Reese starting say, “Now Sebastian, what did you do wrong?”  When she knows he is in trouble.

Reese – Mama kannst du einen Rasenmäher für deine Beine bitte benutzen. ( Mama can you please use a lawnmower for you legs, please?)

Reese – Mama I’m Melt  (She was crying, but kept saying melt)

Reese – Chick a ley shake milk (Chick Fil A Milk Shake)

Reese – Mama look a big Sandburg(sandcastle) to a pile of dirt outside of a house that is being renovated

Reese – Mama, when I am older and am a potato, I’m going to wear a hat. (Age 2.5 She had never seen a Mr. Potato head as far as we know at this point.)

Reese – Papa, I don’t want a kiss, your face is too grumpy (grumpy- prickly or unshaven.)

(Right after we arrive at the airport after the kids and I were gone in Texas last fall)
When the kids and I made it to the airport and saw grant both kids ran toward grant yelling papa. They both ran into his arms and were so excited.  Reese kept going back for more hugs and even teared up she was so happy. It almost made us cry, and then she even commented, “Mama, I have waters in my eyes.” Meaning tears. As she was smiling at papa. It is a memory, I hope we never forget.

When she spotted us in our seats.

We were shocked that Reese actually participated in the singing. Normally she sits and stares around without participating in events like this. I don’t know if the big stage is what got her into it or not.

Reese and her school singing, “We Three Kings.” One boy behind her, kept bugging her, so we felt kind of bad that she had to deal with that. The girl next to her was very excited about her stick on earrings which are always a huge hit.

If you want to be crazy and watch the whole program, you can see it here. They really did learn a lot of songs, and Reese was practicing all of the time.

What was Sebastian doing you might ask, well he was happily singing along to each song. He was too young to participate, but knew the gist of most of the songs since we were singing them for months now at home.

I know she doesn’t look excited, but she LOVED her shepherd’s costume… a pillow case.

She wanted a picture with Baby Jesus, but someone already took him away. She still plays being Mary and half of her baby dolls are named baby Jesus, and they save and protect her. Slightly blasphemous, but we go with it.

She  was very sad when it was all over, and they no longer practiced for the program at school.

I hope that you have a great day.

We sent out this card, and no our children were not really on the wall.  The kid’s matching Harry Potter PJs were from Target. We got inspiration from this blogger who also added an easy to follow tutorial to get past some of the tricker parts of photoshopping.

We hope you and your families have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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I have been eyeing this Ferm Living Advent Calendar a lot, but alas it is so expensive(around $65 plus another $55 for international shipping), and not 100% what I want. I like the color scheme, but wanted it a tad more simple on the top and bottom.

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A year after sewing mine, they came out with this calendar, so kind of by accident, I made my own fusion of the two calendars.

Here is how my final calendar turned out. I love it, but if there was one thing I would change is I would switch the thicker black portion to the bottom and the thinner portion to the top just like the calendar above did. But if you are now going to sew your own, you are in luck and can learn from my mistakes.

Supplies:
2 yards of muslin fabric or other white background fabric (45″ Wide)
1/4-1/2 yard of black cotton fabric (45″Wide) Depending on how long you want your top and bottom portions to be
3 Yard pack of beige bias tape
Beige or white thread
Iron/ironing board
Sewing machine
1 roll of iron on vinyl in black
22″ or longer Dowel Rod (If you want to have it sewn in for stability)
Scissors
Rotatry Cutter (I also love my rotary blade sharpener super simple and easy)
Self Healing Mat for cutting on
Acrylic ruler
Marking Pen

First I ironed my fabrics which is always the step I like least of sewing, but makes such a huge difference!

I cut my main background piece to 41″ tall by 21″ wide.  This gave me half an inch to fold under on the edges. I doubled up my muslin fabric since it was pretty sheer, but if you have a thicker cotton fabric, this probably won’t be necessary.Cut off all of the raw edges so you are working with nice square edges.

Here you can see my back panel.

I then cut the 26″wide(can be shorter, but just a tad wider than the back panel so you can fold it over to hide the edges) by 8″ tall strips.

After I had these six cut I ironed them again.

Iron them folded in half (hot dog style) since I wanted each of my pockets to be close to 4″ tall.Then open your bias tape, and put it on top of the pocket strips to his the raw edges.

