My Birthday Month!!

So I have been telling the kids all day that it is finally my birthday month! Although my birthday is the last day of the month it is nice to begin celebrating on the first. My sister and I have always shared the month (well, as long as I can remember) and to be real honest it is nice that in my house I don't have to share anymore. Brian even woke up this morning and wished me a happy birthday month!! I guess if you share your birthday with a major holiday it is only fair to be able to celebrate the whole month. So Happy Birthday Month to me... and Keri! :)

The Downfall of Motherhood...

So my sister learned the downfall of motherhood these last few days. My sweet niece is sick! She is running a high fever (104) and I am so sad for them. There is NOTHING worse then when you baby (even if they are 7 and 9) is sick or hurt. I know that this is really the worst part of being a parent because it even affects Brian. We are praying that she feels better soon and that it spares her parents...

Let the Shopping Begin...

So we started on Wednesday before Thanksgiving with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law and found a few things. They did great and almost finished! On Thursday we went out to eat which is the best idea EVER! No clean up and no cooking... On Thursday afternoon we went to Big Lots and Garden Ridge and found a few things and then I set out for the Allen outlet mall which opened at midnight. I found some good deals there but you had to hunt. By the time we left it was a ZOO... We headed back towards home and hit the usuals... Walmart, Target, Kohls, JCP. I got quite a bit and even finished up some people. On Saturday Brian was out and found something for my mom so now she is done too! Slowly but surely we are checking people off the list. The real kicker this year is the boys. There is nothing they need and very little they want. Of course the stuff they do want is super expensive too. Santa is gonna have a really hard time this year!!

Time Flies...

It feels like time is flying by as we get ready for Thanksgiving in A FEW DAYS!! We are going to try and have an at home day today and get caught up on schoolwork and work on our first Christmas craft. The boys get really into making ornaments for everyone and we do a new one each year. I am still searching for this year's but did find a cute way to make window clings so we are doing that today. The laundry has grown into mountains and with the mail holiday this week we have to stay caught up! So after running a few errands this morning we are off to get started! It is a beautiful day so we hope to spend some time outside too...

Sounds like too much to do in one day but we're gonna try...

Time to be Thankful...

So every Thanksgiving when we eat at my mom's everyone goes around the table and says what they are thankful for. Brian and I were talking about it last night as I think he likes to think of something out of the ordinary to shock everyone. He had me rolling on the floor last night laughing at some of the things he is thankful for. All I know is I love him with all my heart and I don't know what I would do without him! We can still spend hours talking like we could when we were dating and I still want to share everything with him.

My trip was good and it was nice to be missed. Brian cleaned the house of clutter and besides my initial reaction that he may have thrown away something I need... I haven't come across anything I can't find yet. I may have not been grateful enough. He took great care of the kids and did a fine job of Mr. Mom.

A Sad Day...

So of course we all got the stomach bug that is going around... I thought we might get lucky and Hunter would be the only one... BUT NO. We all got it and spent the entire weekend complaining about how awful we felt! Luckily it is only a 48 hr bug or so...

So the sad news of the day is one of the ferrets died. Jessica, our oldest ferret, was found in her cage this morning. It was very sad, for me anyways, and the boys seemed mildly bothered by it. We gave her a nice burial in the trash can.

I am excited about my trip this week... I'm hoping the boys will all be able to take care of each other...

The Universe is a little safer...

So Brian and the boys have been fighting to keep the universe safe from the Locust ever since Gears of War 2 came out on Thursday. Thanks to Ward at Microsoft we actually got it about 7 hrs early... He is Brian's all-time best friend now!!

We watched Addy on Thursday because the daycare thought she might be sick. Well, wouldn't you know it... Hunter started throwing up tonight. He is really bummed that he might miss his last soccer game tomorrow but I told him we'll see how he feels then. I HATE it when they are sick...

Not much else is new... Tomorrow the outdoor soccer season ends and we get a little bit of a break. I am going out of town next week so I need everyone to be well before I go... Start praying...