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We had a fabulous day yesterday celebrating Cris' 37th birthday!
We recently discovered a fantastic suprise living right next door....17 year old Carson! she is our very sweet neighbor, and the girls really like her. Which means....drumroll please...we have a babysitter! Since we no longer have Sally (our much loved nanny in hawaii), and we no longer have Betsy (aunt-extraordinaire), we haven't really been out and about without the girls since moving to Colorado. Until yesterday! Carson came over right after school to watch the girls, and Cris picked me up at work (which has been ridiculously crazy, and i mean insanely crazy, busy this week).

We headed out to see a movie.
a real, live, grown up movie.
in the theater.
without any babies.
with popcorn, nachos, and dippin dots.

We saw The Book of Eli, and we both really liked it. Then we grabbed a quick bite to eat, and headed back home to lots of love and hugs from our girls, who missed us very much!

Juneau has become OBSESSED with birthday related things lately. She was thrilled that we had a birthday cake, candles, and presents. She led a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday to You :)

Nova helped blow out the candles
The girls LOVED helping Cris open the presents...and even had a few presents of their own

"Where the wild thing are!"...which will go just perfectly with the girls "Wild thing" t-shirts (thanks Becky and Bets for the cool shirts!)

OSU ear warmers...

everyone in the family had to try them out...even Denali

Who knew West Milton, Ohio had it's very own t-shirt!

A Farmall Thermometer....a major hit!

Below is a picture Cris took of the girls....believe it or not they are actually in "time out" in this picture. Just a few minutes before this picture was taking they were picking at each other and fighting. Cris put them in time out together, and all of a sudden they were laughing and giggling and the best of buds again...gotta love sisters :)

Happy Birthday to an amazing husband!

Thank you for choosing to make your family the most important thing in your life. Thank you for spending your days making our little girls the happiest little sweethearts in the whole world. Thank you for your neverending patience, your endless energy, for getting up a million times a night with crying babies, for changing a billion dirty diapers, and for always putting the needs of your 3 girls ahead of your own!