Pin them in place.

Sew the bias tape to the top of each of the strips with white or beige thread.

Now you can lay those onto your back panel.

For your black piece of fabric, I cut them to be about 28″ wide and 8″ tall for the top one and 28″ wide by 6″ tall for the bottom one. I wish I had switched where I sewed on the two, but that is personal preference. I ironed them in half, and then ironed down a 1/4″ hem on the front and back so the raw edges were underneath. 

I used the black fabric as almost large biased tape to hide my raw edges on the top and bottom.

Then I pinned all of my pockets down.

Next I sewed the bottom edge of each pocket piece without hitting the bias tape of the pocket below. That way they all still open.

Next, I sewed on the black top and bottom portion, then I sewed a channel that was wide enough for the dowel rod to fit through. I wish I would have hemmed the black portion in at the top so it wouldn’t have been a raw edge around the dowel rod, but again learn from my mistake.

Here I measured and pinned to have 4 pockets on each row to equal my 24 pockets. I then pinned and drew a line with my marking pen. The first line I did 5″ from the left edge, then a line at 10″ from the left edge, and then a line from 15″ from the left edge.I sewed straight down from the top to the bottom of each line so each pocket was separated.

I then folded under the sides and sewed the edges to give it a clean look. I decided to to do the little tabs on the calendars above due to lack of patience to do it, but I do love the look of it.

I manually had to turn under the portion of the top black and hem it since it was too raw around the dowel rod, but it worked out. Start trimming threads.

Clean up the back as well. I slowly and carefully cut off the excess fabric so it would hang better.

I then had a friend use her Cricut to cut out the numbers and stars that I needed for the calendar from the iron on vinyl. However, if this isn’t an option, you can trace the numbers on to the back of the vinyl and cut them out by hand which is doable if a little bit time consuming. Or you can paint them on with the freezer paper method which you can google.

I then centered each number on each pocket.I then followed the instructions on the package and ironed on the numbers one row at a time with my iron and dish cloth.Be careful with muslin as if a hot iron is on it too long it will start to discolor. I didn’t realize it until it was too late.

Next I decided where I wanted to place the stars on to the calendar.

I am so happy with how it turned out, and it has held up really well. The first year, we filled it with candy and chocolate we normally don’t buy before we had kids. Then with just one daughter, we filled it with mini toys, fuzzy socks, bath tub crayons, expanding wash cloths found in the dollar section of Target.  We don’t do stockings, so this was our version at that point. Now, I printed out family activities to do each day as a family which I much prefer over candy/chocolate or toys.

Free Printables
Advent-Calendar-Bible-Verses
Advent Calendar Numbers(The numbers I used for my calendar above which was cut with the Cricut)
Advent Calendar Stars (The stars in the three different sizes I used in my calendar also cut with the Cricut)
Below are the cards I cut out for our current advent calendar with the activities we do. Just click on each picture, then right click and print or save the image.

If you want the blank card design, here are the two versions that are blank.

Below are two other advent calendar tutorials that I used to help plan how I wanted to make mine. Theirs are slightly different in construction, but might be helpful to read or if you want to tweak my design to fit your taste.

http://theprojectlady.blogspot.com/2013/11/tutorial-for-making-musliin-christmas.html

http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2015/11/sew-simple-advent-calendar-christmas.html

I would love to hear what activities you like to do as a family during the advent time!

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Sebastian got his 7th tooth on 10/9/2017, 8th tooth on 11/3/2017, and 9th tooth on 11/10/2017, 10th on 1/20/2018, 11th on 2/13/2018, 12th on 6/24/2018, and 13th&14th on 6/25/2018.

Gail came for a visit for Sebastian’s Birthday.

We went on a camping trip with friends at Fall Creek Falls State Park in Tennessee.

Sebastian is getting better at using a spoon since he still turns it over in his mouth.

Sebastian is still napping once a day normally from 1:00-4:00pm, but testogel kaufen camping means a much shorter nap since it is louder, hotter, and brighter in the tent. Here is Sebastian in his pack n play and Reese on her cot.

Sebastian was really proud of himself because he could get into his chair most of the time.

Pull along toys like this alligator are all the rage these days.He loves riding in the toddler backpack because I think it is more comfortable for all parties, and he can see a lot more than the ergo at this age.

