luckily there was no gray hair but ever since my birthday last month I've sworn I've seen them. I turned 21 and you know what they say after you turn 21 things change.
Shawn, Seraph and little Parker (even though he's gotten so much bigger since Spring Break) came down for a week. And it was so much fun and so good to see Seraph and talk! I even loved that Parker some what remembered me I guess because I was able to take him in Wal-Mart away from mommy and go find a toy while she printed pictures! (Seraph when you read this ask Shawn when y'all are moving to Texas! haha.) Hopefully we'll see them again soon!
Jose had his PTA Conclave Conference the 23-24th of October. Which was tough for me because it was my birthday weekend and we had our last practice for the Primary Program before the big presentation of it in Sacrament Meeting on the 25th.( He knows he owes me big time though, last year around the week after Conclave we were moving into a new apartment and I got the lovely task of trying to pack everything and this year being my birthday weekend and the Primary Program being Sunday) Luckily Jose was able to sneak out early and get home a tad bit earlier safe and sound. With only one minor mishap while he was getting gas at the gas station with an older lady wondering if he had any spare change, but that's a pretty funny story for another day that he may just have to tell himself.
The Primary Program went splendid. Despite only 3 kids showing up for the Practice and 2 showing up as we finished (even though I had to improvise for those 2 on Sunday because they weren't able to make it). But Sunday made me sick to my stomach nervous, I was even shaking. I wanted everything to go just right. I'm just the Music Leader but somehow I got it in my head that I was in charge of planning the whole Program myself, only to find out from the Stake Primary that it was one of the Counselor's in the Primary job. And all I could think was "are you kidding me? I stressed over all that and it wasn't my job. gee wiz!" As I sat in Sacrament Meeting while the Sacrament was being passed I know you're supposed to be thinking of Christ but I was counting children and 4 were missing. So I was thinking up a game plan. I knew 2 of them I could have other kids do in place of because it was just one part each but the other 2 there was no way. As the Young Men went back to their seats and the members in the waiting area were ushered in I knew Heavenly Father answers prayers, because the 2 children I was worried about walked in! I got all the kids situated on the stand and then had to rush back down to in the congregation because I left something and all I could think was "how embarrassing." And then we started the Program and I think I was more nervous about remembering the words to the songs more then the kids were because I know every other Sunday at least one kid says "This song again?" or "Do we have to sing this song?" But they did awesome! And said their parts marvelously. I wanted to do something a little different too. You know how you always see a teacher or a leader help the children read their lines, well as I was proofing the Program and such I thought the Valients can read why not have them help the younger children! It was genius and brought the spirit that much stronger! This years theme was "I know that my Savior Loves Me" and one of the songs the Primary had to learn was hymn "Come Follow Me". I've lead the music before in Sacrament Meeting in the same exact spot I stood during the Program but I have NEVER felt the floor beneath my feet shake. It was an amazing feeling and almost brought me to tears, but I knew I couldn't break down because the Program wasn't over. It was a wonderful experience and I hope everyone in my ward thought so too.
I had an amazing birthday two days later on Tuesday the 26th. And by amazing it took me forever to read all my birthday wishes and came home to a very happy surprise. Since my birthday was on a Tuesday we had to celebrate that night which was fine with me because I went to work (yes I went to work) since Jose had school and I'd be spending my birthday alone at home if I would have stayed home, and who wants to do that. So Jose told me I couldn't be home until 5:00 p.m. and I had to be home by then no exceptions. Even though it took a little longer then planned it was still close enough to 5. So I come home and open my front door and I hear the most silly, happiest "Happy Birthday" song ever and see a trail of little hearts all over the house (I say house even though it's an apartment). Laying at the foot of the trail in a very cheesy poem with one of my presents (I always said that when I have kids I want to have every Dr. Seuss book ever published because I have the last one "Hooray for Differndoofer Day!" it wasn't published by Dr. Seuss but it is technically his last book, and since Kohls has Kohls Cares For Kids they had some Dr. Seuss books) it was the first on my 4 Dr. Seuss books I received and the poems Jose wrote were very Dr. Seuss-ey. I followed the first trail to the dining room and found another book and some very pretty Daisy's with glitter on them too, along with a poem and a book. Followed the next trail to our room where I found a book, a poem, and a Birthday Disney Princess Ribbon. Followed the last trail to the door of Jose's man room which was closed and found another poem and a book. And then I opened the door and got my photo snapped and blew out some candles and ate a lil bowl of brownie and ice cream Jose found at the store which was very yummy! My final prize was to dress up super fancy and go to either a place like Sho Guns or Red Lobster. But since it was my birthday I was already fairly dressed up so I opted to skip the fancy clothes and picked to at at Matsus, since neither of us had ever been there. Even though I had already had sushi and fried rice and Asian salad for lunch I wanted more, but we didn't get sushi, Jose's not a big fan. I love me some asian food though.
The next day I went with two of my friends from work to Dallas to go shopping! And I was very proud of myself I barely put a dent in my birthday money. But then again it's kind of sad because I used to love shopping. I still do just I look at the price tag and to see if it's on a good enough sale before I buy it. But the shopping spree was a success needless to say.
