Bria turns 30.......

Well, the baby of the group is officially an adult. Her 30th birthday was Sunday, but i threw her a party on Saturday night, and i have to say it was GREAT!! It is probably one of the best parties i have thrown (and i like to do parties) everyone that said they would be here was, and they all as far as i could tell had a good time. I had all of Bria's favorite foods, and i made her cake (well, decorated it) we had wine, and food, and good friends, it was awesome. Bria made out like a bandit with all her loot, and i think i was even able to surprise her a little. I hope she had a great time, and her 30's are just the beginning.............Love you girlie!

1st 3D

Auntie B and i took the boys to see their 1st 3D movie this past Saturday. We went to the Movie Tavern which serves food while you watch your movie, when you do the early Saturday morning show, it's PANCAKES!! So we saw Despicable Me. It's a cute movie, but i don't think the boys liked it very much, they couldn't wear the glasses because they were to big )i mean honestly adult size glasses for kids in a KIDS movie??) and i think for Aragorn it was a little to loud. But they did good, they lasted the whole movie. We'll definitely do the Pancake morning again soon though, it was a lot of fun.

Happy Birthday Salli

July 13th would have been Salli's birthday. We miss her so very much, and love her even more. Not a day goes by that a thought of her isn't shared.

Afternoon Bike ride

The weather finally cooled down enough, and Rohan wanted to enjoy some bike time. Aragorn joined us too.......I think Aragorns birthday gift this year may be a bike, he's out growing the one he has ina a major way. The boys enjoyed the cool air, and ran around a lot.

So HOT!!

With temps that have been in the 90's (or higher) the boys and i have definitely been taking advantage of having a pool in our backyard. We have been in it just about everyday so far this summer. Here are some pictures of the boys playing in the sun and water......

Letting go.....

She is my best friend, my confidant, she is the one that has been there for me through everything, and i for her. She has held me up, and knocked me down when i needed it, she is honest and straightforward. And i love her more than i could ever convey. And it seems, i have to let her go. I don't want to, in fact i hate to do it. But it seems as though our lives right now are branching out into other places. I am staying home more, trying to get into a groove of being home, and being with the boys 24/7, getting into being a domestic goddess. And she is out living the life she deserves and worked very hard for. It's hard to watch and see her slowly move away from us, from me, and the boys and even though she would never admit it, Eric. I know deep down she loves us, and would love to spend more time with us, but in truth, she will never find what she needs sitting at home playing cards (even though she kicks my ass each time) and i know that, deep down i know that she has to go do her thing, while we do ours. It doesn't make it any easier though. I just hope she knows, that even though i may get upset that she isn't spending as much time with us/me as she used to, i understand and i love her, always have....always will. And whenever she needs to play some dice, or watch a movie, or beat someone in cards, i am here for her.

Pain.....

I have had my share. I've had a brick fall on my head, I've had my gallbladder removed after it was infected, I've broken my foot and walked on it for 2 days, I've had 2 kids. But there is NOTHING that compares to any pain having to do with your face. I had a deviated septum that had to be corrected about 8 years ago, that hurt A LOT. But last night before bed, my tooth started hurting. Lately this has not been anything new, my teeth are in pretty bad shape, and have been for about 7 years. The last time i saw a dentist he told me I needed about $7,000 worth of dental work to fix everything wrong. At the time, he told me "before it gets worse" well, worse came today. I have been in BITTER agony all day, i finally couldn't take anymore, and begged Eric to come home. He did, and i saw the dentist. The news, is not good. On the right side of my mouth, he says both wisdom teeth need to come out, he also says i need a root canal on my top molar that was just on the right side, he hasn't even seen the left. Not to many things scare me, and i have a ridiculously high pain tolerance, but that drill scares the crap out of me. I have no desire to go through with any of this, but i guess i have no choice. The point of this post you ask? TAKE CARE OF YOUR TEETH!!! Seriously, because you never know when "before it gets worse" will come.