Twenty-Three

We spent my 23rd Birthday in Colorado Springs at my sis-in-law's house!  We flew out there Sunday night (the day we got back from our family vacation in Midway) for about 4 days.  They were in the process of packing up and moving out of their house, so we were there to help - mostly with entertaining the little ones :).  It was fun to see them and the kids, and to hang out in Colorado one last time before they move out to Boston.  

On Tuesday, in between moving days, we all packed up and took a trip to the park.  Being a really hot day, I was hanging out with my niece in the comfort of the shade underneath the playground.  Suddenly I found myself surrounded by children.  One in particular - a chubby little boy with a high pitched voice, probably about 3 years old - had me laughing pretty good.  He was asking me if I would go with him down the big curvy slide.  Thinking that his mother probably wouldn't appreciate some strange women taking her child upon her lap and going down the slide, I asked him where his mom was and to go ask her.  

The rest of our conversation went as follows:

Boy:  "but I want YOU."

Me:  once again... "Go ask your mom to take you down the slide."

Boy:  "but... but... you're the CUTEST Mom!"

I was totally flattered.  Ha ha!  I love children :)

So, my birthday was on Wednesday, and unfortunately Jeff got called into work and had to fly out at about 3 or 4 in the afternoon.  He felt pretty bad about having to leave me on my birthday, however before he left he tried to make the day as special as he could.  The two of us gathered up our niece and nephew and took them swimming!  Brielle (almost 3) and I had fun making waterfalls and filling up buckets with water, and Colson (14 months) had a great time diving into the water and drinking it up ha ha.  There's no fear in that kid!  It gave Jeff and I a good taste of what it's like to be parents of two :)

After swimming we came home to a wonderful surprise cake that Kristin's friend made.  It was delicious!  I didn't think I was going to have a birthday cake so it was a great surprise.

I left Colorado Springs on Thursday and met up with Jeff in San Diego where we spent the rest of the weekend helping Jeff's brother move!  They just bought a house, so that was pretty exciting.  Everyone kept teasing us that we were just the family movers and that our next stop was St. Louis to help my in-laws who are moving to Boston this summer.  Ha ha... But we were very glad that we could help out!  

  The end of June was a very, very busy couple weeks for us!  But lots of fun as well!  It was great to spend so much time with family members.