Adventures in La La Land

1. Lena turned 9 on Sunday. It was not a very exciting birthday, but we'd done lots of celebrating leading up to the actual day. She got the traditional breakfast in bed, we went to church, she chose lunch (Taco Bell), home to open presents, played a couple games, and that was about it!  I found this selfie on my phone. Haha. Cutie.  2. Monday was Justin's 37th birthday. He celebrated by . . . going to work! Lucky him. We did get take-out for dinner, and we had cake and ice cream. I feel like 37 is officially "late 30s." I'm only 36, and clinging to "mid 30s." It doesn't matter how old he gets, he's still a stone cold fox. He's been working out and getting all fit. Part of me feels bad for not keeping up with him, the other part of me likes sugar too much to care. Lena made him this sweet gift for his big day: 3. I read my first "Christian Living" book of the year. I got a bunch for Christmas, and my intent is always to be better ab...

  What do you and Mommy do together? Everything . . . play games What do you and Daddy do together? Daddy/daughter dates What makes you happy? Mommy and friends What is something scary? Bears [oops, I may have something to do with that] What are you really good at? Gymnastics Who is your best friend? Leah Who’s the prettiest person you know? Esther What do you want to be when you grow up? I don’t know What do you think about before you fall asleep? Everything Favorites: Color  Blue Book Wayside School Movie Feel the Beat or Second Chance Rivals  Food I don’t know   Treat Strawberry milkshake Drink Pink lemonade TV Show Barbie, Bunk’d, Good Bones Toy I can't pick one Animal Giraffe   Song My Lighthouse (Rend Collective), Jesus There’s No One Like You (Sovereign Grace), Start a Fire (Unspoken), A Million Dreams (from the Greatest Showman), Try Everything (from Zootopia), Love Story (Taylor Swift), Best Friends...

Another exciting week in the books! 1. I decided to give Wordle a try. It's all over my facebook feed lately, and you know I have FOMO. Plus, word games are kind of my forte. I still don't really get the hype . . . The thing that trips me up is that you only get to play once a day. What kind of game is that? If I can't binge, I'm not interested.  2. I've fallen for a few facebook ads lately that had me shelling out money in an attempt to beautify myself. I tried two of them out last Saturday. I can't remember what this one is called. Basically, it's a blackhead treatment. You roll this green goo on your face with something that looks like deodorant, and it's supposed to pull all the blackheads out of your skin, leaving it glowing and blemish free. While I was waiting for the magic to happen, I played Words with Friends on my phone, and this ad popped up: STOP STALKING ME, PHONE! Anyway, my skin looked nothing like the people in that ad. Zero blackheads p...

1. Our January/early February are jam-packed full of fun, and this weekend was the kickoff. Lucy got to attend her first retreat with the youth group. She's not generally excited about attending church events, but she's been loving  youth group on Wednesday nights, and was so  excited for retreat. I hope it lives up to her expectations! Haha. She left last night and will be home tomorrow afternoon. I'm not going to lie that it is  kind of weird being totally cut off from communication with her. She doesn't have a phone, but even if she did, she wouldn't be allowed to use it. The leaders have posted updates so I know they made it to camp and Lucy is alive, but it's weird not knowing anything beyond that! Haha. 2. Our other exciting event of the weekend was Lena's "9 Year Hotel Trip." When Lucy turned 9, I took her to a hotel for the night and Lena insisted that the tradition must continue. What Lena didn't know was that the impetus for a hotel d...