So Proud

Yesterday, I heard Lucas babbling after his nap. I walked in to see he'd learned a new trick. He'd figured out how to pull himself up. I had to take a picture of his little proud smiling face. Immediately, he started practicing his new skill on furniture, walls and anywhere he can. Now he just needs to figure out how to get himself down.

Real Men

Jeff and I went to our first hockey game on Thursday--and I've got a new favorite sport. I love the fast moving, manly men skating across that ice. We were in the 3rd row so we could feel the plexiglass shake when the players would slam each other against it. We were even treated to a couple of fights! After watching them for a few minutes, I realized what wusses some other pro sports guys are. Whenever a basketball player gets bumped, he'll flop to the floor and cry and someone will get punished. In hockey, we saw a fight that went on for at least a minute and the refs just watched. It was great! Now, I'm not a fan of fighting, but its refreshing to see a bunch of testosterone-filled dudes slamming each other around and not being babies about it.

Yup, that's me in a bright red jacket--lesson learned. I will always check out the opposing team's colors when selecting an outfit. It didn't even occur to me as I was getting dressed that morning to check. I felt so retarded when I was sitting there in bright red and gold (Calgary's colors) in a sea of black and purple. Luckily, no one threw anything at me, though I swear a couple of the players did glare at me...

Surprised!

I had a birthday last week. It was a great day. I went to lunch with one of my bestest girlfriends and Jeff brought home a yummy Red Velvet Ice Cream Cake. Jeff gave me a gift card and assured my big present was on its way. Since I had class that night, we made plans to go out to dinner on Friday. The girls told me that their gift to me was going to help keep the house clean--what more could a woman want than that?!

So Friday night we went to a yummy dinner with the kids. When we came home, I unlocked the door and as I set my purse down, I noticed that my house smelled like perfume. I glanced over into the family room and noticed that there were a bunch of people sitting in my house!! I was a still confused as my friends yelled "SURPRISE!"

Jeff had enlisted the help of Tarja and arranged a party complete with cake, games and some of my dearest friends. To show them how much I love them, I'm not posting the horribly unflattering photos of them that were taken during a game :)

It was such a fun evening and I felt so blessed to have such great people in my life.