Clifford's 4th Birthday Party

I can't believe my baby boy is already 4!!!! I remember the night he was born, I sat in my hospital bed gazing at him and crying-because at that moment I was thinking about him turning 18 and leaving home!!! I know it's silly. But boy, does time fly in a blink of an eye. Clifford wanted a construction themed birthday part-and that's what he got. I decorated the living/dining rooms with construction/road signs (made by me), streamers, balloons, and "caution" yellow tape. I made the pinata-shaped into a cone. And for the cake, I made it into an excavator. Clifford was so excited the night before the party as I was decorating the house. On the day of the party, just about all of his friends from church and preschool came. There was about 9 little kids running around the house. We played "pin the wheel on the dump truck" (which i made as well), got awesome goodie bags and had a blast with the pinata (it was a "pull string" one instead of hitting it). It was really cute-while the kids were sitting around eating their candy, Kristjan was ever so quietly going around the room and picking up all the candy that hadn't been picked up. The other kids were oblivious to this, and Kristjan ended up with a huge pile of candy. The cake was a hit-I even found tool candles. Opening presents was fun. Once Clifford had one open, he said "thanks" and on he moved to the next one. Clifford loved his new spider man toy from his buddy Chase; the toy car that he "built" from Isla; and of course, the two LEGO sets he received from Mama and Papa and from me and Pete. It was a great party and we all had tons of fun. Now I'm off planning Kristjan's party for next month. PHEW!!!

2008 Family Pics

Why, Why, Why

I'm sure when people read or hear about this, they'd say "why would you let your husband do this?" Well, if you knew my husband, you'd know that once he gets an idea in his head, he must follow it all the way through before realizing himself that maybe it wasn't such a good idea-even if it's to a disadvantage for me. However, this idea, he thought, was a good one. I personally hated it. He thought I'd look good in black hair. So he bought a box of hair color and colored my hair. I personally though I looked like death, but that's just my opinion. So within 5 days I ended up putting some sort of hair color/treatment on my hair 4 times!! Because I couldn't stand the black!! I had to do 2 hair color restore treatments, which turned my hair orange (which was suppose to happen) and finally to a brown color. So I am now officially a brunette for a while until I go back to blonde. My hair is so fried, though, that I'm not sure when exactly that will be-but trust me, I will be back blonde!!

My Birthday Gift from Pete

So this year Pete is way on top of my birthday gift. In fact, it's completely done!! And my birthday isn't even for another month! For my gift, Pete made me my very own "custom" hot pink back pack, which he sewed all by himself!!! Guess now I'll have to get back into hiking and backpacking. The pack is totally awesome!!!