Goings On

On Monday, Ben turned 30! To start off his birthday weekend, I had our good friends, Thomas and Robin (who now live in Kentucky), come stay with us for the weekend. They surprised Ben by pulling up in the driveway right behind him after work on Friday. We had been planning this for months and Ben had no idea! Thomas had a big job to do on Saturday, and that was to keep Ben away from the house all day so Robin and I could prepare for the big surprise party! Did I mention there was a monsoon ALL day Saturday, plus tornadoes? Just my luck. It stopped raining just in time for the guests to arrive at 6. Thomas brought Ben back at 6:30 to about 40 people crammed in our tiny house to wish him happy birthday!!! We had a barbecue dinner catered by Saw's and a delicious strawberry birthday cake from Dreamcakes! Sadly I took zero pictures, but Robin did take 4 of Ben's cake and him blowing out the candles. I did film the big surprise, but I'll just post the pictures here.

In other news, Sipsey is doing great too. She's as sassy and as smart as ever. She still loves baby dolls and can change a diaper like nobody's business. She wears gloves to use the wipe and then she takes off the gloves leaving the wipe inside to put the diaper on. It's hysterical how particular she is about it. Hopefully I'll start posting more often now that weather is warmer and I have new pictures to post!

Up From the Grave He Arose!

We had a Happy Easter as always. The Easter bunny came to see Sipsey and brought her lots of goodies. We went to church and enjoyed a delicious lunch cooked entirely by Ben Beck. Sipsey wore her dress from last year. I think it is an 18 month size, but I let the hem out and it still fits perfectly! Also, if I see another plastic Easter egg, I might go crazy. I am finding them in my car, my purse and all over the house. The amount of candy we have is ridiculous (from egg hunts; we bought none of it) and Sipsey knows just where it is and what she needs to do (be sweet, use the potty, etc.) to earn a piece. I guess that's not so bad if she is doing good things to earn a piece!

The Easter bunny must have thought Sipsey was good this year!

How are we all looking at the camera and smiling at the same time?

Stopping to smell the flowers!

I bought Sipsey some silly bands and they are her new favorite 'bacelets.' She had to wear them all at the same time.

We got this book at Chick-fil-A (and actually didn't turn it in for ice cream!) and Sipsey loves to read it to herself. I don't know what was so funny about it, but she was having a good time!

Those Berenstain Bears are funny folks!

The Golden Rule is a good one to follow!