My lil' {Skunk} turned 3 today. I can hardly believe it! Here are a few picts of the past few years...
Newborn...
1st Birthday...
2nd Birthday...
Today he was so excited about his "atar" cake & won't let the little tikes guitar that {Twinkie} & I gave him out of his hands. He thinks he is so cool now (he really always has been) & just strums on that thing non stop. It's too adorable! He asked me today, "Now I get to go to school with brother?" So sad, he really hates being left behind while {Bug} goes to school... 2 more years. Darn! Happy Birthday my sweet sweet {Skunk}! I love you so much!
Ok, what I'm about to lay on out there, just keep in mind that the emotions behind this seem extremely REAL to me. Even though my mind is telling me logically that it's just my PMS week and it's nothing to cry about,... I'M. STILL. CRYING. OVER. IT. *weak sigh*
This evening as m'boys & I left a great Pre-K open house (tomorrow is the 1st day of Pre-K for {Bug}) I decided to drive by the park where he will be playing soccer. This will be his first year playing and it starts this weekend. I wanted to show him and keep the excitement up on our way home.
As I pulled up to the park I thought it was I noticed that I was at the wrong park, so I made a U-ee in the parking lot. I was about to pull out onto the road again when I noticed the vehicle behind me. I didn't realize there was anyone following me, but there he was... white vehicle with authoritative lettering and decals on his shiny SUV with pretty sparkling red and blue lights just a flashing away on top... !!!!!
DANG IT!
So I roll down the window, "Hello Officer." (notice I said "Officer" not "officer". Special emphasis on the capitalization of the O. Believe me it sounds different when you say it with out.)
"Do you have your drivers license?"
"Yes Sir." I hand it too him.
"Can I see your registration & proof of insurance"
"Umm... I can't seem to get the glove compartment open... it's my brothers car. Let me see if I can get him on the phone... no luck."
"Do you have any tickets on your record"
"No, Officer, I don't."
.... .... ...........
"Was I speeding Officer?" Really at this point I thought that maybe I had forgot to use my signal or something stupid like that. I really didn't think that I had been speeding at all.
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
"No Sir."
"Do you know what the speed limit is on this road?"
"No, I don't"
"I clocked you going 43 in a 30."
"Oh."
At this point another woman took over in my car, because it wasn't me at that point that called upon the authority figures sense of compassion with deep concern in my eyes...
"Officer, are you going to give me a ticket"
"We'll see what shows up when I go plug this in." He walks off to his high in the sky official vehicle.
*puke*
At this point I took over again & I called my BF. "Hey, officer Jon Doe (name changed to protect the unjust) just pulled me over."
"Did you tell him that you are my GF?"
"No, but I will if he tries to ticket me. Oh, wait here he is..."
Just then my jaw dropped cause I saw what was in his hand just under my drivers license. That is when that other woman took over again, cause it wasn't me that started telling this guy that he has made a mistake and maybe he doesn't recognize me, but I'm {Twinkie's} GF, so go ahead and rip that up and I'll forget about the whole thing.
No other response from him except for, "Ok, why don't you go ahead and hang up with him & I'll explain how this works."
:O
Basically, he made the ticket for only 9 over the speed limit (informing me that that will cost me about $90, WHY THE HECK DIDN'T I TAKE MY KIDS TO LAGOON THIS SUMMER, CAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST!!! I'll tell you why... Cause. I. Don't. Have. $90. Laying. Around!!!) As he is explaining this to me my voice is wavering and getting higher & higher in pitch, trying to control my emotions while kissing butt the entire time... "Thank you Officer. Ok. Yeah. I understand. Ok. Thank you." At the very end there this other woman asks him, (cause it wasn't me I swear) "Oh, Officer can you tell me where such & such park is?"
Huh? WTH!!!
*dry heave*
So as he gets back into his vehicle I notice that there were actually two, count 'em, 1, 2, TWO BLOODY OFFICERS HAD ME PULLED OVER IN TWO SEPARATE VEHICLES!!! What am I? A drug dealer? A murderer on the run???
So, I call {Twinkie} back to let him know that his copper friend is a weenie. At that point I must have blacked out cause it wasn't me that started bawling as soon as I heard him say "Hi Honey" with all the sympathy in the world for me. No, it wasn't me that could barely speak and when doing so having it come out like "Bbbbheee t t t t ticketedddd mmmmmeeee!" And a whole lot of other stuff that just made {Twinkie} say "Huh?" "What did you say?" "I can't understand you honey." "It's gonna be ok." "Don't cry hon." All the while m'boys are in the back seat saying "Why are you crying mommy?" (Oh, just in case you're wondering, yes I did pull over to cry. I wasn't inflicting danger to me & my children while driving thru my tears.)
I had to inform him that it really wasn't me, but it was the PMS that was doing this. I'm an adult. Not some high schooler that can't handle getting a ticket and taking responsibility for it. GRRR!! Ya know what? My record has been clean for the past 8 years. 8 YEARS without a ticket on my record! BLAST YOU OFFICER!!! Thanks a whole lot for ruining MY record!!! Oh and for taking $90 out of my broke wallet to spend on your impressive fireworks display next Independence Day. What a BIG man you are!!
