My 20s

Thanks to everyone who gave me a shout out on my birthday last week! I have to admit I am a horrible birthday remembering person myself, so I was very grateful and surprised by how many kind friends and family members remembered me through phone calls, emails, cards, messages, and get togethers. Thanks for making this pregnant girls day special.

And speaking of birthdays, I have to admit that it is kind of strange to think that this next year is the last one of my 20s. Crazy! I definitely do not feel that close to 30, even thought I'm expecting our 3rd child, graduated college, served a mission, and have been married over 5 years. How time flies. As I look back on it, my 20s have been a great decade of many changes, opportunities, and growth and I hope to make this 29th year one of the best.

Hello, Goodbye

Hello piggies!

Welcome football season.

Hello Grandma. :) Goodbye Grandma. :(

Hello canned peaches.

Hello peach jam.

Goodbye dinosaur AC unit.

Hello raised bed garden box.

Goodbye Daddy and Ellie....and welcome back the next day!

And finally, helloooooo Costco, just .3 miles from our house! Yipee!!!

Testimonial

I have learned many things since marrying J. One of them is the concept of an emergency fund.


Basically the fund is cash money that just sits in a liquid account (savings, CD, online bank, etc.) to be used only in case of financial emergency.

And I am here to say that this concept of the emergency fund has SAVED OUR LIVES on numerous occasions.

Among other things it has paid for:
-a clutch that went out during our first year of marriage
-an engine fire that destroyed our starter
-termite guys to come and save our house from further infestation
-a head CT for Ellie
-a new washing machine
and, most recently,
-a new air conditioner to replace the 31 year old machine on our roof

So my testimonial is this: EVERYONE should have an emergency fund because EMERGENCIES happen to everyone. It doesn't matter if you only have $100 or even $100,000 as long as you have something set aside that you are adding to on a regular basis.

I know money is a touchy subject and that everyone has their own way of doing it, but there is nothing that has brought me more peace of mind when these bad things have happened than knowing that we have our emergency fund to turn to.

The end.

Ode to mother

Whose visit is more anticipated?
Who do you appreciate more than you can say?
Who else will play with your children for hour upon hour?
Who else will babysit for free?
Who else will help you with dishes, laundry, cleaning, cooking?
Who else bakes up a storm of cookies?
Who else will help you build a raised bed in 100 degree heat?
Who else will take your kids to the Home Dep*t builders workshop by herself?
Who else will read bedtime stories night after night?
Who else gives the best bubble bath to her grand babies?
Who else do we wish lived next door?
Who else do we all love and adore?
Who else do we wish could stay forever?

My Mother.

Thanks for your visit and as Lauren asked in her prayers tonight, "please bless Grandma to come back soon and stay forever!" Amen little girl. Amen.