Day 137-I Have Some Exciting News

My little brother is getting married! He proposed to her yesterday while in Sedona and she said YES. The whole family LOVES Julie, she is completely adorable and just perfect for James. I think it's so cute, she calles him Jems and her calls her Jewels. Check her blog out HERE.

Day 136-I am So Blessed!

I was feeling a little down Saturday morning... Bryan had to work, my car battery was dead, and there were clothes EVERYWHERE in my bedroom due to the curtain rod in the closet that has been broken since we moved to this house.

Then, there was a knock at the door... Uncle Colin (who lives in New Mexico and was down visiting Grandma next door) unexpectedly asked me for my car keys because he wanted to check under the hood of my car to see what was going on. Then, next thing I know he and Grandma were gone. I couldn't find them anywhere. And then, they came back with a brand new battery for my car. Uncle Colin put it in and wola-I have a working car again!!! Yeah! Thank you so much Uncle Colin for working on my car and Grandma for paying for the battery until we can pay you back-you are both so awesome to do this for me.

So, at this point, I was very overwhelmed with happiness. But then it got even better!

Tate and I got to attend my Grandma Manning's 80th Birthday Party. My Grandma is just too cute. I love her so much!

So then after the party, my Dad randomly offered to come help me with stuff around the house. I just mentioned to him about my closet and he volunteered to build me a brand new closet system-right away too. He headed to Home Depot and got all the supplies while I took stuff out of the closet. Here's a picture of the mess before.

And then just 4 hours later this is how my closet looked...(This is just a portion of the closet. It is about 10 feet long and the camera just couldn't capture it all because the closet doors were on). No one is as talented with building shelves as my Dad.

Here is a picture of him and Tate afterwards.

Dad you are my hero-literally!!! You are the best.

Day 135-Daddy's Work

Bryan accidentally locked his keys in his truck this morning... So we got to take a trip all the way out to "Water World" (In one of Bryan's parents cars-see post below) where he is currently working building some shade structures. Unfortunately everyone on site is required to wear a hard hat and I had "baby Autumn" with me, so I had to wait in the car. Tate on the other hand had a grand time riding in a fork lift all around the construction site while Daddy gave him a private tour of his work. Tate was very excited when Bryan told him that when the job is all done, we will get to come back and go down the water slides.

Day 134-Jim Needs a New Battery

This is my beautiful old car-his name is Jim. (Please tell me we aren't the only ones who name their cars). We bought Jim used in February of 2002 at a vehicle auction for only $6500. That was back when he had only 56750 miles on his odometer. To this date, Jim has over 171000 miles put on him. Jim has been the best vehicle for us (It's great that he is paid off)... He's had minor issues here and there, but for the most part he still runs awesome. Yesterday morning Jims battery decided to die. Darn-hopefully we can get that fixed soon. I plan on driving Jim F-O-R-E-V-E-R!

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Day 133-Pretend Little Sister

We're babysitting Autumn this week while her Mom is in California. It is so much fun having a baby around the house. Tate keeps asking me "but Mom, is she a real baby?" He loves Autumn so much and is having the time of his life having a pretend sister! One thing is for sure... Tate will make a really good big brother when we get our own baby someday.

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