six

Six years ago today, I was running around getting ready for our wedding. I woke up so excited and stayed that way the whole day. The girls headed over to my friend Erin's house where we did our hair and makeup and headed over to the church. We ate lunch at the church and then got dressed. We took pictures before the wedding and I had so much fun. We split up after pictures and waited for the ceremony to start. I never once got nervous. I was nothing but excited. I remember my dad not letting us go down the aisle until a certain point in the Wedding March, his reasoning being that we didn't want to get down to the end of the aisle and have to stand there for a while. I couldn't wait though, I practically dragged my dad to get going. :)

Today, I am running around after a 3 1/2 year old, getting him potty trained. I'm also doing my darndest to add to our family, not being successful and trying to come to terms with the fact that I might be the mother of an only child. I'm almost to the point where I'm OK with that. (How silly of me to think that we'd get pregnant as soon as we wanted!) Life is so much different now than it was six years ago. And despite that, I would not trade the past six years for anything. They've been the best six years of my life! I have the most amazing husband. He's been there for me every step of the way. This past year has been a doozy, and he's never once quit being strong for me when I couldn't be strong for myself.

You, Josh, are my best friend and I can't thank you enough for being there for me every single day. Thanks for asking me to marry you. :)

finally

some blooms.

last day

Brecken picked these flowers out at the greenhouse the other day, and last night he helped me plant them into these cups. He gave them to his teachers at school today, as today was his last day of preschool for the school year! Tomorrow we get to go to a preschool picnic, but today was the last day of actual school. He loves his teachers so much, I know he will miss them when he moves on to the 4 year old class next year! He has learned so much this year, it's been amazing to watch. He's quite the smart little boy, that's for sure!

the garden

We got a huge dump truck full of dirt delivered to our driveway yesterday. We had ordered dirt to fill the flower bed that Josh re-did for me this spring. I freaked out though- we certainly did NOT need a whole dump truck full! Luckily he only emptied about 1/4 of it into our planter. It snowed yesterday (can you believe it?!), so we couldn't spread it out, but Josh and Brecken did that today. After it was all spread, Brecken and I tossed the new flower seeds into it. I can't wait until they grow and bloom!

We also planted tomato plants into a hanging tomato planter that I'm going to try this year... we'll see if I can get anything to grow from it!

After the snow yesterday, the 50 degrees and sun felt WONDERFUL today!

mail

Brecken LOVES to get mail. If we go to the post office and there's something for him in the mail box, it totally makes his whole day. He squeals with excitement and can't wait to open it. It's too bad he doesn't get mail very often. :) He did get mail today though- his grandma sent him an envelope and in it was a whole dollar!! He is so proud of that dollar. I asked if he wanted to call Grandma and tell her thank you, but he said, "No, I think I will email her instead. So here is the email he sent her, complete with the word-for-word translation- I didn't make any of this up- he really told me this is what it said, exactly!


jnbvcxzfasdfghjkl;;'5547/*--------------------------mnbvcxzaasdfghjklqwertyu
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Thank you for giving me mail, Grandma. It was very nice. Will you send
me another mail tomorrow?

bccccccccccccccccccccsrekenn

(And he typed the letters in his name. They aren't in the right order, but they are the right letters. :) He even picked them out on the keyboard by himself! )

a talk

Brecken to me this afternoon: Mommy, we need to have a little talk.

Me: Ok... (wondering what is going to come out of his mouth...)

B: If you don't like bugs, I will tell them to go away.

Me: OK! Thanks, bud!

B: You're welcome. I'm glad we had that little talk.

My best boy loves flowers. He loves anything to do with flowers. So today he helped me plant flowers in our outdoor pots. It was finally a beautiful day to do it!



(excuse the dead look to these. Poor things needed water. They look much better this evening.)

party animal

I have been quite the party animal this weekend. :) I went to a Mary Kay party on Thursday night, my secret friend reveal party on Friday night, last night we all went to a "bachelor" party at a friend's house (more about that in a minute), and today we're going to Enc for a retirement party for our school counselor. Phew- I've never gone to so many parties in a row! :)


Here is what I got for my secret friend for her final gift. She ended up not having any idea I was her secret friend- I was shocked! Anyway, I took all these pictures and had it matted and framed. And she cried, she liked it so much. Hooray! :) It spells her last name.

Last night we went to a friend's house for a "bachelor" party for our 6th grade teacher at work. I say "bachelor" because there were more women than men, and two 3 year olds too, to join in on the fun. :) Jordan was quite the sport and even let the 3 year olds play games with him! Brecken's friend Sophie was the other 3 year old and they ran and ran and ran until 10:00 last night. They had a blast. Sophie gave Brecken his first kiss from a girl (on the cheek) and he proceeded to wipe it off.

7 more days of school for me!! Brecken has 8, and Josh has 9. I'm kind of excited that I'm the one with the fewest number. :)

self-diagnosis

Said to me tonight, COMPLETELY out of the blue and he was very serious:

"Mom, I just feel like I'm allergic to bears."

Umm....

mommy...

...is the best name I've ever had.

hand in hand

Brecken made something for me for Mother's Day at preschool and couldn't wait to show me- and it's wonderful! When he told me "I figured you would LOVE this, Mommy!" I told him he was right- I DO love it! Back at his Parent-Teacher conference, Miss Melody asked if I would leave my hand prints in paint. I forgot I even did that, until I saw my hand prints on my Mother's Day present! I love love love the X's and O's he drew on he hearts. :)