excuse me!?!

yesterday the kids were discussing mother's day gifts they'd like to give me this year. they started talking about how much money they each had. mese received a 2 dollar bill from his birthday buddy ge(johanna's mom)for his birthday last year and has been saving it.

mese: mom, i have $2 remember? from ge!
me: oh yes, that's right.
mese: yeah, but i'm going to save it for a long time.
me: that's good.
mese: yeah, i'm going to save it til i'm 31.
me: oh? why 31? what's so special about 31?
mese: i'll probably be dead at that time(it's soooooooo old)
me: what!?! you think 31 is old?
mese: oh yeah! i'll probably need a walker then cause my back will be hurting so bad too.

boy, he must think mason and i are dinosaurs! or maybe cats...we must have 9 lives cause we're still alive and well past the ripe old age of 31!

lesson learned

we've noticed lately that when our kids pray, they say the same things over and over again. we told them it's ok to pray for other things besides the usual stuff like family, safety etc. and it's ok to give thanks for other blessings we receive. the lesson being, let's try a little harder to think of others. with that said, mese's request during family prayer this morning was a bit insightful.

mese: "...and bless us(the kids) that we'll listen to mom...so she won't be angry."

wow.

9

last night mason & i went out for dinner to celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary. it didn't start out good. we drove out to palm desert, indio, and everything else out there but rancho mirage-we were looking for the darn cheesecake factory in rancho mirage and neither of us could remember just how far down the 111 it was! both of us were hungry & tired so that didn't help. i think after about 2 hrs. of driving i texted carrie and told her this was the worst date ever-emphasize ever. luckily, we found it and had the joy of waiting about 25 mins. for a table. that's ok because right next to it was the rocky mtn. chocolate factory where i purchased appetizers-almond cluster for me and peanut butter bucket for mason with a diet coke of course. the dinner was delicious and then we walked around to look at the shops-wasn't much to look at though. we headed home and i have to say, it turned out to be a lovely evening afterall-bad start, good finish i suppose. i guess it could've been a lot worse,right? anyway, i want to tell you all how much i absolutely love and adore my husband and i'm looking forward to the next 9+ (ok i'll just say it) eternity with him:) happy anniversary honey. i love you.

celebrate!

easter is close upon us and i decided that i'm going to make sugar cookies-for easter and every major holiday. why not? my family enjoys them and the kids love helping me decorate them so why not!:) and so what that they are a bit time consuming and have lots of butter in them, and the frosting is just scrumptious. so there you go. can't wait for independence day-red, white, and blue here i come! ok, maybe mason will get some cookies for father's day-maybe.