::my birthday 2::

So on my birthday Kris and I were flying back from Florida. We went for a big pediatric dental/orthodontic conference and Kris mom was sweet enough to come and watch our boys. We had a great trip together, first time in forever we were all alone. I barely knew what to do with myself the first few days!

Anyway, we flew home the morning of my birthday. It was a long flight, but kidless it was so easy! We watched a grown up movie, we read books, I took a nap. It was amazing. It made me remember that flying isn't ALL that bad after all.

We got home after lunch and came home to a very festive lovely house.



It was so cute. And we found out that Sandy LOVES love LOVES balloons. He sat and played with the balloon that was tied to his chair for ever. When he got done it was all covered with peanut butter and jelly smears, ewww.



And we had to wake poor Sandy up from his nap. He was sleeping so solid that it took me a few tries to wake him (unusual for our little light sleeper!) and when he woke he was so cranky that he wasn't even excited to see me! But he warmed up after a while.

Grandma helped Max pick out a gift for me--he got me a heart shaped pillow (cute!) and a little countertop fountain. He was so excited and proud of it--what a darling.

Look at Sandy's face! What is Kris doing there in the background?



It was a great birthday. Kris had some lovely gifts that he had bought for me early and they were waiting, and Kathy did so much to make me feel special. What a lovely day, after a nice and relaxing week. I'm pretty lucky I have to say!

::happy birthday to me::

Here's what I came home to today for my birthday: (Kris and I were on a business trip--more about that later).


Kris's mom was here taking care of our boys, and she helped Max (and we all know what that means) set up for my birthday. It turned out so cute!


More later, but now I've got to go and get some sleep after all the revelry!

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Since there are never any pictures of me on here I thought I'd say hi.
I'm off to take Max to school here shortly, then I'm meeting Kris for lunch (we love to do that when we can.) Then back home to do more work on getting ready to move. There are so many little details to worry about!

Hi & bye.

::me me me::

This post is about me.
It's my birthday today. Yay for me!

But really I think it's yay for my mom. Because how would I be here to talk about myself if it wasn't for her?
So thanks mom--and dad! Thanks for making it so I could be here and have birthdays.

Last year I asked everybody to leave me a comment as my birthday present. I loved it so much last year that I want to do it again!

So if you read this, will you leave me a comment and say hi? I'd love to hear from some of you that I maybe don't know--or those that I know but I don't know are reading...you know what I mean. And of COURSE I want to hear from my lovely friends that often leave me comments. Youguys are the best.

And I love comments--I mean, don't all bloggers love comments?
So tell me hi--and if I don't know you, tell me how you found me?

Wish you were all here to share some cake. A lovely friend in the ward brought me over this gorgeous cake:

The good news? It takes as good as it looks. Scrumptious.

I got my hair cut yesterday (for my birthday). What do you think?

(I like this picture except there's just something weird about my hand--it looks way bigger than it should be, doesn't it?)

(this is how Max makes me feel on a regular basis)

The best news about my birthday? It means that we ALL made it through another long cold (unless you're someplace nice) January. And that's great news, isn't it?

::birthday request::

So today is my birthday, and so far I'm having a great time. Kris and Max are taking very good care of me, and we're about to head out to lunch and some shopping. What could be better?

But there's something else I want for my birthday, and here's what it is.
If you visit our blog, will you leave a comment and say hi? Especially if you come and read it often? I'd love to know who you are and how you found us.

And all my friends and family that I already know read this can say hi too, that wouldn't hurt my feelings!

And in return I'll take some photos of the festivities, including Max frosting the cake and I'll post them later.
Sound like a good deal?

Oh, and thanks mom for giving birth to me! Now that I have a kid I think birthdays should almost be more for the MOM than the kid!!

And happy end of January, yay!

::coolness::

Back when I was in high school there were times that I thought I was awfully cool.
One of these times was after I saw how this picture turned out.

Obviously somebody else took this picture, but it was my idea.
And I'm just so edgy, right? So artsy. It's mostly the braces and the National Honor Society sweatshirt--oh, and the chewed off silver nail polish.  I was cool.  
What happened?  Ah well, that's a subject for another day.

Anyway, the other day we were at the dog park, and suddenly there was a photo op.

Look familiar?

How about now?
What's that saying--Like mother like son? Hmmm, I actually don't think that's a saying, is it?

All he needs is some braces and some nail polish and he'd be set for life in coolness.
How can he help being cool? He's my kid.

.::YAY!::.

Yay I actually graduated tonight. It was great. I'm so tired now I can hardly keep my eyes open.
My graduation was just with the graduate students and undergrads from the business school. We actually walked about halfway across campus to get from our building to where the commencement was happening. It was a fun little parade. For some reason we had a bagpipe player leading the host. Kris took some great pictures for me.
Here we come!

Here's Max watching the parade as we came up to the building where graduation was happening.

Here I am trying to get Max's attention, can you see me?

He sees me!

It was a good length for a graduation. It was about an hour long.
I'm lucky that Kris's parents and grandparents and Kris's sister Kari and Kelly and Lechelle were all there. So I had cheers when I walked across the stage and that made me happy!
Max did great during the whole thing I guess, good thing Kris has an entertaining phone.
I'm so happy to be done and proud that I could stick it out and make it happen.
Thanks to my cute little family for always being my support!



Kris graduates tomorrow! WOO HOO!