My Little Splurge

Ever since my sister-in-law Jeanna bought a popcorn popper, I have always wanted one. I am a popcorn fanatic! I would go to Harts or Top Stop almost every day just to get a Diet Coke and some popcorn. Every time I would go to the movie, I would have to get a giant popcorn. So I found this popcorn maker at Target and have been eyeing it for a while. The last two weeks I have worked extra and so I decided, for my hard work, I deserved a little splurge. Many people would buy shoes or clothes or electronics. Not me! I bought a popcorn popper! I love it! It took a while to figure out the exact combination of butter/oil and kernals. But now I have it down. It is fantastic!

Valentines Present

Here is my wonderful Valentines Present. Not really. I was doing our taxes on TurboTax and complaining about how Trent never helps with any of that stuff. I finally got frustrated because he wouldn't even come downstairs to go over the taxes. So I told him that it was only fair if I did the taxes, I got the refund. I couldn't believe he actually agreed with me. After e-filing our taxes, he ordered me my new baby! SWEET! I just wish it would come sooner! I am so excited. With Trent working at home now, I can't go check my email as often as I like, so now I can be upstairs and check my email all day!

Hmmm

So, some weird thoughts for today. Why do things always come in threes? On my mom's side we have had three people pass away. My grandma in November, my mom's cousin just a couple weeks ago, and then my mom's aunt just last week. Wow, my poor mom. Anyway, then I get to work today and we have 3 sets of triplets! THREE!!! WOW. And then I wonder, how do people come up with the names they pick for their children. Some are great and creative and then some you just think "hmmm".

As far as an update on our family. Trent began working at home last week. We are both unsure if we like it or not. He gets to see my "secret life" at home and see what I really do all day. He also feels a little like a hermit, never leaving home. However, he is a lot more productive at home. He also gets done with work sooner. So we get to see him a lot. As far as me, I am still working in the NICU. I hate having a job, but I do love my job itself. Being a nurse has its perks too, I basically work one day a week and then pick up a shift here and there. The night shifts are what kill me. Liv is liking Kindergarten so far. She is learning many new words and loves math. Ethan has started speech therapy with the school district. We go every Wednesday at 3 and then pick up Liv at 3:30. His speech is slowly improving. Eating is improving at a snail's pace. It's all about baby steps. We went to California in January and are hopefully going to DC in April. That's our life in a nutshell for now.

Sledding at the Cabin

The Almost finished Devey Cabin

Beach

Disneyland 2009!

So for Christmas we gave the kids a trip to Disneyland. We flew out on Wednesday night, picked up our car, and went straight to the hotel. We were all exhausted so we went to sleep. The next morning we woke up bright and early. We went to IHOP to eat breakfast, then decided we had enough time we could walk to Disneyland. When we got there, we figured out the price at the gate was not the same price as online. So thanks to my wonderful best friend Christy, we got in for the online price. We called her and she hurried and bought them and we picked them up at will call. The rest of the day we spent wandering around Disneyland. The second day my parents flew in and came with us to California Adventure. We spent half the day there, then went back to Disneyland. My parents took the kids to a show in California Adventure while Trent and I rode the Roller Coaster. Then they took the kids on all the kid rides, while Trent and I utilized the fastpasses and went on Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder, and Indiana Jones. When I was a kid, we went to Disneyland and while on the Alice in Wonderland ride, we had to evacuate the ride due to a fire. It was rather unnerving to have someone come up to your car in the pitch black part of the ride. Anyway, I kept joking about this the whole time we were there. Then when Trent and I went on Splash Mountain, we went down the giant hill and then went in the part with the Ferry boat. Then the ride stopped. I could not believe it was happening again. I said "If we have to evacuate, I am jinxed". Well we DID have to evacuate and ended up going through the bowels of splash mountain. How can this happen to the same person twice in their life? By day three, we were all so tired, we only spent half the day in Disney. Ethan's favorite ride was the Matterhorn and Alivia's favorite ride was the Tea Cups. We then went and found a Long John Silvers to eat dinner. My mom and Dad drove to San Diego to stay, and we ended up going to Newport Beach to eat our dinner. We then crashed at the hotel. The next day we drove down to Camp Pendelton where my parents were staying. They had a cottage right on the beach. We spent the whole day out on the beach. I think the kids liked this even more than Disneyland! We had a great trip but are glad to be home in our own comfy beds!