Exploring and tasting nature happens a lot too.

Sebastian always slides head first down slides and he normally does it so well, that older kids tend to try after watching him.

He LOVES animals especially dogs.

He was always keep track of the one that an acquaintance brought with them camping.

Just like with Reese, he is happier when he is outside and loves hiking.

He tends to have a serious expression as default.

He loves his dump truck that we got him for his first birthday. He loves zooming around our house, and we were so glad we brought it when we went camping.

Sebastian will literally swing for hours; we have to cut him off and tell him to go play.

Getting messy while eating doesn’t bother him.

Peekabo is a favorite game as well as stacking blocks.

We don’t let the kiddos watch much TV, but Sebastian being the second has seen more than Reese ever did at this point. He loves it and always wants a blanket if we do let them watch a TV show or movie. We try to make sure if they do watch anything that it is always in German so at least they are hearing German.

Coloring and painting are things he loves to do as well, just like Reese.

We did a very small family birthday cake eating for him just like we did with Reese. Gail came for it, Mama and Papa facetimed in, and I can’t remember why, but we didn’t make it to Nashville to do a second little celebration.

He loved his Chocolate birthday cake with peanut butter icing.

If you give Sebastian a car, blocks, books, anything he is remotely interested in, he is great at playing by himself for long periods of time. Reese is shy around other people, but when she is home with us or friends, she always wants to talk to us or have us play with her. He is also our dancer, in this picture we are at Concerts at the Dock which is free live Music, and he always dances.

He is all boy, throwing, rolling, and hitting things is what he loves. You give him a doll, and he throws it. You give Reese a truck and she puts it to bed with a blanket and pillow.

The kids had their first hotel stay this month. We had some things to do in Atlanta, and we all had to be present so they had a blast checking out the Marriot in downtown.

Sebastian slept in his pack n play, but Reese got to sleep in a big bed for the first time ever. Sebastian hit his head so many times in the hotel room from tripping on the carpet, and not noticing corners and edges. Reese was more cautious by nature when she was younger where Sebastian is more rough and tumble.

The kids had their first trip to Ikea while in Atlanta. Sebastian wants to do whatever Reese is doing, so here he is laying in her “toddler” bed. We say it was time to go to bed and he sprinted to her bed, and then later would climb into his crib with our help.

Right now I get a lot of people asking if they are twins when shopping because they are sitting down and they look close in height, but once standing there is a definite difference. Sebastian is heavier than Reese was, and there isn’t much of a difference between the two.

We have been trying on lots of hats lately since Reese has been interested in them.

Sebastian has a mean squat and can sit and play like this for a long time. I know some cultures sit like this normally, and I think it is really healthy, so I wonder if he will keep doing it later.

He is more daring with climbing and jumping off of things like at this indoor playground at a local mall.

Sebastian is very sweet. If he does something that isn’t nice like smack you, he will right away come back and gently coo at you while he strokes the area he hit once he realizes it wasn’t good to do. He always has very pale skin that can tan if we work up to it slowly. He also gets very flushed in his face when he cries or is very hot from playing outside.

He is our participator. He loves interacting with books and people and songs. Reese will do most things at home and sing songs she knows, but at story time she will stay quiet and suck her thumb or observe things around her. Sebastian is 100% participating, listening, and excited about everything. He also is more antsy and is ready to run around before a story time is even over, but he normally holds out because they do enough things to keep him engaged.

 He tolerates pictures, and has started smiling when we say cheese in German.

Sand, playing in sand can keep him happy for literal hours.

Sebastian does all of the main baby sign language signs that Reese did at this point too. Please, more, all done, drink, eat, etc. It is so helpful as well as saying more “words.”

Sebastian and I tend to be morning people, but occasionally mornings are a little slow after Grant goes to work.

I weaned Sebastian slowly this month, I used the same process as I did with Reese.

Our kids never really napped on us, but when I was transferring him from the car to his bed, I did enjoy some snuggles for a bit. We had been at Reese’s School for a program. He had such a blast, but it wore him out.

Stacking cans was his game of choice for WEEKS, and it was kind of awesome.

I always think it is funny how different our kids look. I wonder when they get older if people will be able to tell they are siblings or not.

