I was again a WOW--Widow Of Wrestling--for a week in July..... and it happened to be the week of my birthday! Now before you think Collin is a horrible husband for leaving me on, heaven forbid, my birthday, you should know that he really did check with me like 10 times earlier in the spring to make sure it was ok with me. I gave him permission! :)
Anyway, I don't know if it's just because I was finally feeling a little better health-wise or because I have the awesomest friends and family a girl could ask for (probably a big combination of both!), but that was by far the best WOW week I've ever had! Good timing that it was my birthday week!
Birthday festivities started before Collin left... this was my present from him! I have been dying for a new rug for our living room, since ours is nicely chewed on, ripped, peed, pooped and barfed on, etc. It was time to upgrade! We got it on Rugsusa.com, I would recommend it, catch their sales they are great! Anyway, it arrived the day before Collin left, and even though he was out running errands I couldn't resist rolling it out and setting it up! I love it! The next step is adding a little more to the color scheme in the room to actually match the rug! (post on that to come!)
Collin took me out for my birthday that night too. We went to Joe's Crab Shack-- I am always saying I want to go there but then always forget. Well, we went! It was great and tons of seafood. We had a great time crackin' crab and watching the servers do dances between the tables. Then we went to Despicable Me 2. Super cute! It was a great date night! (and thanks Lindy for watching Ashlyn!)
Once Collin actually left town, I was surprisingly busy! Usually it seems like I can't find enough to keep me and Little Missy busy when we're alone, but this time it was opposite! We had youth temple baptisms one night, a birthday outing for me the next night, and then I had company staying with me for the rest of the week! So I was not alone much at all, which was fun and also busy!
I did get some crafting done, I am always in the mood to craft when I'm home alone! I got a couple of projects I started a while ago finished, finally. Dr. Quinn (yes I am totally watching that show like, daily right now~thanks Tara!) kept me company into the wee hours of the morning while I made bow-holders (below) for a friend's baby and my own, and plenty of bows (below that).
My fabulous friend Lindsay had to leave town on my birthday so she planned an awesome girls' lunch date for us before she left! We got pedicures (my first one, EVER) and Jambas! Can you get better than that? It was awesome. I am so spoiled.
Then on my ACTUAL birthday I got to go out with my dear friends! I love these ladies! We went to the Reef and had some delicious food and then ended up at Target until past my bed time! Also can't get much better than that! My friends spoiled me and it was so, so great to hang out with them! I am a lucky girl.
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| Molten Lava Cake from the Reef.... or, according to Cheryl, mug chocolate cake recipe from Pinterest! Gotta try it! |
Fun continued that week.... we made a trip to the splash park with most of those same buddies and their kids the next day! It was super fun, especially because for the first time Ashlyn actually got into the water! She was soaked, face and all! I was so proud of her.
That night Andrea and Dad showed up!
Andrea and I took Ashlyn to Ivy Wild the next morning for preschool swimming time--it was a lot of fun! We had great adventures with her going down the slide, just like I always do when we take her there, ha ha. It is pretty funny. It was a hot morning so it was great to hang out in the pool, and every time we swim Ashlyn gets more brave so that is so fun to see too.
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| Snackin' poolside .... the swim cap just kills me. |
We met up with Dad after he got done seeing his clients and had a lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory. It was the best lunch I have ever had with Ashlyn along! She scarfed down all her food and was a total angel while we were there for over an hour. First time for that for sure! I guess the secret is to take her swimming beforehand?!
The fun continued later that day when Tara arrived! She flew up from SLC to hang out with us for the weekend. She was feeling a little *ahem* under the weather so we didn't exactly go crazy, but we had or good times and our laughs for sure! We made sure to hit up the Sno Shack (Five mile and Ustick has the BEST one, if anyone's wondering)
Naps were taken for sure! Mix in a Saved by the Bell marathon and that is what most of our time consisted of!
I did get a sitter Saturday night so us 3 girls could go out for a little bit. We went bowling (SO fun, including a little dance-off, ha ha ha), and hit up Aspen Leaf's All-You-Can-Fill-In-A-Cup for $4 deal, yikes!! Then of course we ended our evening with yet another girls trip to Target, my headquarters lately! I went home with some new pillows for the couches, yahoo.
And then.... Collin got home about 6 hours earlier than planned Sunday, what a great surprise! In fact he woke me up with his call from BSU Sunday morning at 8:00am, ha ha. It was great to have him back! Thanks again everyone who spoiled me and checked up on me during my WOW week.... I really have the best friends and family a girl could ask for! Love you guys!
And finally, about Collin... he was in Fargo, North Dakota that week! At Cadet and Junior Nationals. He helped coach Team Idaho again this year, meaning besides coaching at the BSU camp earlier in June, he also was at most of the Team Idaho practices in July. So for the (hopefully) last time, he took the trip out there to coach for the week. He had 7 guys from his high school competing, and 2 took home national titles!! Pretty awesome. We are proud of our hard-working, super-awesome wrestling coach!
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