3 Confessions... maybe 4

1. I might have recently watched the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Wait! that's not the confession part!) movie for the first time. And I might have cried in it. But just once. or maybe two little times.

2. I don't like the song I am a Child of God. Gasp! I realize I may be the only person in the world who feels this way. I don't think this makes me a bad person. I just realized after about the 9,000th time I had played in in primary that I find the music a little boring. And overdone. But I still taught it to Eden and when she sings it, I don't mind.

3. I also watched the Land Before Time a few years ago and I cried in it too. (that's two confessions in one!) But to save some face, I will say I have not seen any of the sequels to the Land Before Time. What are they up to now, 15?

4. I have an irrational fear of refrigerator biscuits. You know the ones I'm talking about- they're cans that have paper on the outside you twist off and they 'pop' open and you get the dough to make biscuits and breadsticks and stuff. Who came up with that idea? I cannot open things that I know are going to blow up in my face. I've tried and I just can't do it. Don't get me wrong, I still buy them. But I only use them when Andy is home to open them. I think he finds it an endearing quality of mine. Well, I hope so anyway.

Look at that. 5 confesssions. I feel so much better. You should try it too. Especially YOU, Candice, Katie, Courtney, Mandy and Jessie :) Five confessions, five people. Speaking of five...
Eden loves headbands. Today she was wearing 5 of them. The only way I could get her to let me take her picture is I promised her I would post it on the blog. Here you go Eden.

Look out world! Eden is TWO!

Eden had her second birthday on Tuesday and we decided to take her to the zoo for the day. We had heard Omaha has a really really good zoo and we wanted to check it out. It was a lot of fun and we ended up spending more time there than we were expecting to. We were all pretty worn out by the time we got to the car to head home but it was worth the trip. Eden loved all the animals and had a lot of fun. Here are some of the neat things we saw at the zoo.

In the Jungle

If you are interested, you can go to the Omaha Zoo website and find a webcam to watch these penguins play. They were a lot of fun.

The zoo has a lot of different gorillas to look at. Eden liked the "gorilla-la's" a lot but they were moving a lot and I had a hard time getting a picture of one. WE were sitting on a bench resting by an outdoor cage with a gorilla and when we weren't looking, he came right up behind us and startled us. I didn't get a good picture before he left, but you can see how big he is. It was pretty cool. I think he liked Eden. That's the gorilla on the left. :)

Eden is TWO: Part 2

Every time we asked Eden what she wanted for her birthday, she would say, "Balloons, cake, hats, balloons, cupcakes, balloons..." so we surprised her in the morning with balloons all over her chair and the stairs and the floor. We also baked her a cake with pink frosting and what she calls "sparkles" all over it (they're flower shaped sprinkles). We got party hats with "Doa d'Sploa" on them (translation: Dora the Explorer). I guess we could have stopped there and she would have been happy. However, she's our sweet little girl and we couldn't help spoiling her a little bit more. Every gift was a hit (and thanks to the relatives for helping spoil her) but the icing on the cake, so to speak, was her own little kitchen (which I don't have a good picture of right now). She got some food to go with it and I gave her the dishes I had used in my kitchen when I was a little girl (which are amazingly all still intact and are not missing any pieces, despite them being 25 years old). She loves to play with it and I've been fed more "meals" today than I can count. It keeps her quiet and entertained. I think I'm going to enjoy this kitchen as much as she does.
She's still our Eden girl. We tried to take her milestone picture and these are what we got:

We love our Eden girl! There's never a dull moment at our house, thanks to her. Every day is fun and we're so glad she's a part of our family. What would we do without our sweetheart?

Eden Sings

A few weeks ago I took this video of Eden singing and forgot to post it on the blog. She is starting to learn how to carry a tune and it's fun to listen to her. She spent a good portion of this Sunday singing this song. Eden loves nursery in our ward and each week they sing this song to get singing time started. They name all the kids in the nursery and Eden talks about some the kids now that she knows their names. It's pretty clear but in case you don't understand, here's the transcript:

Heeere we are together in our nursery

There's Jenna and Destiny and.... Eden

Heeere we are together in our nursery

September 11- A Remembrance

Today is that fateful day when people put their flags at half mast in remembrance of things past. That's right. 29 years ago today, Andy was born. Happy Birthday Sweetie! Andy took a vacation day today so he could stay home from work, but he had a conference to go to until 1pm anyway. We're happy to have him home this afternoon and evening. He' s such a great guy he stayed up until 10:00 last night baking cookies to take to work for his birthday.

I just have to take a moment and brag about what a great guy Andy is. He's funny and sweet and patient and kind. He's a great daddy and Eden loves to be with him. He puts his all into everything he does. He loves his job and is hard working and honest. He's strong, but gentle. He's a worthy priesthood holder and a great family man. He's an excellent bug squasher and he never complains when I have odd jobs for him to do. He takes care of me when I'm sick (like right now) and is always thinking about others. He's always willing to sacrifice what he wants for what others want. He knows when to be serious and when to have fun and I always love to be around him. This list could go on and on. How did I get to be lucky enough to get him to fall in love with me? I'll never know, but I'm glad he did! Happy Birthday!