Brittany's Birthday

We had a lot of fun on Brittany's birthday. I don't know why, but I always like giving her one of her gifts the night before her birthday and this year it was a plush, heat trapping bathrobe that should keep her nice and warm this winter.

On her birthday I came home for lunch and took her to the DMV so she could renew her driver's license. (Yeah, we put some things off to the last possible minute sometimes, but we got it taken care of so she doesn't have to take the driver's test again).

It was a challenge to find a place where we could eat out (because of the gestational diabetes we have to work around), so I poked around on the internet a little bit and found the nutrition facts for all of the menu items at one of our local favorite restaurants. This was very helpful because we could look ahead of time at what foods she could have instead of having to figure it out and guess at it at the restaurant. I had a large Cajun style steak with mashed potatoes and cinnamon apples (very good) and Brit had a salmon and shrimp platter. So not only cudos to a delicious meal, but cudos to Chili's for considering their customer's needs and making that kind of information easily accessible.

As a bonus to the day Brittany's sister, Aliesha, gave birth to their daughter so we went to the hospital for a visit after the restaurant. Unfortunetally we forgot our camara, so no pictures, but it was a really fun 'gift' for Brittany to be there and hold her neice for the first time who shares the same birthday.

Later that night I gave her the other presents I had gotten. Two books by a local author (I cannot for the life of me remember his name now) who apparently is also helping finish the 'Wheel of Time' series for the late Robert Jordan. I didn't realize that at the time I purchased the books, but she seemed really excited about it, so I think I did OK with figuring out what would interest her.

All in all, a very fun day. One of these times I'll have to remember the camara so we can include some pictures in these posts.

Happy birthday! (I know it was a couple of days ago now.) I love you!

Gjanden's Old Artwork

So I was rummaging around one of our closets when I came across an old art portfolio of mine from high school that I thought would be fun to share. Most of these are pencil sketches, and there are a few pastels in there too. It reminded me of how much I enjoyed drawing and really how out of practice I am now. Hope you enjoy!

Bubbles and Dresses

Well, we had quite a bit of fun on Sunday blowing bubbles with Gideon. It entertained him for almost 45 minutes.I was also able to finally finish the blessing dress that I'll be using for Kaitlyn in a few months. It was so much fun to make, and even more fun to see the finished product. I'll bet it'll be even better when we get to see it on her!

Silly Dinner Fun

Gideon enjoys playing games with papa. Especially at dinnertime. So papa thought it would be funny to play the "Monkey See - Monkey Do " game with Spaghetti hands. They both thought it was hilarious...

Gideons first bike ride

Gjandens parents gave us a device that will let kids sit on the bike and ride around without hurting themselves. Gideon had a grand time riding around with papa for about a half an hour outside a few days ago.My Grandma Nancy also came down from Colorado a couple of weeks ago. It took Gideon a little bit of time and bribes (food) to come to her, but he did warm up after a little while. It was a lot of fun getting to see her again.