*sniff, sniff, tear*
Ok, I know it's not Monday, but this couldn't wait till Monday. By Monday I may be over it and then there would be nothing to post on my blog.
It blows my mind to think that 5 years & 4 1/2 hours ago I gave birth to my 4 lb lil {Bug}....
*FLASHBACK*
a day & 1/2 old... (my hand looks massive compared to his lil noggin')
first birthday...
second birthday...
third birthday...
fourth birthday...
He's not so little any more. Today he turned 5 years old!! And he LOVES it! He also loved that I made him a Candy Land birthday cake. (I spent 2 hours frosting and decorating this baby!)
What a goofy guy he is! Always pullin' funny faces and making us all laugh.
Make a wish & blow...
{Skunk} loved it too...
There was so much cake we had to call the neighbor kids over to help us eat it all.
He really did have such a fun birthday. And I didn't even go overboard this year with decorations and guests. It was actually fun and relaxing for me too. {Bug} has been so great to share his new toys with his lil' brother too. I'm so proud of him!
Well, apparently & according to my {T} my birthday is more of a birthday week! LOL! So he took me clothes shopping at the mall on Monday. First we stopped at Buckle, but after trying on $160 jeans and not finding one that makes my behind look like $160 I said "Let's bag this place!" I did find these 2 great pairs of jeans at AE. Well, {T} found them, and they were such a great deal there that he got himself a couple of pairs... of mens jeans that is. Artist Jeans... Slim Boot Jeans... I also had a hard time finding some blouses that I liked so I went home and found what I wanted online. VS is having an additional 40% off their clearance and tomorrow is the last day. So {T} got me this sweater for only $17... Originally $58!!! And, this corset blouse wasn't on clearance but it was on special... Obviously I'm gonna have to wear a cap tee underneath but it is so... HOT!!! I can't tell you how much I want to be a VS girl. I really love their clothing line. Especially the sweaters. Their fall and winter stuff is SO my style. I'm so excited for them to get here! I can't believe how much this wonderful man of mine shows he adores me on my birthday (week). He really must be the best!
"What does the title to this post have anything to do with that?" you may ask. Well, I figure that if I want to do anything in my twenties, this is the last year I have to do it in. No pressure! HA!
Besides that impending doom (really I don't care, & I'm sorta excited for my thirties) let me tell you about my awesome birthday weekend. If you were one of my readers last year, you may remember me posting "This has been the best birthday EVER!!!" Well I'm gonna say it again... THIS HAS BEEN THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!! ;) {Twinkie} spoiled me once again. No surprise there.
Since my birthday landed on a Sunday this year we did most of the celebrating the day before. When {Twinkie} got home from work we headed up to Liberty where his parents joined us as we attended the Music in the Mountains with Jon Schmidt at Wolf Creek. It was sensational!! A little background. My first job when I turned 16 was the holiday season at Deseret Book. At the holiday "pep-rally" type meeting they had before the job started I won a door prize. It was Jon Schmidts Christmas CD. I was hooked after that. So I was really excited to go to this for my birthday. He was A-MAZ-ING!! Super SUPER talented. We set up our chairs up on the mountain and enjoyed the picnic that {Twinkie's} mom had prepared for us. Shrimp cocktail, havarti, swiss, cheddar, & gouda cheeses with rice crackers, grapes, cheese rolls, coke, & fresh peach cobbler!!! MMMMMMmmmmmmm!!!! Talk about getting spoiled! {Twinkie} was our table. And what a good lil' table he was! LOL! It's sorta hard to get him to smile, but in the end... I always get it! :D Opening act was this very fun and very energetic band called "Checkpoint Charlie". They have such a great sound and I really enjoyed their set. Go listen to their Cardiac Arrest. Love it!! The gal subbing in on the keyboard is Kristen Lawrence & I bought her Arachnitect Halloween Carols CD. She was so super friendly and signed my CD with a happy birthday and trick or treat wishes. It was kinda cold & we had to bundle up... ...but it was so beautiful! Surrounded by mountains & sky, watching the clouds turn pink as it got darker. What a perfect setting for Jon to play for us. Some of my favorites that Jon played were "Waterfall", "Rootbeer Rag" which he did in 2 minutes 37 seconds, "Pachelbel meets U2" with his cellist Steven Sharp Nelson. He had some new ones too that I really loved, "Thank you" & "Renaissance Hymn" Also, you may remember me posting his youtube video back in the spring. I love this song (Love Story meets Viva La Vida) with all my heart and hope & pray that he will be able to get a hold of Coldplay in order to get this on his new album that will be released next month. He's really getting into here... The moon came out and it was so beautiful. This picture does not do the moon any justice, but here it is... After the concert we were packing up and he & Steve came back on stage and said, " I know you all are probably freezing your butts off, but we figure this may be the last time you hear us play this so here it is...." Then they started playing "Love Story Meets Viva La Vida" again. I started SCREAMING!!!!!!!!! I was SOOOOOOO happy! So here I am posting his youtube video again... enjoy!
