Dear Mom and Dad,
Well, I'm back at the family journal. One of my biggest motivations for this is to keep in better touch with you and let you in on our daily lives. We love you.
A month ago Freeman and I took my ring in to be
cleaned. The manager surprised us when
he emerged from the lab and announced that my ring was falling apart and that
since we had a warranty, we could pick a new ring! So Monday we headed to Jared’s and tried on
rings. Kind of a fun prospect to pick a
new ring as my tastes have changed.
Tuesday was a treat.
Grandma Linton invited all the girl cousins to her house for a tutorial
in cupcake decorating. Giselle Meiling,
Freeman’s cousin who lives in Fort Worth with her husband while he attends
medical school, has taught herself the art of cupcake decorating. She is a natural teacher and was so well
prepared to show us how to make buttercream and how to use each of the
decorating tips. Grandma bought a small
set of tips for each person and Giselle brought laminated practice sheets for
us to try them on before decorating the cupcakes. The kids loved learning, Brynn softly
squealed with delight as the frosting poured out in fun designs on her
cupcake. Anslie really took to it, and
the next day she taught her friend Allie how to do it and tried making the rose
decoration on her cupcake. Such a fun
skill to learn!
Anslie and Ava, Tyler and Emma decorating
cupcakes. The boys enjoyed it too!
Anslie teacher her friend Allie how to decorate.
Tyler and buddies more interested in eating that decorating!
I have slacked in my spiritual/emotional health keeping in the last few
weeks. With traveling, cub scout camp,
and grandma here I haven’t done my usual routines well. And I was starting to feel it. But I got back on the horse and it was incredible
boost and opened my eyes to some self criticism that was really holding me
back. It sounds funny, but trying to redecorate the house has
really made me feel some inadequacy. Blech. Its been weighing on me. Feels good to get out from under it.
I got some great news this week. Freeman and I have been wanting to move, just
to get a cleaner place and more space.
But we looked and looked, and for $600-$800/mo more we will get close to
what we have. Our place is a serious
deal! We decided instead to approach our
landlord and ask if she would do some updates and increase our rent by a
little. She said yes. We’ve had contractors in and out taking
measurements on the house. We are
getting granite countertops! And new tile
in the kitchen. The white tile in the
kitchen has truly been the bane of my existence for the last several
years. Looks so gross just a couple days
after mopping. And it is going away!!!!
Better than Christmas!!!!!
It was fun taking Tyler with me to buy a gift for the shower. He was so patient and had great taste in baby
clothes. Fun to be with just him! And we found a killer deal! Friday the kids each invited a friend to go to the community
center with us to swim. Man, Texas is so
hot. It was a fun afternoon.
Saturday morning I threw a baby shower for my friend,
Lauren. She is having her sixth baby,
and the first BOY of the family. So
exciting. I cleaned like a madwoman and
made orange rolls, my favorite berry fruit salad with mint, and little
smokies. Mary Johnson and Melanie Larkin
contributed food too, and Teresa let me borrow dishes and flowers. It was a mad rush
on Friday evening, but once kids were in bed I enjoyed making the table and
family room look pretty. We had about 16
people and it was warm and lovely. She
got lots of cute boy clothes. I really
enjoyed providing the party for her. She
is someone that reaches out to so many and loves and celebrates so many in her
life, it was nice to do so for her.
Poor Tucker had a fever all day Saturday and slept for more
than 6 hours! But he looks much better
today. Freeman, Anslie and Tyler headed
down to Austin to attend Preston’s farwell today (our nephew). I’m glad the kids could enjoy that
experience.
A few other fun/sweet moments to remember:
· * Tucker and I were home alone while everyone was
gone. He was watercoloring happily and I
was writing this. Soft Sunday music was
playing and I took a picture of him working, he was so excited about his art. This made him happy and he came and sat on my
lap. He rested his little head on my
shoulder and we just sat still together, listening to the music. He said, “Mom, I really feel the spirit right
now.” I did too.
* Freeman helped me for hours with cooking and cleaning to get ready for the baby shower.
Lots of love to you! Michelle
Lots of love to you! Michelle
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