Liv Turns 8

Well, I have an 8 year old on my hands.  Liv turned 8 on September 24th, and we had our 3rd annual slumber party.  The cupcakes on top were the cupcakes that I made for Liv's class, and she choose strawberry ice cream cupcakes for her party.  Also, you can't really tell, but I loved her candles that spelled her name.  Anyway, we had lots of friends and family for the party, and then 6 girls all together spent the night.  Fun was had by all, and the girls were super proud to have set a new late night record.  Liv reported that they went to sleep at 2:37 am.  Perfect.  I also included a picture of the McKee's because Daddy and Baby McKee are making the same exact hilarious face.  Kris--feel free to snag that!  So, the birthday was a success, and Liv has complete her thank you notes.  Thanks to everyone that helped us celebrate!

Well, September slipped away...

I  had been doing so well with blogging as events happen, but the end of September was crazy busy!  My birthday was the 19th and Kevin planned a big surprise dinner with 20 friends--so, so fun!!  We ate at Shogun--where I got to not only wear the chef's hat, but also go behind the grill and do some of the tricks they do.  I nailed the trick where you toss an egg up with a flipper thing and then catch the egg on the side of the flipper to crack the egg.  There's a video of that on YouTube somewhere...I forget how Kevin tagged it.  After dinner we went dancing, where fun was had by all.  Especially Sherry, who just wanted her dance moves to make sense with the music (hey Sherry, this is your first blog shout out--hey there!).  Saturday night Kevin and I went to see a movie and then Sunday we had some family over for a small cookout.  I wish I had more pictures of the weekend--such good times!  

Next up was Liv's birthday, and Liv is cheering now...these blogs are hopefully coming soon....

Labor Day

The first question I asked when I scheduled my surgery was "Am I going to feel well enough to have a BBQ at my house for Labor Day?".  I'm pretty sure I overdid it those first few days after surgery, as evidenced by the break from walking that I had to take while walking the mall in search of a gift or the crazy pain that didn't show up until 5 days after the surgery.  But I had things to do and no pesky surgery was gonna be cramping my style.  First item of business was Ryleigh's 9th birthday party.  She had an Alice in Wonderland themed party complete with tea and croquet.  The girls had fun and I got hang out with a lot of my friends, too.  Monday was the BBQ, and I cleaned all day to be ready, while Kevin grocery shopped and cut the grass.  We had 25 or so people come over, mostly work pals.  Everyone brought something and fun was had by all.  A great weekend, all things considered.  And of course, missing from all pics is me...but trust me, I was looking HOT!!  

Potentially More Exciting Than The White Boxes...

Is the fact the Denler Estate is now both done with diapers and baby sized potties!  We have replaced Josie's little potty with a new big potty seat that has two different size seats.  It's been a real win-win for us all.  I got to reclaim the square foot of space that the baby potty took up, and officially resign my post as Waste Transporter.  Josie gets to be a big girl and never has to worry about forgetting toilet paper (the location of her potty chair was not in arms length of toilet paper).  One step closer to Josie growing up...that's good, right?

I'm an organ down...

Not a lot of time here today, as we are preparing for a Labor Day BBQ.  But, I did want to update you on my surgery.  More of a 'hey, I had surgery' than an update really.  I had had some mystery stomach issue for years, wherein I felt like I was dying.  It was finally determined that my gallbladder was the culprit.  I had it removed last Thursday, and have been on the mend since.  Liv made me promise not to show any pictures of my cut up stomach region, so I won't.  There are four incisions, all about an inch long.  All in all, the recovery has been ok.  The incisions don't hurt at all.  My guts feel like they were on the losing end of a boxing match, so thank goodness for a little pain medication!  I'll be back at work on Tuesday, consuming no fat while my body learns to digest without the ol' gallbladder...fun times! 

Wherein the white boxes take over my life...

So, in the space of a few weeks, my family has been transformed from PC to Mac.  100% Mac.  We meant to buy the mini--to be used mainly as a home entertainment center for streaming movies.  Once we got that, we realized it was pretty fun to use the TV as a monitor, which 'required' us to get Apple's wireless keyboard and track pad.  We thought we were done there.  But then!  Then I had a team building meeting at work that turned my competitive and memory skills to good use.  I won the exercise, but had no idea the prize was going to be an iPad!!  Yes, my job gave me an iPad!  For five minutes of effort!  Most profitable day of work EVER!  Have I also mentioned that Kevin and I have iphone 4s on order.  So, August 2010 is going down as Mac Month.  You're welcome, Steve Jobs, enjoy dinner on us....

Too Tired to Type Tuesday (the new couch)