House Hunting!

Tonight we're off to Nashville to check out houses!  I am so excited, I've been looking at houses for the past week on the computer and just want to see them in person.  We're driving there and hopefully it'll be fun and not a nightmare.  We've never driven that long with each other so it'll be an adventure I'm sure!  Everyone keeps telling me how beautiful it is there so I have pretty high expectations of what it should look like, I can't wait to see for myself!  I have a few favorite houses in my mind but who knows they may turn out to be awful in person.  Wish us luck!

Birthday Recap

Last week was probably the most exciting week of my life!  Thursday was match day and we found out we will be moving at the end of May and Friday was my favorite day of the year; my birthday!  I love birthdays and I love that mine is in March because the weather is always beautiful and there are usually fun things to do around that time like the rodeo!  This birthday was great, I spent the day shopping with my mom, eating the best pizza ever, delicious cake, and hanging out with my family.  I had a blast and the celebration continued the next day with a big family dinner that was a little too good, I ate way to much!  I'm a little sad I'm half way to 50 but it was my favorite birthday by far!  They just keep getting better!  Oh and I still have huge cupcakes so come to dessert group tonight and help me finish them off!

Match

Anyone want to go to Nashville? Because that's where we're going. Shawn will be going to Vanderbilt and we're SO excited, a little terrified, but mostly excited!

Fun Week!

I've had one of the best weeks in a long time!  The fun started Wednesday.  A friend sent out an email asking if anyone wanted to go to the Rascal Flatts concert at the rodeo.  At first I was a little nervous because I"m not used to being out all alone with just friends but decided it would be really fun and sure enough I had a blast.  We were as high us as you can get and late but it really didn't matter it was just wonderful to get out without kids and just friends.  Friday was fun too.  I got to hang out with my mom and go shopping for the kids.  We also went out to dinner and then over to my sisters house because she wanted to give me an early birthday present.  Its the best present EVER.  She got me Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking! I love them and spent a good part of the night reading them.  I highly recommend them and can't wait to try stuff out.  This morning was great. Shawn and I had high ambitions of going to the temple, woke up at 5:30 to go drove all the way up to the temple and turns out it was closed.  I should have known it was closed because my mom had told me she was cleaning it this week.  Anyways so we drove back and really enjoyed just talking on the there and back.  We get credit for trying right?  Actually I think Heavenly Father may just think we're not too bright for not checking online first.  Better luck next time.  The fun continued tonight at the chili cookoff at our church.  I won an apron for the best cobbler and the kids won some Bluebell for being the best dressed kids.  Quite a night for us.  And is it cheesy that I was kind of excited my cobbler won?  I know it was just hungry missionaries judging and the cornbread that won was from a mix but oh well.  I can't wait to see how yummy Julia Child's desserts are!  Anyways we've had a great week and next week is going to be awesome!

Busy Month

I've been a really bad blogger this year.  I have no idea why but for some reason I feel like I have nothing to blog about which is kind of untrue.  Today Shawn's parents will be moving her for at least two months and we are so excited.  For the first and probably last time we will have both sets of grandparents not just in the same country but same city.  This is quite a feat for our parents.  We will also find out where we will be going a week from tomorrow which is really the most exciting news EVER!  We can't wait.  I also have plans to go to the rodeo and a few other fun things but just haven't gotten around to doing anything yet.  Maybe I'll be more productive next week.

Our Bespectacled Children

Glasses are totally in this year!  At least at our house.  At Caroline's 4 year check up her pediatrician said she was having some trouble with the vision test and suggested we take her in to get her eyes checked.  Thankfully we already have a great opthomologist and got in on Thursday.  Guess what she has bad eyes too!  Not quite as bad Devin but still pretty farsighted.  And she is weaker in one eye so she goes back in 5 weeks to make sure she doesn't need a patch.  My poor kids, at least there prescriptions aren't as bad as mine!  She was so excited to pick some glasses out herself and LOVES them.  I must say she looks adorable in them, but I may be a little biased.

I picked out this pair and did a pretty good job.  You can't really tell but the frames are pink.  

These are the ones she picked out.   I really love them, they fit her personality.   We decided to not get her glasses at the office since they are about twice as much and we got a steal on both sets.  We are so excited that both our kids can see now and will probably be taking Graham checked out as soon as we can!