Tea Party

Our niece Paige and nephew Sterling both had birthdays on Wednesday. I was recruited to help Kristy with Paige's birthday party.

I have a big car.

She needed to haul kids.

Anyway, I got to take lots of cute pictures but this is one of my favorites from the day. It's Paige's little brother Cameron.

Cameron says he has 4 nicknames: C-Dog, Cam-Bam, Sponge Bob and Phineas. Ben likes to call him Dot Com.

Anyway, Cam attended the tea party. It wasn't long before he decided that a tea party was not a place for a 4 yr old boy.

He wanted a balloon to blow up.

He really wanted to let the air out of the balloon so he could imitate gross boy noises.

Ben would probably say he looks sad because he is a BYU fan.

Happy Birthday Ben!

My sweetie finally turned 30 today. I am not longer a cougar lusting after a younger man. At least not until March 16, 2019 when I'll be 40 and he'll be 39. Then I'm sure Ben will tell me I'm a cougar once more.

It was an event filled birthday weekend. Friday we went to lunch with his parents at Ruth's Diner. We love that place. Then Bethany and my mom watched Sam and we went on a real date. Sushi at Mikado and Up 3D. Yesterday Gandolfo's breakfast and then we went and saw Ben's grandma and had a fun visit. We ended up hanging out with his brother Nathan and his family and eating delicious JCW's in American Fork. (Are you noticing a trend regarding our celebration technique?) Finlly, we had cake and presents with my parents tonight.

Here is Ben with his cake. Yes, he is that handsome in real life.

(Please excuse the blurry picture. Usually I take million but for some reason I only took one. Weird.)

Here is my revenge. Since I've been hearing about how old I am for the last three months I decided to give it back in birthday cake messaging.

And just for fun, here is Sam in the Hawaiian outfit my parents brought back from Honolulu last winter. He hadn't worn it before today so we figure Daddy's birthday was the perfect opportunity. So funny.

On a side note, I had a little blast from the past this week and contact from an old flame. The details of the situations are really sad and my heart goes out to the family. The situation made me realize how lucky I am to have Ben and his awesome family. He really is my perfect match and the best dad and husband ever. I can't imagine my life without him.

Love you Sweetie!

Etsy Shop

So . . . .

Hubby Ben and BFF Kara have been telling me for the last couple of weeks that I need to share something with our readership.

I have an Etsy shop.

Today I actually sold something.

For a whole $5.

I'm very proud.

I've been a little nervous to post it because I was afraid that:

1. My cards are dumb.

2. No one would ever buy one.

3. My cards are dumb so why would anyone EVER buy one.

4. Just plain nervous.

Well, a nice lady in Connecticut bought one today. A Tea Party thank you card. It was an exciting moment. A moment that only took 3 weeks to come.

I even have people who heart me. Ahhh!

Anyway, here's my shop

You will notice that I have exploited various friends and family members with their permission in order to make some money. You can even see some of the mock ups of Adam's wedding invitation. (The real one is not on there yet)

Shorty Fussy Pants

Ben has called our niece Paige "Shorty Fussy Pants" for practically her entire life. With tons of help from our other niece Riley we got this fun little picture. Notice the little boys in the background poised to burst the bubble as soon as I gave them permission.

It's so fun having a million little nieces and nephews. Between our families there are 19 kids under the age of 13 with one on the way. There is always something crazy going on.

Paige was the very first one that I met. She was 3. She showed me how she would stand on the "temple"(aka Barbie Castle Dance Mat) and then dance.

She'll be 7 next month and wants to be a teacher when she grows up.

Thanks for the cutie pic Paige!

Let's go to Los Hermanos.

Now he just needs to learn to walk.

Sam's balance is really developing.