{Twinkie's} mom went down and got us a place in line right up front, so we didn't even have to wait to meet Jon. {Twinkie} had bought me 4 of his CD's & one of Steve's that night. (Jon's: Hymns w/o words, Winter Serenade, Walk in the Woods, & To the Summit. Steve's: Tender Mercies) Jon signed my "To the Summit" To Lisa! Happy B-Day! Jon Schmidt Don't you think Jon & {T} look like brothers... just a couple of nerds. I <3 my nerd! Then we met Steve & he also gave me birthday wishes on my CD. I told {Twinkie} that I wanted to be "hang out" friends with Jon & Steve and that it was up to him to make this happen. {Twinkie} gave Steve his CSI business card and said "you and Jon give me a call sometime & we'll have lunch. We just may know Coldplay." Well, Steve took him seriously and sorta got excited... really excited. Oops! So {T} hurry and corrected it "well we don't know Coldplay, but give me a call and we can still do lunch". At that point Steve actually looked at the card and realized that {T} works for CSI. We laughed and joked for a minute. But I'm not counting on a call from him or Jon. DANG IT!!! If anyone knows Coldplay personally please get them in contact with Jon! I want this song in the worst WAY!!! Yesterday (the actual birthday) {T} & I enjoyed strawberries dipped in this delicious Litehouse Yogurt Fruit Dip. If any of you know me well enough, you know I can't stand anything that tastes too... uhhh, healthy isn't the word... I just like things good. So NO diet, No sugar free, etc... etc... This beat the test! It doesn't even taste like it's yogurt. It's like PURE chocolate. YAY!! (Sorry this post is so advertisey) New fave!! & Lele approved! I found it at Smith's. Then {T} asked if I wanted my birthday present now or later. I was so surprised, I thought the concert and CD's were my present. I said "now of course". He left the room and was gone for a few minutes then called me in. He had set up a new & super awesome tripod in his living room. I was so surprised! I would have never thought... mine old one is sorta broken and it's embarrassing setting it up in front of clients & trying to get it to actually work for me. This new one {T} got me for my b-day is SO awesome. It's got 2 levels and degrees marked into it. I can't even describe all it does... basically everything except clean the bathroom tub. (Which incase you wanna get me a gift, that's what I need... a tub cleaner to stop by my place twice a week and get 'er done.) I really have the best BF!! Once again I've been spoiled! Later that night we had dinner with my family and then I asked {T} to take me for a ride on his motorcycle. It was such a perfect day for a ride. Then we came back, ate the homemade icecream my sis made for me and mmmmm... Marie Calendars Razzelberry Pie! My sis stayed and we talked and laughed till midnight. She is so creative and artistic when it comes to words. She always writes a poem for the birthday person. I think the first part is from Dr. S. Well here is mine...
"Lisa,
Today is your birthday, a very special day. A day we all shout, "Hip, hip, hooray!" You aren't just any Joseph, Mike, Hank, or John. You play a special role to us as daughter, sister, mom.
You are a big example in how you live your life. You make the best of everything throughout all the toils & strife. You won't just sit & take it, you don't become afraid. Lisa, out of lemons you've made great lemonade.
Your photography is amazing. I've watched your talent grow. All the pictured you create have everyone stunned, you know. You've picked up this skill so quickly, & I know that you'll go far. Pretty soon you'll be famous, a celebrity, a star!
I hope when I have kids I can be a mom like you. You do so much for your boys in all you say & do The love you have for them is something I really admire. For them you'd do just anything - even walk through fire.
God has given me just one of you, I'm grateful for you as my sister. You've been supportive throughout my life and you've made a great listener. We've had so many fun times & even hard ones too. But no one else could do the job of a sister quite like you.
Close your eyes & make a wish & blow your candles out. Make your dreams go super far! Don't just wish for trout! I hope that through this next year your wishes may come true. And all the things you dream about may someday come to you.
I hope this year your birthday is amazing & great! <3/ your sister JME & brother-in-law N8"
I really believe birthdays are days that show us how loved we are. I am SO loved. On top off all that birthday love I received a card in the mail from my ex's parents & grandparents, & I received numerous texts & emails from friends and family. Not only did my other "sis" text me on my birthday, but she made me something & posted it on her Baby Jane Cards & crafts blog. She is so super talented! She also does boards and cards, so check her out! I love this & can't wait to display it in my room!!!! Thanks Ambee!! Also my mom gave me money for some hats I've been wanting. This super cute gal from Lehi sells them on her Chic & Unique Boutique site. I'm seriously thinking of getting this one. She sell all sorts of different colored flowers that you can put in the hats so I can change up my look!!!
Well, that's about it I think! I better be getting stuff done, like I said, I only have one more year if I wanna do it in my twenties! :D