Sebastian is an avid smoothie stealer.

Sebastian likes playing with playdoh, but prefers to tear it into into pieces and put it into a container rather than other forms of play at this point.

Even though his face doesn’t show it, he loves story time and puppet shows that they put on.

Instead of coloring a ton, he tends to quickly draw a few lines on his paper, and then proceeds to put crayons into and out of the ziploc bag they come in at the Library.

Here is his current favorite toy at library.

He is fine with grocery shopping, but gets bored quicker than Reese so occasionally I bring raisins as a snack which is big because we don’t really snack between meals.

The Thule Chariot is still a favorite. If he sees it out, he launches himself into it in hopes we are taking it on a bike ride or walk.

Whatever Reese, and our friends are doing, is what he wants to be doing.

Walking around downtown.

More Smoothie stealing.

Watching Reese “Play” the computer at which is her trying to click around and hoping something happens.

Accessorizing is always fun.

One morning he woke up really early and was super excited to be able to color in Reese’s special coloring book.

Both Kids were Gnomes for Halloween, but I think Sebastian’s Costume stole the show.

Here is Sebastian in his Gnome costume having a blast moving books.

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This week we also had this summer sausage from Aldi, it is pretty inexpensive. I cut it diagonal like that so the skin doesn’t seem as tough. I heat it in a skillet with a little bit of coconut oil and cook them until a hot throughout and a little crispy.

Or I eat the same thing with Bratwurst, above is a chicken bratwurst from Aldi, and we normally buy our broccoli and green beans frozen from Sam’s Club because they are the best priced and you get real florets not only stems.

These Paleo Fajitas are made in the oven, and are super quick.

For the kiddos, we cut up some of the meat, onions, and bell peppers and add them to quesadillas for them since that is easier to eat. Grant and I measure out our meat and veggie portions and eat them on two small corn tortillas.

This week, I also made homemade spaghetti using the following sauce recipe. Here you can see a Saturday dinner, I didn’t have as much meat in my portion of the sauce, so I added a few piece of smoked sausage. Then raw veggies on the side, and whole wheat noodles. On the weekends, we eat a random assortment of food. Whatever is premade in the fridge, we will combine into meals so we waste less.

Thai Salad Crunch recipe, it was really good, but very very peanut buttery. As a side salad, it would be great rather than a whole meal in my opinion.

This chili is super good, since we have had cold weather this really hit the spot. It is also nice to make one pot of this which then makes 6 servings for the week.

The usual pureed eggs and spinach over the roasted potatoes.

We had friends over for dinner this week, so we made FISH tacos. Grant and I ate them with corn tortillas, but boy are they good. Portion out the fish on your tacos for one Red, the cabbage mixture with onions as 1 Green, and the two small corn tortillas as one Yellow.

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Find the French Toast Scramble recipe here.

Still French Toast scramble on the list.

If you are wanting another option than this, you can make these 2 Ingredient Pancakes. I normally add blueberries to mine while in the pan so they get nice and warm too, but this blogger sometimes just add some peanut butter to it. So the containers are almost the same as my scramble above. Also, on either of these recipes, the more ripe your bananas, the sweeter they will taste.

This week I was a little bit more adventurous and added spinach to the batter, the kids were a little hesitant to try it because it doesn’t look very tasty, but now love it. I don’t love hiding veggies in foods, but this was just an easy way to add extract greens to a meal. I tried adding it to french toast scramble above and it was okay. The kids ate it, but it wasn’t my favorite.

On Saturday and Sundays, we have started making our favorite Protein Pancake Recipe. It comes out to 1.5  Red, 1 Yellow, and 2 teaspoons with the peanut butter with 8 small pancakes being one serving size. Since we add chocolate chips, we don’t add chocolate chips to our chunky monkey in the evenings.

If you like Iced Coffee, then you can always give Dunkin Donuts a try. They have flavor shots NOT SWIRLS, which don’t have sugar added. So I occasionally get an iced coffee with almond milk, and a shot of french vanilla and hazelnut. It isn’t sweet, but has some flavor and is a nice indulgence at times.

I made this Greek Strawberry Banana Shake Recipe. It was a nice change up meal wise.

