Nice and Sweet

Well, wouldn't you know that the week I create my blogging account I become incredibly busy...which makes me look like a slacker in the blogging world. Not too much to update on though.

My birthday was last Friday and I had a great day! It started off first thing in the morning. Corky took care of the girls and I slept in until 9:00am! It was awesome! When I came downstairs I saw a big organizing bin and some shelves for all my craft junk! Corky had gotten up early that morning and gotten into my craft box...which literally was just a big box with everything thrown in it...he organized EVERYTHING I have into these shelves. He did a great job. Like my dad said later that day on the phone when I told him about it "Corky is a brave man!" It was great! Now I can see exactly where everything is and just pull it out as I need it, rather than pulling everything out just to find one tiny thing.

That night Corky and I went to dinner. We went to the only sit down restaurant here at Ft. Irwin and the food has never tasted better! Dinner always tastes a little better when you aren't having to worry about food being thrown or dropped, like it is normally with the kiddos. Anyway, it was our first night hiring a babysitter and so that was exciting too. When we go visit family in Utah, we usually always take an evening out and leave the kids with family but we don't get that opportunity a lot here. Notice the picture of Gracey in front of the television? She is sitting in Emily's infant bumbo sitter just watching Cinderella. She is a goof!

After dinner we came home and had a humble little birthday party for me. Corky wants me to make sure that I let everybody know that I requested to make my own cake. About a week before I told him not to plan on making me one or ordering one. I love baking cakes and don't always get the chance to because I don't want to eat the entire thing. I made a super tasty coconut cake that adds 5 pounds to your body weight with each piece. It was SOOO GOOOD! Gracey and Corky sang "Happy Birthday" and before the song was even finished, Gracey blew out my candles! I told you she is a goof! It will be interesting as Emily gets older and won't want Gracey's help to blow out the candles on her birthday. Oh boy...can't wait for those days!

I say that I have been busy but it is full of mom, wife, and church duties so nothing that I think will interest most! Life is fun but I hope to take a few minutes every few days to get on here to catch up with everyone else and to update on us Whipples! Until then...enjoy the pictures!