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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

In The Pursuit Of Happiness #1

My darling friend Joni tagged me for an 8-day-blog update: something that made me happy today.
Today I listened to “Far Away” by Nickelback about 6 times in a row on my i-pod. All I could think about was Lance. It was a throw-back reminder of how passionately and sincerely I do love him, and how I felt about him when we separated and came back together. I hate how we get so caught up in everyday life that we forget how much people mean to us. So this reminder made me happy today.
Lyrics:

This time, This place Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know, you know, you know
[CHORUS]
That I love you I have loved you all along
And I miss you Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me and you'll never go
Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore

On my knees, I'll ask Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all I'd give for us Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know, you know, you know
[CHORUS]
So far away Been far away for far too long
So far away Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know
I wanted I wanted you to stay 'Cause I needed I need to hear you say
That I love you I have loved you all along
And I forgive you For being away for far too long
So keep breathing'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing Hold on to me and, never let me go
-Nickelback

Dino-Mite Birthday Party!

Ella's birthday party was a great success! Here's our star at the beginning of the day!
Here I am, gearing up for the fun... If you look carefully, yes, you'll see our un-hung curtains -wanna do that today, hunny? And you'll also see a little hand reaching up on the night-stand getting into mischief. Babies rock! We all met at Willow Park. Left to right, we have Candace, Scotty (holding Chaston), Debbie, Donny, and Granny's back.
The kids started out playing on all the toys (YAY for parks!). Mia actually did the slide without too much trauma! Here's Uncle Seuao letting her go and Nanny waiting to catch her!
BTW- THANK YOU MARY for lending us Benny's jacket. In all our rushing for the day we didn't pack warmer clothes for the kids -and it turned pretty nippy in the evening.
Apprehensive, yeah, but you GOTTA be able to work a slide, man. Go Mia!
Can you see the joy? Me neither.
AAH! SOLID TERRA FIRMA!
Here's the birthday girl on the slide! That's a pregnant Lex in the background!
We had some fun frames that the kids were able to put some foamy dinosaur stickers on for something fun to take home. Yes, next to Ella is one of her MANY Pokemon.
Here's Lex and Noah!
Left to right, Mary, Benny-babes, Lex, Rach's eyes and nose, Noah, Ella, Me and Scotty.
Here's Ella and cousin Aneesa!
Simple craft, lots of fun.
Mia kept herself busy with the wagon.
ELLA GOT A NEW BIKE! We were SO nervous about her getting on it, but the excitement and motivation were really high -the girl jumped on and went for it! Thank goodness for training wheels.
She's showing Aneesa here.
Lots of excitement!
Ella's two grandma's are in the picture here -there's Nanny on the left and Debbie on the right.
Amidst the chill, the candles were ROUGH to get lit! Thanks Scotty and Lance!
The cake is a DARLING dinosaur -orange flavored (mmm, delish!) with Green and Orange colors -Ella's favorite. My little princess. Not. THANK YOU KAREN (dear dear friend of mine)- QUEEN O' CAKES!
Side Bar: if you look at the bottom of the cake, you'll see where the green icing is all mashed in... Remember the BLUE jacket I was wearing at the beginning of the day? Yeah, my boob got the cake. Luckily few noticed. ...Token casualty.
Mobile Mia!
Still mobile, but taking a rest! Here's Mia with her cousins Lily and Noah.
To my family and Lance's, THANK YOU all SO dearly for the lovely gifts and amazing display of love and support for us and for Ella in celebration of her 5th birthday! Thanks to Erin, too, who was a HUGE help to me with wrangling kiddos, picture taking, and overall sanity keeping.
In looking at the chaos, there was just so much love. My little Ella is such a jewel in this family -she deserves to be celebrated. I'm so grateful to be her mom. Her real birthday is tomorrow, and I simply can't believe that she has 5 long years under her belt. I love you, sweetie!