If you need a quick grab and go side in your meals, this Lentil soup, from aldi is pretty tasty.  Just heat it up, and measure out your portions to count as 1 Yellow and 1 Green. Also, adding a splash of balsamic vinegar makes it super good. Sebastian also really likes it where Reese isn’t thrilled with it.

Then my shake which I use THIS powder instead of Shakeology because it is much cheaper and has very similar nutrition. Then it shows what others things I added to my shake above. It is only green because I like adding spinach to my shakes since I can’t taste it, and it is an easy way to add greens. (I like Mocha and chocolate flavors the best.)

We did Fajitas again this week, this time we saved all our Blue for dinner so we could make them more like a fajita Quesadilla. We used this recipe.

I’m not a fan of corn tortillas, but this brand , which I found at Walmart, is super tasty. Trust me, the uncooked is worth it!

On Refeed day, we are able to eat some white pasta and other items like that. I found this shrimp and crab ravioli at Aldi which is amazing! A whole bag is 4 yellow servings, so I only made half, and saved the other for the next refeed day. After boiling, I put a small amount of olive oil, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, and Italian Seasoning (knorr German) on it. I also added a tad bit of smoked summer sausage to make sure there was enough protein in the meal above.

Part of the week we used the Deutsche Kuche Bratwurst from Aldi for meals, but later switched to the smoked sausage.

We also ate a lot of roasted potatoes using this recipe since it is easy to make and lasts well when meal prepping.

We also did some Eggs with pureed spinach with roasted poatoes as one of our lunches. It is quick, easy, and yummy; not to mention cheaper since the protein is from eggs. I like to top it with some homemade salsa.

Here is a gluten free brownie recipe that I am really happy with.  It uses chickpeas instead of flour, and I think it tastes good. Is it the best brownie ever? No, but I don’t feel like I am eating a “healthy” dessert. It is officially approved for 80 day obsession, but I wouldn’t go around eating it all of the time, but for occasions where you are craving sweets you could use this to help satisfy that craving.
As I mentioned I have a sweet tooth, so at night I have been saving a fruit, and containers for a peanut butter. I don’t do this every night, but sometimes I make Chunky Monkey. It is one frozen banana that is ground until smooth in a strong blender. It will take a bit of time and you will need to scrape down the sides, but once it looks like soft serve ice cream add peanut butter, and top with a dash of cinnamon and a few mini chocolate chips. It is really really good. I have seen others make this ice cream as a base and add in just fruits to make it taste more like a sorbet. I hope you enjoy.

Hope you have a great week.

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Find the French Toast Scramble recipe here.

I know our breakfasts are a broken record, but right now we are all liking them so I will leave them as is.

If you are wanting another option than this, you can make these 2 Ingredient Pancakes. I normally add blueberries to mine while in the pan so they get nice and warm too, but this blogger sometimes just add some peanut butter to it. So the containers are almost the same as my scramble above. Also, on either of these recipes, the more ripe your bananas, the sweeter they will taste.

So for one of our lunches during the week, we have done roasted potatoes following this recipe, topped with eggs and spinach which are cooked together topped with cheese. It is really good, but the spinach pieces were sometimes chewy. So I tried pureeing the spinach with the eggs and then cooking them. As you can see they are REALLY green. However, they taste just like normal eggs, so I think we will continue to have them this way even if they do look super crazy.

Then my shake which I use THIS powder instead of Shakeology because it is much cheaper and has very similar nutrition. Then it shows what others things I added to my shake above. It is only green because I like adding spinach to my shakes since I can’t taste it, and it is an easy way to add greens. (I like Mocha and chocolate flavors the best.)

For some of the lunches and dinners above, we mix up the meats, sometimes rotisserie chicken, bratwurst, smoked kielbasa sausage, etc. Then which ever veggies are on sale is what we go with right now it was broccoli, but up on the plan I might have written roasted squash and zucchini because that is what we could get cheaper. Same goes for the carb as well. Sometimes I make mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes, sometimes I make them into “fries” that are baked in the oven. So have fun and switch things up.

I made chicken salad from a rotisserie chicken. They are very affordable at Sam’s Club or Costco, and I just would shred all of the chicken, and make my salad. HERE is my original recipe, but I did alter it a tad for this to make sure it wasn’t too fatty or sugary.

