What Does Church Basketball Get You?

A disabled husband. And a good laugh. I have never been to a church b-ball game before and I was surprised by how serious some of the men took this game. It was like they thought they were in the NBA finals or something. Pretty hilarious.

Seven

I love birthdays. It is the one day of the year that is just for that person and I think it should be spent trying to make that one person feel special. I try really hard to make sure that at the end of their birthday day, my kids (and Erik) know how extremely happy I am that they are a part of my family. That I am truly grateful for their birthday.

So here we are at Preston's seventh birthday. One of the things that Preston loves is playing the Wii. He was given unlimited access to the Wii for his day and believe me he used it to his advantage. He also requested hot dogs for dinner and a Superman cake. Done and done.

Birthday dinner.

Just to show Preston was there :)

This cake was by far the most challenging for Erik and myself. But I guess that's kind of weird to say since it's only the second one we've done....but still! We had so many issues with the fondant this time I was ready to throw in the towel. But we got through it and even with Makyala's lovely fingernail artwork on the side, we're pretty proud of it and it was delicious! Chocolate cake, marshmallow fondant, and the BEST homemade butter cream frosting. I don't even like cake and I liked this cake!
See!? Yum!

Everyone agreed.

Happy birthday to my Preston! I hope you know just how grateful I am that you are a part of this family and that we get to celebrate your day!

Breathing Is Good

Our first summer here in Arizona was an eye opener. For the most part, if you stayed inside 98% of the time you were fine. Going outside should last no more than 5-7 minutes if even that can be handled. There were times when it felt like you couldn't breathe. A breeze is a nightmare since all it is is blowing hot air into your face. Like when you open up a pre-heated oven? Just like that.

So we went to Oregon in July. There really is no comparison when between the two states when talking about summer weather. It seriously felt like I could breathe again. Everyone came to get together and I was really excited about it. You may have heard about the bug that Makayla caught while there here, but there were still good times to be had. Here are the pictures of our trip.

Even though Makayla got sick and we didn't get as many pictures as we wanted, I loved our time spent in Oregon! I love my family so much and I miss them like crazy! But next time, it's someone else's turn to be sick. We did our time.