To school or not to school

For those of you who don't know I'm not going to be attending school this semester like I had planned. It was a really tough decision for Trent and I to make but at this point in our lives we want to start focusing more on Trent's career. He's going to be taking some very serious surveying tests in the next months. The first of three will be in October...this one's going to be crazy!!! It's an 8 hour test and if he doesn't pass it the next one's not for another 6 months and he can't continue on to the other 2 needed to get his surveyor's license.

To be honest we've been holding back on expanding our family until we know we can rely more on Trent's job. We're also hoping that by the time all the tests are completed the economy will hopefully had picked back up because the survey field has taken a big hit in these hard times too. It's quite the gamble we know, but it's something that will be perfect for our family and just pray that everything will work out. I'm so proud of Trent, he's really talented at what he does and how hard he's worked at school to put us in the place we need to be in. It hasn't been easy with work and church callings and 18 plus semester hours at school he's been a real trooper and feel like the least I can do is support him in any and every way I possibly can.

Here they are as promised

Sorry for the quality, I guess that's what you get with a dirty camera phone lense ;)

Adventures in Babysitting

This past week Trent's been gone to Indiana for a board game convention and my sister-in-law had a teaching convention of her own all day every day all week too so I (not wanting to be alone) volunteered to watch her three darling little girls.
We had a ton of fun all week and did things like go to the park with the dogs, hang out with my other sister and her kids, go to the treehouse museum, and go swimming at the aquatic center with another one of my nieces and one of my nephews as well. I had so much fun doing all of these things I fit right in cuz I'm just a big kid myself. I have to say though that the swimming was my favorite cuz my 3 year old niece had me laughing and playing the whole time!!!
It was so cool to have them all to myself for three days straight but I definitely understand a little bit better how tough it could be to be a single mom. Luckily I didn't have to work these days cuz I don't know what I would've done if I had to try to track people down to watch them while I was away. I totally want to be a stay at home mom if we're lucky enough to have kids some day!
Once I find my adapter for the mini sd card (I took them all on my phone) I'll post some pictures but for now this is the best I can do.

It's my birthday DANG IT!!

So the girls at girls camp this week made me a tiara out of scrapbook paper and sparkles that said around the brim "It's my birthday DANG IT!" These girls know me and my situation all too well cuz I had some plans to go to a swim team reunion with my husband on my birthday but he refused and talked me into going out to eat and a movie instead when I really wanted to go to the party. Now I love my husband and I really did have a good time but shouldn't I get what I want on my birthday??
Then I'm just appauled at all the texts I got from friends and family talking about themselves and never once mentioned anything about happy birthday to me. Now I'm not trying to come off as selfish here but COME ON!!! One day out of the year can be about me can't it? I seriously work my butt off for some of these people trying to make them happy or be apart of their lives and not even a simple Happy Birthday??????!!!! especially when you already took the time to text you can slip it in there casually.
Enough about all the selfish mean people in my life onto happier things. A HUGE THANK YOU and I LOVE YOU to those of you who did go out of your way to make it a very special day...to the young women for the tiara and the muffin with the candle, to my husband for saying such nice things about me in front of the whole camp and making the night fun, to an old friend for calling out of the blue and remembering even though I haven't seen her in over 5 years, to my mom and dad for taking me out to dinner (even though my dad's in texas he still paid for dinner), to my gal pals for almost every single one of them sending me birthday wishes and everyone in between that sent me a birthday wish one way or another.