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Well I am now officially into the thirties!! Last year was just a trial year to see if I liked my thirties or not!!?? So I guess I like them because I am now thirty-one!!! I had a wonderful day and had to post about it. I was very selfish and planned a day to pamper myself. Although I had to squeeze in a troop leader meeting (girl scouts) but that was fun as well. So here is how my day went. I woke up to sweet message written on my mirror from John, got the kids ready and it was out the door. Dropped Meagan at school and the boys at mom's and went to Starbucks for coffee!! Then it was off to the meeting. After the meeting I went and met John at Red Robin (so good). It was so nice to meet him for lunch alone, and he gave me the book the Love Dare. (side note) We went to see the movie Fireproof and are doing a bible study at our church with other couples based on the book/movie, so he thought that it would be fun to do the dare for each other. He wrote the sweetest note to me in the book that I am positive I will love looking back over the next 100 years :). So after lunch I browsed around the mall and bought a few things and just enjoyed a leisurely afternoon alone. After my mall time I went to get my hair done and then to get a manicure and a pedicure ( I think that I could get used to all this pampering). To top the day off my mom and the kids made me a dinner and cake. It was a wonderful day and I feel so refreshed after getting some alone and pampering time.

Our first drink!!!

So on our first date at Harding John and I went to Midnight Oil, this awesome coffee shop within walking distance of campus. The drink we had was called "hot apple pie in a mug" this is so good and we have mastered our own version of it. You have to try this it is so delicious!!!!
Hot apple cider, caramel, 1/2 and 1/2 and topped with whipped cream and drizzled with caramel. I know I know sounds full of fat, but you can lighten it up, sugar free apple cider mix, fat free 1/2 and 1/2, sugar free caramel (already ff) and fat free whipped cream, it actually taste's a little better with the sugar free stuff.
ENJOY!!!!

Sleepover

So Meagan had her first sleepover, she invited two friends and it was a princess themed night. John and Jacob were out of town for the weekend so it was a girls night (in) with Ryder of course, but he went to bed early.

I was a little worried because it was everyone's first sleepover so we had the #'s ready to call, but they stayed so busy and just finally crashed around 12:30 and no one wanted to leave the next morning. I was exhausted and crashed as soon as Ryder did for nap.

SEPTEMBER

How are these months passing by so quickly? September was a very full month for us we stayed very busy having lots of fun. John and I got to have lots of good quality date time and we even got a weekend away on a marriage retreat with our church. This was a wonderful weekend, spending time together visiting with other Christian couples resting and relaxing and just rejuvenating our marriage. The weekend before this we actually got to go on a date for free!!! We just got a Red Robin here (whoo hoo, so excited!!!) and somehow we got on the mailing to come to there trial run and get a free meal!!! We had free babysitting and free food you can't beat that!!

Meagan is staying busy with school and has really started to excel with reading and math. She actually won a gift card to the book store because she had so many AR (accelerated reader) points. She was so excited to go pick out new chapter books to read. She is also playing fall softball so this keeps her busy on Tues and Thurs with practice and games. We just recently signed her up for Girl Scouts with me volunteering for troop leader!!(yikes) I am excited and she was really excited about this, it will be good quality time together for us.

Jacob is home with me, we couldn't make up our minds about Kindergarten, (he'll go, he won't etc.) so we lost our spot at our WONDERFUL preschool. He was doing a mother's day out, but it was just feeling like such a hassle and it really wasn't a "day out" for me, so he's home and we are working on reading and writing and math and other "kindergarteny" things. He is also back into gymnastics one day a week which he loves. Next month will be his first meeting at the "bug club" The bug club will be just what my bug catcher needs, ALL summer long I was brought and still am any and every new bug he finds to see what it eats and where we can keep it because it is his new pet. The bug club will teach him all about Bug's every question he's had about bugs should get answered here. He's excited!!!

Ryder, is 18 months and busy busy busy.. He will climb anything and everything. He is our ball player I think. If you can throw it or swing it that is what he does, he always wants to play catch or hit and he actually has it down how to hold the bat. It is very impressive to watch. His personality is just really coming out and is so fun to watch him develop and grow. He gets so frustrated if Meagan or Jacob are doing something that he can't, he doesn't understand why he can't do whatever they are doing. He keeps me on my toes all day long.

Oluve you!!!

I was cooking dinner with Ryder grabbing my legs saying "num, num" so I popped open a can of olives and he was satisfied :) he loves his olives.