Lily’s and Sam’s birthday are the 24th and 27th. Sunday was Sam’s. I had worked Saturday night so I was kind of a zombie on his birthday. I knew I would celebrate it later with Lily but I still needed to do something for him. I decided to surprise him with a day alone without the girls. I had my parents take Lily and Marah after church. We didn’t do anything special but Sam and I really don’t get to spend all that much time alone together, so I loved it! All we did was hang out, we slept out on the hammock, which we’ve never done, watched some Olympics, baked whatever cookies he wanted, hung out some more, and had popcorn and a movie. I just wanted him to feel how special and important he is to me since. I’m not very good at that on regular basis. I don’t know, I hope it was a good birthday.
My mom made a pony cake for Lily, which she absolutely loved. She sat by it all through dinner looking at it lovingly. I think it made my mom happy. I sure am glad that my kids will always have a grandma to bake them fun cakes. I baked Sam a from scratch German chocolate cake and made him Hawian haystacks for his dinner. I love making him special treats and I can’t wait for my kids to start having favorites so I can show them how special they are to me by making them things they love. I guess my mom and grandma Lily are wearing off on me. I have so many great memories of so many yummy things made just for me by both of them and I really want to carry the tradition on. The party was fun and I wasn’t even too stressed out. I took Lily to the Merc to pick something out for Sam. She insisted on getting him stickers. When I asked her if she was sure he wanted stickers she just said, in a don’t you know anything way, “dad really likes stickers, mo-uum.” She also told me they were so he could make the car and the truck pretty. She picked out an air freshener ‘to make the truck smell better’ and a bungee cord ‘to bunge stuff together’ and three nails which I tied together with a little yellow bow, of course those were to nail stuff. The kid at the counter just had to weigh the 3 nails. Sam loved his gift from her. Lily got poly’s and littlest petshops which are her two favorite types of toys right now. Sam’s big present was church shoes. He’s only been wearing his one’s from before the mission still, so about 8 years now. He was definitely due for new shoes. Well I hope they both had a good birthday. I love them both so much!
Sam's 3 nails he got from Lily.
Sam is not 27. There are 2 little blue ones to make 29. Just need to keep the record straight.
I thought this was such a pretty picture of Lily and her Great Grandma Redd.
Flooding at the Falls
Yes this is Marah on the grill, but please don't turn us into child services. She insists on climbing on anything and everything.
After this trip she had a whole collection of onsies died with red dirt.
Whits and me. I'm not that much shorter then her though. I was on a down hill slope.
We went on a trecherous fourwheeler ride called missile falls and these are the remains of one of the missile that use to be tested in the area.
Sorry everyone! This is the unsensored photo I was talking about. The onsie and diaper were just getting in the way. What other choice did I have? Needless to say she loved it! I'm sure she won't so much in the future, but what are moms for, if not to embarrass their children? There are a couple more on the slideshow, so beware. I actually have a video of her dancing naked on a rock. It is quite hilarious but putting that on here might be pushing it. I'm not sure.
