I don’t know if I’m fabulous at 43, but I liked the sound of it! It’s my blog so I can say whatever I want to say!! (Probably why I like to blog!)

I know I’m a little behind on this whole blog thing, but it’s hard to keep up with Facebook and my blog. I’m hereby promising to do better starting right now!

My birthday was November 2nd, and I had a fantastic day. My daughters made me an amazing lunch of cheetos, cheez-its, yo-gos, American cheese slices over saltines, and Special K cereal with dried strawberries. Of course, no meal would be complete without my Caffeine Free Diet Dr. Pepper! They also made me beautiful pictures and brought the meal to me on a tray in bed. Naturally! Fortunately for me, they helped me eat - VERY fortunate for me!

Lunch Delivery

Mmmmm…….

Cards from KeKe

Cards from Jia
(One is broken in half across a heart and says that it would be our hearts if Jia had never joined our family!)

That night, my handsome husband took me to dinner at Terra Cotta, our favorite restaurant. It’s in an old house in Old Littleton and has delicious food, great service, wonderful ambiance, creme brulee, and LOTS of good wine!!! At dinner, Rowland gave me a beautiful leather jacket that I’d had my eye on for a while. As usual, he rocked!

Date Night!!!

We don’t celebrate Halloween. I know, I know…… We’re pretty liberal in some areas of our parenting (like all of our kids know all of the lyrics to all of our favorite classic rock songs), pretty moderate in other areas (we do discuss some of our discipline issues with our kids and allow some dialogue on occasion), stricter in some areas (no hitting, screaming, running in the house, stomping around the house, etc.), and just as far conservative as we can get in this one area. When Carson was a baby, we prayed about whether or not God wanted us to celebrate Halloween. For some reason known only to Him, we both concluded after a weekend of prayer that God doesn’t want our family to participate. (BTW, I’m okay with anyone else who chooses to dress up, trick or treat, whatever. I just feel that it’s God’s decision for us.)

So…..we turn off all of the lights in the house, rent a movie, buy all the candy our bodies can handle for weeks to come, and have a family night together. Last night was our special time, and we had a blast eating junk and watching “Journey to the Center of the Earth” with Brendan Fraser. It was good for a sci-fi. We all went to bed tired and sick at our tummies, but hopefully with great memories of our Happy Family Day!!!

The Fam Hanging Out