Jessica’s Quick Chicken Salad

• 1 Rotisserie Chicken shredded (or 3 cups diced cooked chicken)
• 1/4 cup Helmann’s mayonnaise
• 1 cup red grapes, halved
• 1 stalk celery, diced (if you don’t like the texture, add celery seeds to give the same flavor, I do this in pot pie sometimes. Or just mince really really small.)
• 1/2 cup crushed Pineapple
• salt and pepper to taste
• pecans or cashews, optional

1. In a bowl, combine the chicken, mayo, grapes, celery, pineapple, salt, cashews, and pepper. Combine until well mixed.
2. Serve on a wrap, shredded lettuce, or on a lettuce leaf.You can always adjust it. I filled a red container a little bit heaping and counted it as 1 red and 1/2 a purple since I prefer my chicken salad sweeter and used the fruit to do that for me. Also, I have a friend who adds shredded carrots to her which makes it orange, but tastes amazing. So next time I will add some shredded carrots.

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My friend Lindsey  shared this recipe with me, and I LOVE IT! It is a Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili that can be made in a regular or instant pot.  It has a good sweet and slightly spicy taste depending on how much chili powder you add. This is a keeper, which I make after I stop counting my containers. It is really good for lunches too.

As I mentioned I have a sweet tooth, so at night I have been saving a fruit, and containers for a peanut butter. I don’t do this every night, but sometimes I make Chunky Monkey. It is one frozen banana that is ground until smooth in a strong blender. It will take a bit of time and you will need to scrape down the sides, but once it looks like soft serve ice cream add peanut butter, and top with a dash of cinnamon and a few mini chocolate chips. It is really really good. I have seen others make this ice cream as a base and add in just fruits to make it taste more like a sorbet. I hope you enjoy.

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I also realized that I could do chocolate covered strawberries if I don’t go crazy with them. So I plan to make a batch to have one or two in the evening instead of chunky monkey. The link under the picture is for a recipe that uses shakeology if you are looking for something like that.

Please let me know if you have any questions or want clarifications on anything, and thanks again for reading.

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Now that I’m older, I would always just hope I would get a Happy Birthday wish from my family and some friends, and that was enough. One of my friends throws her own Birthday Brunch as an excuse to get together with her friends, and I had so much fun at them that I decided to host my own. One of my friends found out, and said that one was not aloud to host their own 30th Birthday Brunch. So she was amazing enough to host it at her house.  On the actual day of my birthday, I was in a pretty crummy mood. The day was very tiring and wearing, and the going out to dinner with a friend ended up falling through, and I was feeling like a failure as a mother that day due to losing my temper too often. The Friday following my birthday was my brunch. I was very excited, but wasn’t sure how it was going to go with both kids with me at the brunch.

That morning, Grant surprised me by taking the day off and watching the kids while I went to brunch alone. This was a huge treat as I got to chat and eat with my friends. I think more than 14 people came which was also wonderful. When I got my friend Lindsey’s house, I noticed a Toyota Tacoma in the drive way. I wondered whose vehicle it was since I didn’t know of any of my friends having a truck, but a few of the husbands did. I went inside to find Kira there for my brunch as a surprise. I was floored. I guess Grant, my friend Lindsey, and Kira had all planned this without my knowledge. I felt so loved and surprised to have one of my sisters there with me.

The brunch it self was wonderful. They had this silly hat for me to wear, and we had a few hours of chatting, mass chaos of the kids that were there and playing, and lots of yummy food.

After the brunch, Grant and Kira had another surprise up their sleeves. Grant watched the kids for the rest of the day so that Kira and I could go to a spa.

Kira got a facial, and She treated me to a massage. My first one ever, and it was amazing.

Kira was able to spend a little bit more time with our family hanging out until she had to head back to Nashville to pack for a business trip the following day.

Thank you Kira for being such a wonderful sister and friend. You and Andrew have been such a wonderful and positive force in our lives, and I can’t really properly express my thanks. Also Grant is always such an amazing husband and father, and the fact that he still helped do all this stuff for me on top of being stressed with work and providing for our family has been truly humbling. I also wanted to thank all of the wonderful people who have been kind, forgiving, and loving during my life as I have grown up. I have made mistakes, made a fool of myself, and learned how to love my friends and family. I still make mistakes all the time, but I am thankful to know such wonderful people.