A brokendown van and a trip to the Emergency Room!

What a weekend...one that we as a family will never forget!

We woke up Saturday morning got all packed and ready to head to the farm aka "A little bit of Heaven!"

On our way to the farm...our van began driving really strange.  To be honest I kept blaming Zac for the way he was driving and turns out it was not his fault at all (yes i did apologize for getting so angry with him).  Thankfully we were able to pull over before our van died.  The van would start but it would not accelerate.  We were able to get it towed, but it was an HOUR WAIT until they would arrive. 

An hour????  With two kids????  What were we going to do? 
Luckily they were the two BEST kids ever!  They enjoyed playing with the toys, reading books, eating snacks, etc...  They had the best time. 

The tow truck arrived at the perfect time because Zac's uncle came to pick Zac and the kiddos up just a few minutes after the tow truck did.  The kids were so excited to ride in his truck and they went off to the farm and I went to the shop with our now COMPLETELY dead van! 

Little did I know that it would mean that I would be at the shop for 6 hours by myself!
What did I do during those 6 hours?  Read LOTS of gossip magazines and LOTS of reality television.

Turns out that our van needs a new fuel pump...LOTS OF MONEY to repair!  They could not get a fuel pump that day and so our van needed to sit there until today, Tuesday. 
But luckily again, my sister-in-law was able to pick me up on there way to the farm.  Praise the Lord!

We made it to the farm and I was reunited with my family and the time that was spent there was amazing!  Great food, weather, and fun playing games!   We went to the flea market and antique stores, enjoyed a nice run in the countryside, etc...  It is definitely our "heaven on earth"

Monday (memorial day) came along and we were enjoying BBQ, games, pictures, jumping on the tramp, etc... when all of a sudden I heard Aspen screaming...MOMMY I'M BLEEDING, I'M BLEEDING!  She was not lying...there was blood all over her hand, the deck, etc...  Daddy immediately took her inside and washed the area and the cut on her hand was BAD!  We brought her to the hospital and she did need to get stiches, only 3, but it was very traumatic for our little girl.  She did a great job and the doctors and nurses were great.  We then headed back to the farm said our goodbyes to everyone and headed home.  We got to bed very late and slept in this morning.  Aspen is doing great today and for our van...

Our van will not be done today like we thought and the reason for that is, the guy at the shop said he can get a fuel pump for $100 cheaper, but we need to wait until tomorrow....so tomorrow is the day we will get our van back...CAN'T WAIT!

This memorial day goes down in the books as the most eventful ever.  We are just thankful that our van breaking down did not cause an accident, because it could have, and we are thankful that Aspen's cut was not any worse that it could have been.  Praise the Lord!

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Race for the Cure!

What a WONDERFUL way to celebrate Mother's Day!

This was my second year running the "Race for the Cure" and this year there were over 50,000 people there!  It was an amazing morning!  Beautiful sunshine, perfect temperature, and a wonderful run!

This truly is a tradition that I am going to continue to do each Mother's Day!

"My mom" questions answered by Aspen

Today when I picked Aspen up from school she said to me, "Mom, I have some VERY SPECIAL for you, and I want to show you when we get home!"

I asked her about it and tried to guess, and she told me, "Nope, no guessing, you will see when we get home!" (followed by giggles and excitement)

We got home and into our house and Aspen IMMEDIATELY showed me what she made.  It was a Mother's Day Book!  I love it!

Especially the first page

Her teacher Mrs. Jeannie asked her questions and Aspen had to fill in the blank

Here are Aspen's answers:

My Mom

My mom is 91 YEARS OLD

My mom is the prettiest when SHE WAKES UP IN THE MORNING

My mom likes to make HAMBUGERS

My mom always says, I LOVE YOU

My mom is funny when she TICKLES ME

I just smiled!

I look pretty good for being 91 years old!

A wonderful weekend together!

My wonderful parents offered to take our two kids for the weekend!  As soon as I told Aspen and Titus they were so excited (as were Zac and I). 

So, we packed there bags and they headed to Papa and Grandma's house from Saturday to Monday. 

What did we do while they were gone?

Saturday morning I had a wonderful time chit chatting with some amazing women at breakfast.  Where did we go?

What a fun time!  Great food, great laughs, great time!  If you have never been to Jensen's cafe, you have got to try it...I know that I will go back!

After a wonderful morning with the girls I ventured over to my mother in laws for there neighborhood garage sale.  So many people and some very interesting people watching (does anyone else people watch?)  Did not get much from the sale, but did score Aspen a beautiful jewelry box, a beautiful sweater for my mom, and some cute little lamps for our living room.

After the garage sale I had a couple of hours until I met up with my hubby, so I went to Target (ALL BY MYSELF) and scored an AMAZING deal on a pair of jeans for my hubby!  Originally $30 but they were on the 75% off rack (and in his size) for $6.98! 

*I do not have a picture of them, but they are cool, and you would never guess that I got them from Target*

FINALLY it was time to meet up with my wonderful hubby, it was date night and where did we go?

Have you ever been here?  One word...AMAZING!

The atmosphere, the service, the food, and the best part...the company!  I had such a great time sitting with my husband and just talking.  It had been awhile since we had a date night and it was definitely the BEST time ever!  I love my husband so much and just truly enjoyed being with him. 

Definitely go to Enjoy!  You truly will ENJOY it (i know that sounded corny, but you truly will) and if you go, PLEASE try the Butternut Squash Ravioli, you will not be disappointed!

The rest of our weekend was spent at church, more time with his wonderful family, dinner at El Azteca, and a wonderful evening Sunday night with our small group. 

A wonderful weekend spent with my wonderful husband and we thank my womderful parents for watching our wonderful children!

A subtle change...

Tonight my wonderful husband helped me out...

I colored my hair!

It's not a HUGE change, but it is a nice subtle one.  I love it. 

I went to Walmart tonight and picked the Garnier Fructis Herbashine hair color

The color is Copper Mahogany Brown

Thank you honey for helping me out!  I love it!

Deceptively Delicious!

Do your kids like eating vegetables?

My kids, it really depends on the day.  But I do know that do need to get them more in there diet and so I have found the book to help me do so!

Jessica Seinfeld, married to Jerry Seinfeld, wrote this cookbook and there children were the taste testers.

Tonight, we tried a recipe.  It was not actually a recipe from her book, but we used her tips on how to puree and so tonight we pureed red peppers and put them in our spaghetti sauce and let me just say, our kids LOVED it and did not even know that we added just that little bit extra veggie in there meal. 

The sauce was delicious!  We definitely are going to keep on exploring with this and hopefully find more fun ways to incoporate vegetables in our children's diets.

Head on down to your library, Barnes and Noble, order online, etc...  You have got to check it out!