A Week of Blessings.

This week has been wonderful. There haven't been many things out of the ordinary....God has just been gracious to open my eyes to all the small yet amazing things in my life each day : )

Monday we went to Costco. Ryken sat in the cart with Kenzie for the first time : ) I have pictures but haven't uploaded them...I'll try to remember to put it in here once they are on the computer. We stocked up on some food items and had yummy hotdogs and pizza for lunch. It was a fun little family outing.

Tuesday I did some grocery shopping in the morning with Kenzie while Chip stayed home with Ryken. It was fun doing something with just my little girl. She was so good on our little shopping trip! That night I took the kids to eat at Joes Real BBQ. This is something that we've done quite often but I won't be able to do as much anymore since we're selling our 2nd car tomorrow and will only have 1 for awhile. It was sad knowing we won't get to go visit daddy at work as often....but it was a beautiful evening and we ate outside and had a great time.

Wednesday I went to the dentist. I haven't been in 4 years! YIKES! Apparently 4 years of no dental work was to my disadvantage as I have to get NINE fillings! Oh boy! But there are even blessings in this....#1. We have dental insurance....so instead of an estimated cost of $2000 for my 9 fillings, we will only have to pay about $500. Still quite a bit...but not even close to what it could be! Blessing #2 is the fact that ALL of these cavities are really small and giving me NO PROBLEMs whatsoever. No pain. Nothing major. Just some small places they want to take care of before they become problems! Wednesday night we got to have a wonderful date night. Chip's parents babysat for us and we were able to go to dinner, get gelato for dessert and go to a movie, complete with popcorn....and the whole night we only spent $1.07! Yahoo! Hurray for giftcards! We saw Slumdog Millionaire and both really liked it. It was done really well and we were glad we went.

Thursday I took the kids to playgroup and got to see a friend's new house. It was beautiful and I am so happy for them : ) The kids had fun playing and I had fun being with some other moms! It was Chip's turn to go to the dentist that day. His enamel is holding up better than mine apparently...as he only has to get ONE filling. Oh well. He was able to go shopping for some new work pants and got a GREAT deal on them....3 pr of jeans for $35. He REALLY needed them!! We got home and hung out for the afternoon while the kids took naps (or at least played in their beds!!) Then last night we walked to Chip's grandparents house for dinner. We had a wonderful meal of Orange Chicken on white rice with stir-fried broccoli. YUM! We try to go over for a meal and visit with them a couple times a month since they live SO close! We walked home and put the kiddos to bed and got to spend more time together...catching up on all of our shows and playing a game.

Today has been nice. Chip let me take a nap this morning since I had gotten up with Ryken at 6:45am. Chip had to leave for work at 11:30. The kids and I had lunch and they went down for a nap. I got some work done and now, here I am. Ryken is up...playing on the floor. He has been somewhat fussy the past couple of days because he is getting his first teeth! I can't believe how fast he is growing up! He is crawling all over the place now and is so excited to be able to keep up with his sister a little bit better! Kenzie is still asleep. She laid in her crib singing and playing for about an hour before she went to sleep and has been sleeping for about 2 hours now. I love that I have good nappers!

Tomorrow we're selling Chip's car. A couple came and looked at it yesterday so tomorrow they are meeting at the bank to transfer the money and sign over the title. It's funny because we really RARELY NEED 2 cars...but a part of me gets a little bit panicky when I think about not having a car. It is like even though I hardly ever take the kids anywhere when Chip is at work...and even of the times I DO go somewhere it isn't somewhere I NEED to go....it still scares me that I will be "stuck" at home with no option of going anywhere. But it won't be forever. We'll save up for another vehicle...most likely a mini van (are we really getting to that stage in life already?!) But in the meantime we won't have to keep paying for repairs on his car and we'll be able to get SOMETHING out of it before it is completely dead. Not only that but we can save a tiny bit on insurance for awhile. I know it will be fine, but a part of me is still sad/scared/anxious about it. Stupid, I know.

So where in the world did February go?! I can't believe that it will already be MARCH on Sunday!

Ooo...other exciting/terrifying news!! We've booked plane tickets for Indiana!! We're going to see my sister's family...including their newest addition, our little nephew Sheldon, who is just a day shy of 2 weeks old today (he was a little Valentine!) We decided to go from March 31st through April 7th...before Kenzie turns 2 on April 13th so that both kids could fly as lap children for free : ) We're hoping to see some other family and friends in various nearby cities/states while we're there too. Should be quite an adventure with a 23 month old and an 8 month old! But we're up for the challenge!

Hmm...I think that's about it for now!

Blessings all over the place!! And as always, the biggest blessing of all is being IN HIS HANDS : )