umm...surprise?

this is my husband. he loves to surprise me, and it doesn't happen too often, so when it does, it's usually pretty good, but he's not very good at the act of surprising. so last night, we're sitting down to dinner and he suddenly bursts out with "kay, it was supposed to be a surprise but i just can't hold it in any longer. i'm taking you to see Lion King on monday and my parents are going to watch the kids (they're coming into town tomorrow). i'm so excited." ha!! so cute. i just laughed. and was delightfully surprised and excited.

it totally reminded me of when we were first married, we were laying in bed and all the sudden he explodes with "ijustcan'ttakeitanymore-we'regoingtoseecelinedioninvegasinamonthSURPRISE!!!" i love celine with my whole heart.


ooo, i love him more.

happy birthday

jack has been a little obsessed with birthdays because his is coming up, so last night he presents this - without the band-aid, at first - to shawn with a grand "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DADDY!!" then took it back real quick to put the band-aid on it. i asked him what he was doing and he said "just puttin' the bow on." then gave it back to shawn. he kills me sometimes.

the swings

we don't have church till 1 so shawn and i just about go crazy trying to think of ways to entertain the boys BEFORE we even get to church. so here we are at the swings. sam LOVES them.

mother's group!

isaac, william, atty, dutch, jackaroo, landon, miss erika (love those eyes), and kailer.
so when we moved down here, i started a mother's group. every friday, the kids come to play and the mothers come to chat/vent/release/breathe. it's our favorite part of the week and we've made some great friends.

here's a shout out to my 54th ward mommy chums: i sure miss you all and think of you often. i feel so grateful to have started my mommy-journey with all of you. you were my sanity, you should all know that. i love you all.

two peas in a pod

watchin' a little curious george.

sam-boy

this is how my little one goes to sleep. i stick him in on his stomach, he reaches back for a corner of his blanket to hold in his little hand, and then sticks his two middle fingers in his mouth and sucks away. priceless.

ugh

so i just got a call from the guy at rc willeys who informed me that our gorgeous couches that were SUPPOSED to come in yesterday will be delayed another week. he says to me "i hope this isn't too much of an inconvenience...blah, blah, blah". and i want to scream at him "YES, ACTUALLY IT IS!! you see, i have wanted, desired, coveted new couches for 5 years, and i finally bought some which i couldn't have for a week and half to begin with (because they had just sold the last set in their store...literally, a day before we bought them) and now you're telling me it's going to be ANOTHER week. we sold our old couches a few days ago (we didn't) to be ready for the new ones, and we've been sitting on our floor (we haven't) which we now get to do for ANOTHER week." i couldn't say that because none of it was true, but i wanted to say something.

because that's the kind of week it's been. because i think i deserve to pout every so often. i don't, but i think i do.