I finally took some pictures off my camera and ready to blog a little more, and share some

stories. First off, back to September (the 18th to be exact) we celebrated Aidan's
4th birthday, as well as, mine and Greg's
10th anniversary. It was a really nice day. We did Aidan's birthday during the day and had a family picnic in the park where he could ride his new bike. Then in the evening, Greg and I went out, and left the kids with the babysitter. We took the motorcycle and headed out. I had no idea where we were going. We pulled up to the Temple and parked. (we got a lot of strange looks from people walking outside, I am sure it is not often they see a couple going to the Temple on a motorcycle)Let me make this clear...we were not in sunday dress. He took me to the visitors center, and reserved a room where we could watch some movies. Afterwards, we planned on going to get some grub. There was a problem though....the motorcyle battery was dying, so we had to jump start the cycle. Picture this....Greg on the motorcycle, me pushing him on it as fast as i can, in the Temple parking lot. Are you laughing yet? I was! It finally started and I hopped on. Greg was going as fast as he could to get to the closest Checkers he knew of. Unfortunately, this Checker happened to be at the top of a hill, and the battery was quickly dying. I am repeating in my mind...."please don't stop on this hill. I don't want to push this thing uphill". He gunned it and the battery died just as we coasted into the Checkers parking lot. Phew! Now what? A new motorcycle battery has to charge first before you can install it. So how does he fix this problem? He quickly calls his friend Clint who also has an R1. Clint came to our rescue and took the battery out of his R1 and installed it in ours. Thank You Clint! (I told you, you'd make the blog!) We grabbed a bite to eat at Matta's and then went for some dessert at Nielsen's Custard. (That is what we did on our first date) Then headed back home. It was a pleasant evening. Happy Birthday Aidan. Happy Anniversary Hubby! : )
Yestersday was Ethan's
7th birthday! Although, I'd say he has had a birthday week. It is his fall break this week and what a week he has had! Monday he spent the day with his grandparents (greg's parents) and then in the evening went over to his Nana and Pop-pop's (my parents) for dinner. My parents decided to give him his birthday present a little early. His face lit up. My dad made him a an airplane (which Ethan was aware of) and it looks great! Ethan hasn't stopped playing with it. Thanks pop-pop!
Then on Tuesday, I took the boys to Chucky E Cheeses and Ethan invited his friend Nicholas to come along. We also invited Aunt Terri, and cousins Thomas and Andrew. Everyone had a playmate. : )


Then on Wednesday (his actual birthday), before Greg and I left for work, we did "under the covers" which is a birthday tradition on Greg's mom side. The birthday boy comes into our bedroom where everyone is in bed waiting for him. We tell him how we forgot to get him presents, and then send him out of the room so we can see if we can find any laying around. Then everyone grabs a random object and puts it 'under the covers'. Ethan was less than enthused and a little confused with the kleenex box, hairbrush and box of diapers.

So then we said okay, go back outside and we will look a little harder. So Ethan picks up all of his other presents and walks away. We get the real presents and hide them under

the covers. I think it is safe to say that Ethan really enjoyed these gifts much better. The boys spent the day at Nana's house while I had to work. My mom made his day real special by making him pumpkin shaped pancakes for breakfast, then they got to make and decorate Halloween cookies a little later. In the afternoon, she took the

boys to a park where there is a train you can ride. Unfortunately, the train wasn't running that day, but they still had tons of fun! Thanks mom for being such a great help! Finally, we made it home for dinner and cake. He definitely had a great, eventful birthday! Happy Birthday Ethan!
Side note: As I was tucking Ethan into bed he whispers to me, "Mom, you better put my diapers on my desk." I giggled and whispered back, "We were just kidding Ethan, those diapers aren't for you. " He looks at me, smiles and says. "Oh! okay!" What a sweetie! I guess he really did like all of his "gifts". This is a little random, but worth sharing........
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