Happy 34th Birthday to ME!!

I woke up this morning at 6:30 am a little confused as to what was going on as there was only Kent and I in our bed. I then realized Brynley was NOT in our bed with us and so therefore she had slept through the night in her own bed HALLELUJAH...HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me!!! ha ha It was a GREAT beginning to my Birthday =)

Little Miss sound asleep...awwwww!!! Mind you, this picture isn't her asleep in her own bed ha ha...it was taken just the other day and I thought she looked so cute the way she fell asleep like this.

Then the phone rang around 8am and it was my sister Emily calling from Utah. My parents are down there visiting them and they were all calling on the speaker phone to sing Happy Birthday to me (Emily 's husband and there 5 kids did as well). It was AWESOME!!! After they were done singing my Dad said, "do ya feel the love Barb?" I most definitely felt the love =) It helped make my day that much greater!

My Birthday dinner...

My sister in law Sheri called me yesterday (Thursday, November 10th) to inform me that we were going out for my bday dinner in Olds (as that is half way between where she lives and here we live) and we would be eating at Boston Pizza for dinner and she had made me a cake as well! I thought that was great as we hadn't planned on doing anything.

Sheri and Mike, Bryn, Kent and I at our table at Boston Pizza

Jeff and his family came, Debbie came and then of course our 2 boys (Cole and Tyson) and Sheri's 2 boys (Taylor and Josh). We were all sat kind of all over the place as that was the only way they could fit all of us in there LOL. SO, the 4 boys sat way on the other side of the restaurant at there own table (which they thought was GREAT). And then Jeff and his family along with Deb sat a booth away from us. It was too bad it was like that as then we couldn't all visit, but there was nothing we could do about it.

Here is my Kori (Jeff and Melanie's 2 year old) peeking over there booth saying, "Hi Byeb" (that is how she says Barb...soooo cute!) She is so dang funny and cute! I love her!!

This is the cake Sheri made me...it was YUMMY!! The cake dish she brought it on was my gift as well. It is a beautiful cake platter/punch bowl that she etched an S onto the front of the glass lid and then under the cake on the glass she also etched Stanford...SO creative and such an amazingly thoughtful gift I have to say!

They all sang Happy Birthday to me as well...loved it!! The cake was SO good...it was chocolate with pudding and carmel inside...ya that is right, wipe the drool off your face LOL! When we were done we were FULL! Thanks to Sheri for making my Bday dinner happen, for the wonderful cake and the GREAT Birthday gift!

How funny is this picture ha ha!? Here is Brynley after she had had some cake...hmmm, do you think she liked it LOL


Today really was a good day from beginning to end...I am so truly blessed to have the family and friends that I have. THANK YOU for loving me!!

I am REALLY having a hard time believing I am 34 years old...UGH!? I don't FEEL like I am 34 years old (whatever that should feel like ha ha)...I still feel like I am a young thing! =) I guess that is ALL that matters then really LOL

Remembrance Day...

When I was growing up I didn't always like having my birthday on Remembrance Day. I never felt like it was "my own day"...I also felt like it was such a sad day as well for those around me. BUT, as I have grown up I truly can say how much I appreciate sharing this special day with the soldiers we have lost and those who are serving us now and those who have served us. I am SO thankful to them for my freedom! And now I can say I feel very blessed to have Remembrance Day as my Birthday!

Today just before it was 11 am we were in Winners shopping and a lady began speaking over the intercom in the store. So we all paused when she began to speak as it was of course about the soldiers. We stood there in silence for a full minute. It was amazing how quite the store became...how still everyone and everything was. I was very thankful that the Winners staff did this as it was SO important.

Thanks to everyone for all the Birthday calls, emails and messages! It meant alot and it helped make my day a good one =)

HALLOWEEN!!!

So I am not one who likes to gut pumpkins. It is A LOT of work and nasty feeling...too slimy for me! Soooo this year I decided I would buy fake pumpkins and have the kids decorate them. They had a lot of fun doing it. When they were done they put their names on the bottom and the year. Then we can bring them out every year and add to them each year by making new ones.

I made Bryn's for her and Cole and Ty did their own all by themselves. They did a great job!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

This is Little Miss with her cute little Love Bug costume on. We were on our way out the door Saturday afternoon to Tyson's hockey game in Crossfield. I thought it would be fun to take her to the arena in her costume...and it was =) Everyone thought she looked so cute.

Brynley enjoying the game watching Tyson from the bleachers. She would even clap when we all clapped and cheered. She thinks it is so great there!

TRICK OR TREAT

Cole was a glow in the dark skeleton, Tyson was some sort of scary dude (ha) and Brynley was a Love Bug

Boys are funny as they always have to be something scary or gruesome...at least mine like to be anyways! They were happy so that is all that matters.

The kids went trick or treating with their cousins Jade (princess), Logan (Bumblebee Transformer), Kori (Uniqua) and Avery (bunny) in Crossfield.

They had a good time and at least the weather was somewhat OK. That darn wind was what made it chilly! Kent was waiting for the boys over at his brothers place and when they were done that is where they went. Kent siad that Ty went and sat at the kitchen table to look at all of his candy. A few minutes went by and Kent looked up at Ty and he had fallen asleep at the table...poor guy was so tired! Too funny =)

Rascall Flatts concert

My wonderful husband surprised me with tickets to the Rascal Flatts concert for last Tuesday evening in Calgary. It was AWESOME!!!

Kent is NOT a country music fan, but he was willing to go to it because he knew how much I liked this group and how THRILLED I was going to be. Their music is so good and has so much meaning to their songs.

Kent and I on our way out the door. I was SO excited I was bursting (ha)!

Our sister in law Melanie babysat for us so we could go...THANKS AGAIN MELANIE you are the BEST!!!

We met up with Sheri and Mike, Angie and Gord for dinner in Airdrie and then we all headed to the concert.

Darius Rucker opened the show for Rascal Flatts and he was GREAT!! He has such a nice voice and was even cracking jokes and making us laugh.

Right after the opening singer was done and while we were waiting for Rascal Flatts to come out I headed out to go use the washroom. The line up to the bathrooms was INSANE so I decided I would hold it. As we went back to go to our seats the usher asked us, "are you sitting up high there" and I said "yes". He turned around and pointed to the seats behind him (which was the first tier balcony seats right close to the stage) and asked us "would you like to sit there instead"? I looked at Kent and smiled at the usher and I said, "are you serious" and he smiled and said "yes"! I told them there was another couple with us and he said no problem tell them to come on down. I couldn't believe our luck...AWESOME!!!!!

We only had our camera phone so the pics aren't that great, but at least we got some.

OK so every time one of them would go up on one of the platforms that came up by us I would wave like an idiot of course LOL. One time Jay (one of the guitar players, the better looking one) went up on the platform and I was waving away at him and he waved and nodded to me. Kent and I laughed as we were kind of shocked. When we looked back at him he was looking at us again smiling and shook his head and finger at us...it was GREAT!!

This is one of my favorite music groups for sure. Their song My Wish is one of my favorites...it is something I would like my kids to listen to if I was no longer hear...morbid I know ha ha, but true!

Sheri and I at the concert...happy, happy, happy to be there!

For the closing song they had Darius Rucker come back out on stage (which I thought was awesome as that usually never happens) and sing with them. He even sang the lead part to one of the Rascal Flatts songs called Life is a Highway. Soooooo dang good!!!

My ears were literally ringing all the way home as it was so loud in there. Even when I woke up the next morning I felt like I could hardly hear (ha)! It was all good though and we had such a great time!

THANK YOU Kent you are such a thoughtful husband...I love you!!!