Shawn's 2nd Birthday

Saturday we went to my nephews second birthday. It was at my brothers house. They had tons of their friends there and my family came. Grace hadn't seen him in awhile so she had fun playing. My Grandparents were there and it was nice to catch up with them. Here are a few pictures from that day.

Sesame Street Live

We took Grace to Sesame Street Live, and she LOVED it! To say that she loved it is an absolute understatement, she was in total awe the entire time. We weren't sure if it was going to work out because of the weather, the forecast was calling for heavy snow to start the evening of the show.

We sat in the fourth row and the seats were amazing, I think that is what made the experience for her so cool. She would clap, dance, and scream to the music. Jamie bought her an Elmo doll when we first got there and she now sleeps with it every night.

27th Birthday

Yikes yesterday was my 27th birthday. I don't feel twenty seven. It disturbs me how fast the time goes by. I feel like life is just passing us by before we know it. I am trying to make each and everyday special and count.

My mom had a little birthday party for me Sunday evening. She had chips and dip, pizza, cake, and ice cream. All of the kids were home and hung around to spend some time with me. Jamie and I love hanging out over at my parents house because there is always someone helping us keep an eye on Grace.

Yesterday on my actual birthday, Jamie and I went to LaPachanga's. It is a Mexican restaurant that we like. It is in a shopping plaza right next to my parents street so they kept her and we ate all alone. Before we went into the restaurant we stopped in Once Upon a Child, my second favorite store. Usually Jamie never goes in with me but since it was my birthday I quilted him into it, and he helped me pick out things for her for next summer. I don't think he could believe how cheap the prices were. It was precious to see his face when he said "Oh we should get this for her, she would look so pretty in that, etc". He is so crazy about her and such a great dad. I love it!!

It was the most perfect birthday!!!

Renovations

Early last week our refrigerator went out. It went out the day after I restocked with everything a small army would need!! We went to Sears to pick out another one and pretty much everyone we wanted they had said couldn't be in till Friday or Monday because of New Years. That wasn't going to work for us, we needed one that night!!

Finally I said can we have this refrigerator that I am looking at right now, can we pack this up and take it home and the lady said "oh you want a floor model you can only take a floor model if it is on clearance". So we looked around and the only ones on clearance were fancy shiny stainless steel ones. Oh darn imagine my dismay that we were going to have to upgrade and get such a nice one. We ended up getting an awesome deal on it. So were checking out and it came to our minds that Oh no now nothing is going to match. We ended up getting a new refrigerator, microwave, and dishwasher that evening. My dad had already gotten us a new stove for Christmas so that saved us some money.

So within the next few weeks we plan on - drum roll- getting new cabinets, counter tops, and back splash. Our kitchen is so outdated and I think that even thought this will be pricey it will be well worth it when we go to resell next year. So wish us luck and I will take pictures of all the appliances as they get delivered and installed, until then I will be enjoying my new beautiful refrigerator!!!