thank goodness for insurance forms. yes.

during our first few years of marriage, i simply couldn't remember jeff's birthday. was it the 16th or 18th? i store information like pictures in my mind and when i tried to pull out that little bit of important knowledge, the 6 and the 8 always blurred together.

now who felt sheepish when i would get it wrong especially when he was standing right there? (raising my hand)  

so today i am grateful for insurance forms. (you know the stack that you must arrive 80 minutes early at the doctor's office to fill out). i've signed a boatload of them through the years. and the one thing i need to know for sure…is the date of his birthday. and now i don't forget. ever.

that makes me feel like a nicer wife. 🙂

happy birthday to the man i love spending my life with!  love, the girl with a slightly blurry memory. 

we love jeff's workplace. it's pretty cool.
not only does he get to work with family and friends, but there is also an indoor football field just a few steps away from his desk. nice. (this might leave one to wonder how much work actually gets done). 🙂

it also makes for an awesome place for our family to hang out. we've spent our fair share of nights there playing while jeff finishes up with work.

now it just got a little cooler.
my sister-in-law has been working on a design project there for many months. and it is finally coming to a completion. hoo-rah!

she has done an amazing job. well done, amy!

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working on a few lovely things lately…

1. wedding photos

2. itching to refinish some old furniture. (good thing this itching usually only surfaces once or twice a year.)

oh no, not you. of course not you.

but this nasty cold bug that has held us captive for weeks. and now it's starting up round two.
i thought we were on the tail end, then last night i heard a dog barking down the hall. oh wait. that's my child.

slowly it got louder. louder. until i knew it was time for the vaporizer to relocate. it's been getting quite the work out. yes it has. so much so that it even set off our smoke alarm. now that was quite the night.

really though, it is time for this thing to move on. pretty please with a cough drop on top?

and i basically still am.

but today i see a bit better, well maybe a lot better. my last glasses broke over a year ago due to some 1-year-old hands snapping them in half. and it really did take me a year to finally get to the eye doctor. after the exam, the good doctor told me i should let him know when i'm driving on the road and he'll stay off it because i'm completely illegal. oops.

loving the new specs though. they're purplicious!

photo idea from here

just a picture. that's all.

i walked by the stairs this morning and saw these shoes sitting on the step. granny brought them back from spain a few weeks ago and gave them to ella. i secretly wish they would fit me. i would dance and pretend i'm a flamenca girl. i would imagine spain. the sights, sounds, smells.

and i would be home.

it was a good night.

with one princess, one ninja, one chili pepper, and one boy who wanted nothing to do with a costume whatsoever. after chasing him around the house for a good 20 minutes i decided there was no need to inflict torture just for the sake of a strange holiday. so i opted for a shirt with a monster on it. and after another struggle to get that on, he would only agree to wear it with the sleeves rolled up. (he is in the stage of boycotting clothes. you should see what it's like getting him dressed for church on sunday! holy toledo!)

the princess with her magic wand that led us in search of candy.

this next picture is so classic of our family dynamic. dallin looking at the camera with a funny smile, ella performing in full character, lincoln going anywhere but standing still, and christian just happily chubby.

good night, jack. until next year.

her imagination is vivid. her world is colorful. and she will gladly invite you to join in on her newest adventure. but be prepared. because it will be action packed. not for the faint of heart. or tired either.

on sunday, she invited granny and grandpa into her room for a tea party, complete with stylish attire and instructions to follow with delicate exactness. 

i don't know who had more fun…ella, g & g, or me watching their interaction.

i was a little weepy knowing this would be their last tea party for a few years.

but not to worry, the next time they are together, i am sure that she will have a table waiting!