Happy Birthday to My Sweet Baby Brother..

My brother and his beautiful wife.

Today is my sweet baby brother's birthday.  I remember my mom and dad telling me I was going to have another brother or sister.. (I had just had a baby sister a few months earlier).  I rode my bike around our neighborhood thinking.. we are going to have 5 people in our house… FIVE.  That seemed like a lot to a 9 year old girl that didn't know she would one day live in a house with 8 other people. 

On the day he was born I was sitting in my 4th grade classroom in Wichita Kansas.  My dad came walking into the class with one yellow rose.. and told me that my sweet baby brother was here.  I wanted to go back to the hospital to see him and my mom.. but my dad said I couldn't. 🙂

I had lots of fun with him growing up.  He loved watching He-man, riding his Big Wheel, and playing the Atari with me. When I got my drivers license, he kissed the guy that gave me the test!

Happy Birthday to Jay! I love you so!

Happy 14th Birthday #3.5!

Today is #3.5's 14th birthday!

She loves giraffes. …

Seriously.. this is her with her giraffe in the backpack while she vacuums.

She makes us laugh all the time. (see the giraffe nails)

Before #3.5 was a 3.5 she was one of my girl scouts. I've known her since she was 8.  One time during a Girl Scout meeting, she was holding my hand and she looked up at me and said: "One day I'm going to live with you."  I laughed and said: "Maybe".. but I never thought it would really happen.  A chain of people making dumb decisions lead up to her living with us temporarily, and then one judge made a great decision and she lives with us permanently.  We LOVE HER beyond belief.

Happy Birthday 3.5! We love you and are so glad we are yours and you are ours!

 

** You may have noticed that yesterday was #3's 14th birthday.  They are 16 hours apart.  Pretty cool huh? 

Birthday Schmirthday.. What Do You Get the Woman that Has Everything?

Each year my husband asks me what I want for my birthday… Here's a few things on my wish list for this year.

I need a new laptop bag.  I like this one by "Elleven"  You can get it at the eBay Shop   HERE

The Man is probably not going to like the eBay laptop bag…

so there is always the Vera Bradley Shop that has this one that is 40% Off until Monday July 9th

Reserved Brand Black T-Shirt Rhinestone Cross Angel Wings Blue Stones T-Shirt 18.99 Get it HERE

 

Black Leather Cole Haan Purse 42.00  You can get this HERE 

 

Pigs in Love Hand Painted Needlepoint Canvas by M. Murphy  11.99  HERE

 

Perfect Scents to get THIS   or A gift certificate for a pedicure is always nice 🙂

 

Candles are 50% off HERE

 

 

Melissa Shirley Pig Needlepoint.. How cute is this?  You know I need it.. You can get it HERE

 

You know you can always go to Marshalls or Home Goods…. or you could just take me to dinner and a movie 🙂

 You already made me the mother of this motley crew… so what more could I ask for?