First off– I want to be a better blogger. I’ve really been slacking lately. I have a goal to write here every day this week. (Week long goals are the most realistic for me– anything longer and I’m bound to fall off the wagon.) What do you want to hear about? What makes you hop over here and read what I write? Any questions I could answer? Anything you want to know my thoughts on? Please, please help me out with suggestions. I’m sure my week of posts will be more interesting if you do.
Anyway…
I have birthday posts for both Jonah and Brenna to catch up on, but I’m trumping those with this one first. Every year on the week of my birthday Barry travels to be an Air Force judge for the International Science and Engineering Fair. When Hunter was tiny I went along and last year Brenna joined him for a day. This year the plan was just for him to go on his own but be home for Brenna’s birthday, leaving late that night, then be home in time to take another day off for my birthday. That’s the plan I was in on anyway. Meanwhile, he was cooking up another plan which included finding an overnight babysitter and purchasing plane tickets. On my Mother’s Day my card was a printout of MY flight itinerary. What a fun surprise!
I shopped while he perused the science projects, then we went to the beach.
(We packed light and just used my phone for a camera.)
We rented bikes and rode at a leisurely pregnant lady pace.
We rode the Ferris wheel on Santa Monica pier.
We braved the traffic and wound our way through Beverly Hills in search of trendy food from a truck to get an authentic LA experience.
We had an all around great time! I know I am so spoiled and lucky to live this life I live. Happy birthday to me! (33 is still early 30s, right?)
What a fun surprise! And what a sweet husband to plan it all out for you!
P.S. I enjoy your reading your blog because you share your creativity which inspires me! And you are open and honest, you let us know that even though your life may not be 100% perfect all of the time (I just read the post titled “time to breathe” before this one) you really come across as enjoying your life and enjoying your family! So many bloggers only show how perfect their little corners of the world are and sometimes it gets intimidating, for those of us who just aren’t quite as perfect yet.;-) {The more kids I have the harder perfection is becoming!!) And of course there are those who just complain about how horrid their kids, husbands, jobs etc. are, with no gratitude for the life they are living. `For the record, if I happen across those blogs, I don’t bother reading again! I like yours because you like your kids, husband and job as a mom of many and a wife… or that is the feeling I get reading!
Thanks for posting fun pictures of your pregnant self
Glad you had a fun time. Grandma Coburn now has a computer so she can read your post and she was excited to tell me about it last night when I went to watch Dancing w/the Starts with her.
Love you!
That looks like so much fun! I’m sure the two of you had a lovely time! … A couple of posts ago, in the one with the new bulletin board, I saw a little piece of your chore chart. I was wondering if you could shed some light on how you set that up for your family.
I grew up with 5 siblings and, although our chores were always organized, it seemed like a huge headache for my mom every week. Now with a family of my own I am already feeling like it’s becoming quite an ordeal. I think it would be wonderful if you could do a blog about that!
I like to read your blog because you have a big family, and are honest and creative. Congratulations in your birthday and mother’s day! What a nice couple, you and your husband!
God bless your family with peace.