them...weird. Here is just a portion of what was out there the other evening.

~ Also excited for a visit from dear friends on Monday. Gonna be a fun weekend with all this visitin' going on! :)

~ I have to say I was uber glad to get all the girls Valentines made and out the door this year. They all turned out great, but it was a bit much to handle on top of making favors for Megans bridal shower this past weekend.

And the favors...

~ The shower went really well and it all kinda started to really hit me that my baby sister is getting married. REALLY getting married and REALLY moving away to start her life. {{sniff sniff}} I am going to miss her so. very. much.

~ I just now noticed all the "excited's" in this post so I made it the EXCITED edition. :) tee hee

Comments

[Elizabeth]

Like!!
And more specifically: that blackbird picture is SUPER COOL.
We almost made those crayon Valentines and then reason took over. Maybe next year. This year = too crazy.