Friday's Weekly Update

How do I sum up this week.....

I planned some of my son's birthday party, he turns 3 in one week from tomorrow. My eyes are starting to tear up so I'm going to change the subject...

A big part of the week was hiring a nanny for 6 hours a week. She is turning out to be the best thing ever! I came home this afternoon and she was having a dance party with my oldest. He LOVES dancing so she fits right in. She also left my oldest son books she checked out at the library for him. Did you catch that? She went to the library on her own time, picked out books for my almost 3 year old, brought them over to show him, and left them here for him to read over the weekend! Needless to say, I love her. (I secretly hope no one in my town finds out her real name because I'm keeping her to myself:)

I came home today about a 1/2 hour after the boys woke up from their nap. We set up a fort inside the indoor jungle gym/slide thing. Here are some words to describe spending an hour inside a covered fort.....hot, tight space, lots of sweating, laughing, my youngest crying over lack of space, and more sweating....... My husband came home and snapped a picture. If you're wondering why I look kinda gross, see the description above (hot and lots of sweating).

We took several walks with the boys Wed and Thursday seeing as it was 50-60 degrees out. Fast forward to today...it has now just stopped snowing. We got what is probably several inches this afternoon, which means we'll be doing some creative stuff with the kids indoors tonight. (In case you didn't know, we're kinda boring people on Friday nights...especially in the winter)

An elder from our church passed away this week. He was an amazing man! Out of respect for his family, I'm not writing much about it. However, he was such a great influence in many peoples lives. His funeral is tomorrow afternoon.

Now comes some really good news....my husband was accepted to ACU today for a Masters in Higher Education. No, we're not moving to Texas! He'll be able to do the program by distance. He starts March 2nd and his graduation date is set for December 2010. We're pretty excited since he has been waiting for a few months to hear if he was accepted. Congrats babe!

And that's our week. Some good times and a few sad times. But a blessed week none the less.