After many months of being in DENIAL I did in fact turn 28 on the 28
th! Yes I still feel like I just graduated from High School and Yes I am still offended when the high school
bagger boys at the grocery store call me MAM (
sp?) and Yes my baby will be going to kindergarten in the fall and Yes the kids I use to babysit are now in college! How is this possible? I just turned 18-right? No, that was 10 years ago! I may in fact still be in denial that I'm now much closer to 30 than 20, but I just keep telling myself that you're only as old as you feel. The bad news is that most days I feel 100!
The big day actual turned out OK. The day started off with my dad trying to have a heart attack and being transferred to
UVRMC. After several test they determined that it wasn't a heart attack, but a electrical problem that could be easily fixed. We were already planning on going up north for the day so we spent some time at the hospital before going to Olive Garden to eat with my mom. We then took her back to the hospital and then headed to the mall. Casey let me buy some cute shirts and a belt at GAP. He always spoils me and I rarely get him anything for his. This year is his 30
th and I'm really going to try to have him a present. We then went and picked up the kids so we could head home. It was a good day and Casey tried his hardest to make me happy on such a depressing day. *side note* my Dad ended up have heart surgery by Dr.
Hwang the next day and did really well
and came home that night. They sent a tiny sensor up two arteries and placed it by his heart. The sensor then read his rhythm and determined what was wrong. It then fixed the rhythm by doing an ablation. It's way over my head, but I'm thankful for modern medicine!
The good news is that everyone keeps saying that by me turning 28 on the 28
th that it makes this my best year!
Wahoo for Old Wise Tells! Anyway, since this is suppose to be the BEST Year I decided to make a list of things I'm going to accomplish this year. One of the only good things about having a January birthday is that you can make New Years Resolutions and Birthday Resolution in the same list....so here it goes!
1-Be more patient with my kids
2-Be more patient with my kids
3-Be more patient with my kids (i could do this for at least 20)
4- Get organized! my house, finances, & schedules.
5-Cook more
6-Decorate my house. I always seem to get started and never finish.
7- Learn how to sew. I have done a little sewing, but I'm horrible so I want to take a class to learn the basics.
8-Stick to a budget....ugh
9-scrapbook more
10-be more diligent in my church calling
11-Video more, I take a ton of still photos but rarely video.
12-Play with my kids more.
13-Exercise regularly
14-Go camping more.
15-drink LESS Dr. Pepper
16-Eat healthier
17-Start taking college classes again. {it's too easy to talk myself out of it}
18-take better care of my car.
19-get our home remodeling projects completed.
20-get a our fence up.
21-get a playground {for my summer sanity!}
22-Keep my house cleaner, since no one ever seems to visit when it's clean only the days I've let my kids take over!
23-Read to my kids more.
24-Teach
Kensie all the animal sounds. She has really struggled with talking and answers Moo to every animal.
25-Get
Kensie Potty Trained.
26-Be better at giving gift for special events {weddings, showers, graduations, and family deaths.}
27-Be a better Wife
and finally....
28-Update my blog more!!!!!
The past couple of weekend I've been able to go with my Mother-in-law and Sister-in-law Jakoye to support the JHS Drill Team. My sister-in-law Kalee (who was 4 when me and Casey started dating!) is on the team and I've loved going to cheer them on. They did really well and had several 1st place wins. GO JUAB!
Pepperbelly's-yummy!
Marlo, Jen, and me
The Star Wars obsession started a couple of months ago when we rented the Star Wars Saga for the first time. At first Cael didn't really seem too interested, but after playing the Star Wars Lego game on the Wii he was hooked. We have pretty much watched them non-stop since. When it came time to choosing a theme for his party there was no question what he would choose. I love planning themed b-day parties and Cael's have been fun every year. I have noticed that boys interest change quickly and this has made it so he has had a different theme every year. The last couple he has even wanted the same birthday theme that he did for Halloween. I had a blast finding the paper to do his invites. I love it when I find what I want! :) We actually celebrated this year on the Sunday before and invited everyone over for dinner. We did Roast, potatoes, jello ~ the works. Nikki made his cake which turned out awesome! Cael opened tons of cool gifts. We gave him Star Wars Lego (which he had wanted for Christmas, but we thought we would wait and give them to him at his Star Wars party. Thank goodness his birthday is only a couple of week after Christmas because he kept asking why he didn't get them.) Grandpa & Grandma Jarrett gave him a star wars Lego game with light saber wii controllers and star wars shirts. Grandpa & Grandma Smith gave him a hunting wii game and clothes, he also got some money for his savings. We love having Cael in our family and enjoy his funny sense of humor. He has definatly made the last 5 years entertaining! We love you little Jedi! 
Today Cael was the King of the Jungle at Wilde 4 learning. Well he was actually suppose to be on Dec 15, but his mother totally spaced it. (In my defense it was 10 day before Christmas!) Mrs. Jenny said it would be fine to send it the first day back to school from Christmas break. We made this poster with pictures of things he loves to do. We also sent a pillow case full of his favorite toys. He ended up taking his tractor legos, Han Solo figure, track hoe, Batman, and his favorite book "On the Moon" which his teacher read to the class. She also read his all about me paper to the class. It had questions like... 
Notice what Kensie is wearing....