Dan's Birthday

So yesterday was the big 39 for Dan, and I just had a few friends over for cake and coffee.  Thought I'd save up all my big party ideas for next year when he turns 40 ---- ahh youth, so fleeting.  Anyway, we had fun, Auntie Bethie drove out, Kat & Chet our neighbors came, Denny and Rebecca, and the Stimer clan.  It was fun, and most importantly I am currently typing out this blog on our new computer which was Dan's birthday present.  The screen is massive.  I don't really get why, but hey Dan's happy with it, and I probably won't see him much for the next few weeks because he'll be fiddling around with this thing.  Meanwhile, I think I'm going to eat some carrot cake for breakfast, turns out a lot of people don't like carrot cake, so it looks like we'll have leftovers for days... 

Wonder Woman

You may assume that the title of this post is Wonder Woman because Lorelei went to a Super Hero themed birthday party this weekend. But no the title is actually self-congratulatory for coming up with the outfit itself. When we got the invite, Lorelei was puzzled because in our house full of girls, we only have princess costumes and tiaras to dress up in, she didn't even know what a super hero was really. But thanks to the internet, I was able to upload a picture of Linda Carter in her super awesome Wonder Woman costume & Lorelei was quickly sold on the idea. However, then arose the problem of creating the costume itself. I used to say that I would never be one of those moms that centers their lives around their children, but who was I kidding? I spent a ridiculous amount of time searching the web for a red leotard, scouring Michaels for shiny gold ribbon, and then searching every kid's store imaginable for a bathing suit bottom that was navy blue with stars on it, can you believe I found one? I still can't. So was it all worth it, umm look at the picture people! Linda Carter step aside, there's a new blue-eyed brunette in town that wants your job, and when she finds out that an invisible airplane is one of the perks, they'll be no stopping her.

Back to Blogging....

So I took a little hiatus from my blog. My goal had been to update it weekly, but took a little trip to Visalia last weekend and somehow the days got away from me. Anyway, we went to see my parents for their birthdays and so that mom could buy me stuff at Target (Thanks Mom)! Plus like the scavenger that I am, I raided my parents' pantry and stole all the good junk food that they have, that I would never actually buy. Seriously, they had a box of Cookie Crisp in their cupboards, how cool are my parents? Anyway, life rolls on here, got a visit from my friend Jen, she not only brought her cute kid and hero husband (deploying to Iraq again this month), but she brought me cupcakes from some fancy-shmancy cupcake place called Sprinkles. Basically, all I have to say is this cupcakes, cookie crisp, and today I downed about 30 chocolate Hershey's kisses, man, life is good.............Check out my brother and my dad above. Ladies, Michael will be a transfer student at Masters next year, he's not only cute, but oddly enough, he can do the moonwalk.