Woah! Talk about surprised!!!

OH MY GOSH ! ! ! !

I think this was my face yesterday when Dan took me for a walk and gave me my birthday present!!!!!!

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Are you shocked? I was!!

He presented me with 2 scooters/mopeds!!! (the silver one is mine - and he put stickers on the front that says "Dan's Girl" !! LOL)

Let me just say.. this is not something i have been wanting, or ever suggested, or ever even thought about!! LOL! ......... BUT......... it was absolutely THE BEST gift I have ever been given!! I (as a woman) had challenged my husband years ago to think outside the box when it comes to gifts!! (haha he certainly did that!!) And not to rely on "lists". I mean.. what fun is that? If someone truly knows you - they know what makes you laugh, what you find intriguing, etc ! And (yes as a woman again) i think gifts should be about the person you are giving it to!! And one should take the time to actually THINK about it!

Soooooooo......... he did!

And he decided that the woman he married likes to have fun!! And that we have been lacking in that department for some time, as most of our time is centered around the kids - and not a whole lot of fun for him and i on a "let's date!"and have fun together basis !! LOL

Well .... boy howdy did we have FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D I don't think i stopped smiling all day!! LOL I probably have a bazillion bugs in my teeth! We scootered all over the place - together- and thoroughly enjoyed the day!! I feel like a grinning school kid... you know... missing teeth and all!!

Speaking of which... Calli lost her top tooth on Thursday at VBS !! :D

I am so excited to keep going out on expeditions with my best friend/husband on our scooters! It made me feel ALIVE and FREE and FUN again!! And don't we all need that??!! I know I sure do, and I want to participate in life... not just watch it go by!

So i must say... 40 ain't so bad! LOL!

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for all the wonderful birthday wishes yesterday!! You guys made me smile so big, and I felt so loved! Thank you!! I was howling with laughter when i sat down to check my blogs (morning routine) and opened up Jacque's blog, and Trudy's blog - my mouth dropped! And then i couldn't stop laughing! Thank you for all your wonderfully sweet comments and emails!!

I love you guys!!

The dreaded number!!!!

OH BOY !

Surprise! I'm alive! :)

Surprise!!
Wow can you believe i'm actually posting on my blog?!? LOL
Life has been INSANE the last month and a half!

Absolute chaos.

And if i allow myself to think about it all at the same time i become completely overwhelmed.

So I wake up and praise God for another wonderful day. And chant to myself

"one day at a time!!"

But it's all good!! Honest!

So instead of trying to catch you up on my life as i know it, that could take a full month... so I figured i would just pick up from here! :)

I have made some headway on my pineapple runner. I got to hook last Saturday and now i am "re-excited" to keep going on this! I'm desperately looking for a certain wool that is of course.. "the perfect wool" to complete the inside. And I can't find it anywhere! Hoping to find someone that has about 1/2 a yard that I could buy or swap!

It's called "Christmas Plaid - irish version" from Rebecca. Anyone possibly have any of that??

Check out how awesome this border is turning out!!

I've been busy with the kids.... even the monkeys in the trees....
Bailey and Emily are off at camp this week. Yay for them!!! I know they are having an awesome time!!! Gavin just got back from CIY (Christ in Youth - a highschoolers retreat). He came home Sat night, and Bay and Em left Sunday morning.

And then, Monday morning VBS started. Vacation Bible School, which is usually geared toward ages 4-9, and a ton of fun for the kids - learning God's word, praise and worship, crafts, skits, puppets, snacks, activities... it's awesome!

Well... this is the first year i have done it with this church. We have been going to our church for almost 3 years now. 2 of those years i was out of commission after my accident. So i jumped in full force and decided it was definitely time to get back into things like this!

Holy cow. What i failed to realize... LOL.... is all the other VBS's i've taught at have been relatively small churches. Maybe 300 kids tops!

Welllll..... this is a large church. hahaha....

we have 1,100 kids to take care of and entertain for the whole week!!!

No. I'm not kidding!

Holy cow i am soooooooooo tired!! LOLOLOL!!!

It is awesome. Definitely!

My voice is just about gone. I have taken a nap everyday after getting home - and not by choice mind you! LOL! My body just says that's it! Not another step! haha!

Boy... i'm feeling pretty old at the moment!

And hubby just keeps rubbing it in that I AM old... and my birthday is on Saturday. I have made it to the "top of the hill"! LOL

The big 4. 0.

Yah... well.... i'm gonna prove him wrong! :P

I IS NOT OLD!

And 5 hours of VBS each morning is like doing 5 continuous hours of jazzercise each day!

LOL i'm getting my workout for sure!

And that being said i need to get my butt in gear and get out of here to make it there on time this morning!

I hope you are all having a wonderful week!

ooh.. and remind me to tell you about Calli losing her tooth yesterday!!!

xo Bren

WHO KNEW??!!!

OK... I know i have been out of the loop lately! This month has been the "run as fast as you can" month! I have just not stopped for the whole month of May! Praise God it's finally slowing down a bit! I should be posting more often now. :) Here's a little tidbit that i got in the mail this morning... and i am STILL laughing!!!!!! I've been using aluminum foil for more years than I care to remember. Great stuff, but sometimes it can be a pain. You know, like when you are in the middle of doing something and you try to pull some foil out and the roll comes out of the box. Then you have to put the roll back in the box and start over. The darn roll always comes out at the wrong time. Well, I would like to share this with you. Yesterday I went to throw out an empty foil box and for some reason I turned it and looked at the end of the box. And written on the end it said, "Press here to lock end". Right there on the end of the box is a tab to lock the roll in place. How long has this little locking tab been there? I then looked at a generic brand of aluminum foil and it had one, too. I then looked at a box of Saran wrap and it had one too! I can't count the number of times the Saran warp roll has jumped out when I was trying to cover something up. I gues you are never to old to learn something new. Mo !!!!!!! ??????? My jaw dropped, and i ran to check my saran and foil - and SURE ENOUGH!!! LOLOL Holy cow i feel ultra stupid! LOL! How LONG have those been there?? Now the question of the day... and even a poll! How many of you - honestly- knew about these??? :D xo bren