Harlee's Day

Harlee's Bday started Monday after school with Aunt Tiffany taking her out for a treat. She is pretty close to all her Gregersen Aunts and Uncles. I think it is cause she is the first Grandkid on that side of the family. So she gets a little spoiled from them all. Nobody is complaining though, she loves it! So Aunt Tiffany took her out for a treat on Monday. On her bday, Tuesday, She got balloons from Her Aunt Rachelle and Uncle Troy delivered to her school and I took cupcakes for her class. She came home from school and it was date time with Dad. Travis took her to dinner at Subway (her choice), and then she came home to her bday party. We had family over (thanks to all those who came), and had cake and ice cream. She couldn't decide what kind of cake she wanted. It was between and dirt cake and a castle cake and so I combined the two and and had a dirt cake with bugs that were attacking a castle, she liked all the toys on it. She loves attention and was showered with it.

Bodie Boy

Bodie had his 5th birthday the 18th of this month. He had quite the day too. I didn't get picks of the whole day, but he did get his bday party on record. During the day, Bodie had one of his best friends, Clancey, over. We went to Leo's place for lunch with friends, went and got some ice cream, and he got to play and play with Clancey. That night we had family over for cake and ice cream(thanks to all those who came). Bodie wanted a dinosaur cake and lots of toys. He got hooked up with some trucks, and some warriors, some clothes, AND his dino cake.

Me and My Lover

Friday, Travis and I went Lava Hot Springs for a little get away to celebrate 9 years of married bliss. Well 9 years married anyway, blissful or not. We stayed in this really nice Bed and Breakfast called The Lions Gate Manor. It was so nice to get away together, even though it was only one night. I truly married my best friend and I always have a good time with him. He makes me laugh every day and I love him so completely. He is a wonderful Daddy and I am grateful for his partnership. I am a happier person with him and a better person because of him. Thanks Trav, for a great life and a wonderful forever to look forward to.

Grr!

I don't have any pictures, but I need to write this down so that I can get it off my chest and relax. It is 7:27 p.m. on what could have been a normal Tuesday night. All my kids are in bed. "How nice," you might say. Well, let me tell you the circumstances in which they all ended up there so early, and you may change your tune.

I got done doing my weekly bracelets early, had to take Harlee to a dentist appointment and then run over to a Parent Teacher Conference. All was going well right up till dinner. I had all three kids at the bar eating lasagna. I went to my bedroom to relax for a minute, catch up on some emails and then start my nightly "put the house back together" routine. I was in my room for maybe 10 minutes, when I hear laughter and excited talking coming from the kitchen. Never a good sign when Jax is the source of the noise. Sure enough, I go in to find him flinging his bowl of lasagna on the floor, fork and all. Bodie is laughing, Jax is laughing, and now I have a mess. I gently (no, really) encourage him to get down off the stool and clean up his mess. I scold Bodie for the encouragement of naughty behavior and resume my wife and mom chores. This is when it gets REAL bad.

I went downstairs to a very potent smell of Vick's vapor rub. I knew that I had used it with Jax the past couple of nights, but I didn't expect the smell to linger like that. I found the bottle in the middle of the family room floor with the lid in tact. I immediately looked to our 9 month old couch for any sign of foul play (when Bodie was 2 he smeared nearly an entire bottle of Vick's on our brand new couch upstairs). . .nothing. Then why the smell. I went to move a blanket to see if it was smeared on the nearly new carpet. That is when I found the source, I was lucky (considering what it could of been) There were tiny finger swipe marks all over the blanket. Fixable. The culprit, none other than my soon to be 5 yr old, Bodie. In my exasperation I chewed out Bodie (no, not gently) and sent him straight to bed (7:15 p.m.). And quickly started a load of laundry. I was just finishing up when Harlee came downstairs to tell me that Jax had just broken my keyboard on my 6 week old laptop. "No!" I yelled. I ran upstairs to, sure enough, find my keyboard missing a space bar. Grrrr......I am practically in tears at this point, because I am a girl and when I am mad and exasperated and well, ya know, I cry. I don't like to cry, but that's what happens. I spent the next 10 minutes piecing my space bar back onto my keyboard. I was lucky enough to fix it with no see able damage. Thank goodness! Jax promptly to bed (7:25 p.m.). So, Harlee was a casualty of war. Poor thing was sent to bed with the boys only because I just couldn't handle children anymore. So, there ya have it. I actually do feel better getting that off my chest. Thanks for listening...