HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

TODAY I AM:

You are 26 years old.
You are 312 months old.
You are 1,357 weeks old.
You are 9,497 days old.
You are 227,937 hours old.
You are 13,676,237 minutes old.
You are 820,574,264 seconds old.

HOW COOL IS THAT? YOU CAN FIND YOURS AT: http://www.paulsadowski.com/BirthData.asp

THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THIS IS WHEN WE WERE IN DISNEY WORLD RYDER ASKED ME HOW MANY DAYS OLD HE WAS. WE DIDN'T HAVE A COMPUTER WITH US, SO I USED A CRAYON AND NAPKIN WHILE WE WERE EATING OUT AND WE FIGURED OUT "APPROXIMATELY" HOW MANY DAYS OLD HE WAS! BUT, THEN I RAN ACROSS THIS COOL LITTLE WEBSITE. WHAT DID PEOPLE DO BEFORE COMPUTERS?!?!?!

BIRTHDAY NIGHT!

Friday night we went out to dinner. We celebrated my birthday as well as my friend Carrie's. We went with our friends Garrett and Carrie to the Cheesecake Factory in Salt Lake. I have never been to the Cheesecake Factory before, but we had the best food and drinks EVER! I didn't know they had such great food. Unfortunately, when it was time for dessert we were WAY too full. Maybe next time!! After dinner we went to Toys R Us to do a little birthday shopping (and no...not for me. It was Garrett and Carrie's little boys birthday!) I wish I had a camera. Garrett wore my pink fuzzy slippers into Toys R Us. It was HILARIOUS! When we went to go check out the lady at the cash register said "I heard some guy with pink slippers was coming up to buy this". The whole store was talking it...good times!! Sorry for the picture-less blog, I know they suck. Hopefully we will fix or replace my camera SOON!!!!!!

WHAT SHOULD I DO?

So, I have a TON of baby stuff (i.e. Pottery Barn Crib Bedding, Bouncer, Toddler Bed, High Chair, Brand New Potty, Bike, Play Pen, Gates, Baby Furniture, Clothes, Shoes, Toys, etc.) and I don't know what to do with it. I would like to get some cash for it, but I'm not sure how to go about it. Any suggestions? Yard Sale? Kid to Kid? Online somewhere? Do you know somebody who would be interested in buying any of it? Everything I have is in excellent condition. Thanks for your input!!!

DATE NIGHT

Monday evening Brandon and I went to dinner at Happy Sumo in the Gateway and then to the Jazz Game. It was such a great night. The Jazz won, and it was an awesome game. The Jazz Bear was out and about a lot doing funny/crazy things. A guy sitting behind us even proposed to his girlfriend with the help of the Jazz bear. I told Brandon that if he EVER proposed to me like that, in front of thousands of people, I would die! I would be SO embarrassed I wouldn't know what to do. He often jokes that he is going to propose to me while I am in the bathroom...I would take that any day over the extremely public engagement. (Although I hope he chooses a better spot than the bathroom). We also had a new sitter that did an excellent job (AND kept my house cleaned)!! Thanks babe for the wonderful night...I love you!

P.S. Broken camera=no pictures. So, here are some random pictures.

Kambree loves to dress up in Ryder's clothes...down to the underwear! Weird, I know!

Ryder LOVES Pirates of the Caribbean!

Poison (UPDATED)

So, Poison (Bret Michaels :)) is coming to town! I am dying to go to this concert on July 3rd. Does anyone want to go?

UPDATE: Don't you worry...I got my tickets. 11th row to be exact. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

Disney World

We left the Bahamas and headed for Orlando. That same day, Becky (B's mom) flew out of Salt Lake with the kids and met us in Orlando. (Thanks so much Becky!!!) Disney World was a lot of fun. I was worried we weren't going to have enough time there (5 days), but we managed the time pretty well. We didn't make it to the water parks on the Disney World property, which we all really wanted to do. But, we did finish all 4 of the theme parks! SO MUCH FUN!!! The weather was rainy for the most part. One day it rained ALL day and not just a little rain, I'm talking puddles up to Ryder's knees. But, we bought some ponchos and stayed at the parks. It worked out well, since most everyone else left there were no lines at any of the rides. However, the last 2 days were nothing but sunshine!! I thought Becky was sugar coating the fact that the kids were good on the airplane. But, I sat with them through half the flight home and I'm not kidding...I was speechless and in shock when I got off the plane. My kids did not cry, whine, fuss or even make a peep for that matter. They napped, watched movies, read books (Kam & Ryder are in love with the SKYMALL catalog...they each brought one home) and were SO good for every single minute of the 5 hour flight! I was so proud of them for being so good...and making it a little easier on me!! And did I mention they were even good in Disney World? This is not normal for my children. We kept them up until 2AM, woke up around 8 or 9 in the morning and they were NEVER grumpy!!!!

We had breakfast with Snow White, Cinderella, Mickey Mouse & Pluto. Kambree ADORED Cinderella. There were only a handful of kids at this breakfast, so the kids got a lot of time with the characters. I bet Kambree talked to Cinderella for over 20 minutes. They talked about her gloves, and how pretty she was and how much Kambree loved her. And then Kambree would leave for a few minutes and then rush back for more hugs and princess talk. It was so cute!! Ryder also liked the fact that Cinderella referred to him as her "Prince Charming"!

DINO LAND!!!!! Of course, Ryder's favorite!!

In the picture above we were at a field station trying to figure out what bones belonged to which Dinosaur. Ryder taught the lady running the place a thing or two about dinosaurs. She only knew the dinosaurs she had to know for the station and Ryder kept asking her questions about the ones she didn't know about. It was funny!!!

Who's that? Well, that is Pirate Ryder:

And Princess Kitty Kambree:

Then it rained and the paint ran off of Ryder's face onto his shirt and ruined it...:( Kambree was free of the rain in her poncho covered stroller!

And then Brandon broke the camera on one of the rides (it was in his pocket, smashed against the lap bar...) so there are no more pictures!!!!

Glad to be home!

Bahama Slide Show

BAHAMAS - ATLANTIS RESORT

We had a TON of fun in the Bahamas. The weather was awesome...you should never trust the weatherman!!

This is a picture from our hotel room of the trainers with the dolphins. I got to go swimming with the dolphins, but I didn't have my camera (B took it golfing). It was really fun...and scary at the same time!

Here are some more pictures from our hotel balcony. The grounds at the resort were AMAZING! They had lots of sea life all over, including dolphins, sharks, sting rays, turtles, etc. They have a water slide that takes you under the water in a clear tube and you are surrounded by sharks. That was pretty neat!!

More pictures of the grounds! (I will post a slide show of all the pictures as soon as I figure out how to do it!!!)

Brandon golfing. I was suppose to find a better picture of him on the golf course. But, I liked this background the most!!!

Our last night in the Bahamas...:(

Nicole, Greg, Ryan, Garrett, Breck, Carrie, Roman, "Bringhurst" & Brandon. There's a GREAT story behind my nickname the whole trip. I'll have to post about that later!:)

While we were in the lovely Bahamas Ash & Jake came at stayed at our house and watched after the kids! They did an awesome job and my kids LOVE them to pieces. Ryder can't stop talking about hanging out with Jake, they're best little buddies now. And, I think they probably will NEVER want children after watching Kambree...I'm sorry, but thanks for your help.