Vain Repetitions

Every time it's Jordan's turn to say the prayer (family prayer, dinner prayer, whatever), he never fails to ask Heavenly Father to help us "be nice and share our toys." He doesn't really seem to put much thought into it, so this morning I told him that today when he had trouble sharing, we were going to try to remember to ask Heavenly Father to help us. So today when he wouldn't share his precious monster truck with Jarrett, I had to intervene and try resorting to the prayer. I said, "Remember when you prayed this morning for Heavenly Father to help you be nice and share your toys...?" Before I could even finish the sentence, he interrupted with, "Yes, but I'm not going to pray for that anymore."

Happy Birthday to Me!

I guess it's about time for another post since it's been a month. In that month, we've been pretty busy. Arielle, me, Jordan, & Jarrett took a trip to Montana at the beginning of May to surprise her dad for his birthday. We showed up at about 11:00 at night as Lyle was just about to fall asleep, and I think he was pretty happy to see his grandsons and daughter. It was a fun little road trip and as always, fun for the boys to see their grandparents. We had some funny moments with all of Jordan's jabbering, but we really enjoyed the peaceful times when the boys were sleeping. Here we caught Jordan with a huge amount of drool and we thought it was gross, but funny, so we couldn't resist taking a picture. (You might have to look really closely to notice the drool.)

Josey's been busy every weekend with track. I've visited my parents a couple of times while he's been gone to try to get a dose of warmer weather. This past weekend it was the Richmond Black & White Days celebration. (That's the town where I grew up, and it's a Holstein cow show, not the most racist town in America, as Josey likes to claim.) It was fun to take Jordan & Jarrett to some of the things I used to think were so awesome when I was a kid, like the parade. I also decided to enter the Cowabunga race, just for a chance to run. I thought it was a 5K, but it ended up being only about 2 miles. I did win the female division, and took home the prize of two free tickets to the horse pulls. Too bad I had to go back to Kemmerer before the big event.

The Wyoming state track meet is this weekend in Casper, and I'm going to go with Josey and leave the boys with my parents. I'm a little nervous about this because I've never left them for more than a night, but I think it will be fun to enjoy some time with Josey and get to see some of the athletes he's been working with without trying to make sure my boys are not trying to run onto the track.

And finally...happy birthday to me. Yesterday, I turned 27. Can you believe I'm that old?

The best thing about my birthday? The beautiful weather! It was the most beautiful day of the year. I've been waiting for this, and I really hope it stays for at least a few days. My sweet sister-in-law and husband made me a delicious breakfast in bed. I can't show you any pictures besides this one because I look horrible, but just suffice it to say that it was delicious, and I didn't really need to eat for the rest of the day.

Josey also made dinner and got me some flowers. We have a little issue with flowers because one year for our anniversary (5 years ago), Josey bought me a dozen roses from this little flower shop, and I don't think he knew in advance that they were going to cost $100. Seriously, that's how much they cost. I flipped out, and since that time he's never bought me flowers. I guess he decided to try again. (I haven't seen the receipt yet.) I appreciate the gesture, and they are beautiful. My friend also made me some cupcakes. I thought that was really sweet.

I always feel spoiled in May because it's Mother's Day and my birthday. I am lucky to have a sweet husband who likes to do thoughtful things. This Sunday, it's my turn to spoil him because it's his birthday. Well, today is another beautiful day so I better stop blogging and go start enjoying it!