One year older!

Well, it is official. I am now into my thirties, there is no going back. I remember thinking thirty-something was pretty old, but not so much now! I had a pretty fun weekend. Friday I coached Savannah's soccer team, because Dallas had to work. Afterwards, Savannah, DJ and I met up with Dallas at the rodeo and enjoyed some bull riding and calf roping. DJ loves the rodeo and was so excited to be there. We stopped for dinner on the way home, and then watched TV for awhile before hitting the sack.

Saturday was my big day and I started by taking Dallas into work for some Future Soldiers activity.Then I headed to Target for Mackenzie's Twilight movie, and got some Krispie Kreme's for everyone before heading home again. At about Two I went to pick up Dallas and we hit up Costco for some things for dinner that night, and I dropped Dallas at home and went shopping! By myself! With no children! I got to actually look at things without being bombarded with questions or having to say, "Put that down. Don't touch that!" a million times.I visited three different bookstores and picked up a book from each store. When I got home the house was picked up a little and Dallas was making Chinese food for dinner. Dallas' dad came by with my niece and nephew and brought some flowers and after dinner I took a bubble bath and read a book. It was a wonderful day.

Sunday we had shortened meetings at church because of the Draper Temple dedication. After church we dropped the kids off at Nena's house and headed to Layton to meet up with my family for my birthday dinner. It was a fun night and I enjoyed being able to sit and talk with everyone.

The big news however, is that Dallas made the E-7 promotion list,which means that sometime in the next year he will be promoted to Seargent First Class. We were not expecting this at all, because he has only been in the Army for seven years, and he wasn't able to finish his I Love Me book because of DJ's accident. not only that, but he may be released from recruiting duty early due to other jobs available and too many recruiters in the field, which means a move for us. We have no concrete information yet, so we are keeping with our plans as they are right now, but I am definitely starting to go through the house and get rid of things we don't need or want anymore. I only hope he gets the promotion before we move, because we need the extra weight allowance!

Someday when we're old and grayer

Dallas and I have always wanted to go to Ireland, and to live there and be able to explore everything whenever we wanted to would be absolutely fantastic!

TGIF

Today was DJ's treatment and things went pretty well. We were hoping to get rid of the lovely string, but he has a very severe stricture so they want to leave it in until his next dilation. Dr. Black said that the majority of his esophagus is looking great with the exception of the one stricture and he was able to stretch things a bit today. The down side is that we get a very cranky boy with a very sore throat who coughing up lots of ickiness. They did remove the long tube and replace it with a button, which is so much easier to deal with. No more tape and huge bandages wrapped around his midsection. Yeah!! He goes in for a barium swallow in three weeks after which we will meet with his doc and schedule his next dilation. If all goes well we will hopefully be done with all of this by summer! Well I am off to play Taxi for Mackenzie.TTFN

Savannah is a Princess!

Last Wednesday the Primary activity days held a Princess Party for all of the girls. There was a lovely program reminding the girls that they are daughters of God and that they should never feel like they weren't worth anything. We then went over the Faith in God program and how the goals would help them grow spiritually. Afterwards we had dinner and then the girls received letters from their mothers telling them why they loved them so much. I took quite a few pictures, as you can see, and of course Savannah doesn't have a straight face in any of them. Well maybe one...

The tables were decorated beautifully!

Savannah and Jessica posing for the camera.

My goofy girl.

I feel like Mary Poppins!

The things you can put in a purse!!

DJ's emergency kit
in case his feeding tube is pulled out of his stomach

billfold
I can't go anywhere without my money or cards!

book
Hey, we are an Army family and we are always stuck waiting somewhere.

Altoids creme de menthe
curiously strong chocolate

hand creme
There is no moisture in the air here!

Tide to Go
I have children who spill ( and me too occasionally)

Kleenex
It is cold season.

keys
for my car and house

Ipod
In case I am not in the mood to read while waiting.

reciepts
I cannot part with these precious pieces of paper!

camera
something exciting might happen!