Getting Old....

I celebrated my 26th birthday on Sunday, but I like to think of myself as still young at heart. As evidence of this - the present Josh got me (besides telling me to plan a trip for myself to the Mall of America) was an Eclipse T-shirt with Taylor Lautner on it. I told him the real present was the mental image of him walking through the mall with the two boys and then deciding to go into Hot Topic and buy a Taylor Lautner t-shirt. Ahhh... I wish I could've witnessed that.

The highlight of the birthday though was that my sister dropped the birthday cake on the ground when she was picking it up at the store. Hehee. Another thing I wish I could've witnessed. Honestly, it still looked okay after mom fixed it and we still ate it.

So here's some party pics and some pictures of the boys at the petting zoo here in Fondy. Oh, and also Gabe and Caleb running around the house naked. I got Gabe these red rain boots and Caleb loves to take off everything and put on the boots and run. More of Caleb's butt.... Oh and also, if you watch Friends - Here is a tribute to 'The One Where Chandler Can't Smile' for his engagement pictures. Gabe is trying to work that out right now too. :)




Gabe's Chandler smile...

Random pictures

Happy Fourth of July!

We had a really fun Fourth of July weekend. Luckily, Josh's four days off just happened to fall on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. We got some gardening done (or actually - weeding) and went to the city's fireworks at the lake. I was having such heart attack that Caleb was going to fall in that I made him sit in the car with me and stick his head through the sun roof. (Is that weird of me? Maybe. But that is like, what I have nighmares about. I am NOT a strong swimmer and I always worry that if one of my kids fell in a deep, murky lake I would never be able to A) Find them and B) Get them back up to the surface and to saftey. We all have our weird mom issues. That is mine.) So Josh made me feel stupid for doing it but I was like, "Whatever. I don't care." So he sat with Gabe on his lap on the lawnchair and I enjoyed it mosquito-free in the car. It was great.

We also went to the waterpark by our house and to the zoo. Those boys love the zoo. They rode the zoo train and the carousel and played on this big play structure they have.

Also, my good friend from highschool got married on the 3rd at the same place Josh and I had our reception (the night after our Nauvoo wedding). It was a nice little pre-anniversary date.

And lastly, I got called this weekend to be the 1st counselor in Young Women's. I am feeling so overwhelmed and underqualified. The only comfort I take is that at least I am working with the most amazing, organized president (who also just got called not too long ago) and an equally amazing second couselor (who was actually a Beehive in my branch when I was a Laurel.) So, that part is good. The bad part... I am joining the team just in time for girl's camp. Save me. That was like, the part of YW I tried to get out of most when I was that age. I DREADED it. I am not outdoorsy. So, if I can survive that next month it will be okay.... Wish me luck!