"Look how cute we are, you should take our picture!"

My kids seriously came up to me tonight asking me to take their picture. And when I asked why, they possed for me and said, "Look how cute we are, you should take our picture!" So I did. And yes...they are super cute. I should take their pictures more often!

Cast Buddies!

Grandpa Mortensen and Scott-- showing off their cast together! Scott (who broke his arm), and Grandpa (who had knee surgery). Luckily, both will recover quickly, and wont need to look like this for long! (But it makes for a super cute picture!)

Happy Birthday Julie!

My birthday this year wasn't exactly a "thrill a minute", but that was perfect! I just can't run around a lot right now. But the parties we had were a lot of fun, and I got to have Wingers Sticky Fingers and Papa John's Pizza that night for dinner! And I got lots of wonderful presents!!! Thank you everyone!!! I really like the things I got to hang on my walls...because they are beautiful, and because it motivated me to finally hang something on my walls. So now the house looks a little cozier, even though it is still under construction, and even though many of the picture frames are still empty. Oh well. But Jared did a great job shopping for me! I was very pleased with everything. Life is good! The best present is that I have such an awesome family!

WE FOUND TT!

This cute, but very LITTLE teddy bear has been missing for over a year! It was my teddy when I was young, then I gave it to Joshua a couple years ago who named it "T.T.", and LOVED it. It was his favorite! And I thought his name choice was cute and creative. So we were all super sad when it mysteriously disappeared last summer. We had family visiting, and in the chaos, I figured it got taken into a car, probably fell out somewhere, and was gone forever! But last night Jared found it in his closet, stuffed inside a sock! Now there is a place where mom would not have looked! (And I had looked in a lot of places!) So we are thrilled with his return! Hopefully T.T will not go missing again any time soon!