I've missed you!

I know it's been a long time since I've blogged. A few people asked me why I wasn't posting anymore so I decided to give everyone an update. First of all can I just say I think it's funny that anyone noticed I wasn't posting anymore. People actually read this? HA!

A few funny stories to share with you - as always. So I bought my bridesmaid dress for Natalie's wedding about 6 months ago and it fit perfect. I've been steadily losing weight (a very little bit) but the boobs... BIGGER! How is that possible? The only thing I can attribute it to is that I got on Mirena, off Mirena, and back on a different birth control pill all since I bought this dress. My husband doesn't believe me that they have gotten bigger but I swear I could have Triple G's and that boy wouldn't complain. What is it about boobs anyways that guys like? We'll leave that topic for another day. So I went to a tailor to see if it could be let out in the "bust" - I felt all classy saying that instead of saying to the little chinese man, "Can you make this area bigger so my big titties can fit?" Anyways, he said they made the dress so that there was no way to let any out of the bust... of course they did. So I went to David's Bridal and had to walk the walk of shame and go to the counter and ask (in front of everyone) if I could exchange my dress for a bigger size. You know the annoying, peppy, over the top lady behind the counter (along with everyone else) was thinking "Ohhhh... one of THOSE girls who bought a size smaller thinking she would lose weight in time for the wedding but didn't! Mmmm... hmmm!"... geez, so embarassing. I thought of saying, "I really have lost some weight and the dress still fits just not in the boobs... see my boobs are apparently like Pinocchio's nose and just keep growing and growing and growing." I didn't care though. So I dried on the bigger size and what a shocker it was a little too big. So yes they did an "emergency order" and I will have just enough time to get my dress back and give it back to the nice little chinese man to get it altered in time for the wedding. Why is being a girl SO difficult?

Garrison has been pretty hard to wake up lately. He goes to bed about 8:00 and I get him up about 6:15. Hell, I wish I got that much sleep. Anyways, he's just like his daddy - not a morning person! So he was being grumpy all morning and I let him take his magna doodle in the car to play with on the way to school. As a side note I really do consider myself to be an EXTREMELY patient mom so when I feel impatient it makes me mad at myself. He was playing with his magna doodle and drew a picture apparently because he said, "Look mommy! Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, see! Mommy!"... I said in my patient motherly 6:30 am voice, "Hold on baby. Mama's driving and I can't look right now." He said, "Look mommy! Mommy, I drew a picture. Look! See! MOMMY!" Had I followed instinct I would have turned around (yes, taken my eyes off the road) and yelled, "DO YOU WANT US TO DIE???? BECAUSE IF I LOOK AT YOUR PICTURE WE MIGHT DIE!" But I didn't - I somehow had the patience to once again say, "Baby, mommy can't look right now. See, I'm driving and if I take my eyes off the road that would be very dangerous wouldn't it?" And what does he say, "Okay mommy." Pretty sure that was a much better reaction than I would have gotten in the alternate scenario. haha! Ohhhh, patience is a virtue I tell ya'.

We took a vacation to Broken Bow, Oklahoma with friends of ours for my birthday mid May and guess what? The lake was CLOSED! First time in 40 years it has happend! At least that's what the excited lady at the visitors' center told us... we weren't too excited. We took my friends' boat and that is ALL we had to do... and ALL there is to do in Oklahoma. We managed to have a good time though (says something about good company) and we made it to Lake Lavon (right by our house back in Wylie) on Sunday.

Natalie's bachelorette party is this Saturday (as well as Gary's bachelor party). I am super excited to have a girls' night. We are staying at the Crowne Plaza and hitting some Addison bars and maybe Labare. I hope I see Pedro there. There's a story behind that (of course). We went there for my friend Jesiree's bachelorette party and I brought my mom because I thought it would be fun! HAHA - we had the best time! We were making fun of all the male strippers (gay, gay, gay, and pretty much... gay) and there was a Mexican fan boy (the guy responsible for setting up the fan to blow on the dancing men) who my mom and I nicknamed Pedro. We were cheering for Pedro all night - every time he brought that fan out... "GO PEDRO!!!!"... gotta' show the fan boys some love girls!

Not much more to tell. It's been a busy few months and will continue to be busy through the summer I'm sure. Garrett and I are still actively looking for a church home, Garrett will be starting full time school in a week, Garrison is going to be taking swim lessons in a couple of weeks (I'm secretly freaking out about that), I am still working and loving life with my boys.

On a sentimental note for those of you married girls out there - DON'T GIVE UP! Garrett and I have been married for 6 years and without going into all the long, drawn out details I will just say it's SO worth it to stick it out no matter what! There are days where I think it would be so much easier to just give up and not have to deal with "stuff" (how he chooses to spend money v. how I choose to spend money, personality differences, etc.). I'm sure he feels that way too sometimes. I just wanted to say that I know God has a bigger plan for Garrison and for us as a family. I'm not sure why I just put that in my blog but maybe God is telling me someone needs to hear that message today. Secrets of marriage (in my humble opinion) in order: Communication, Laughter, Sex!

What a sweet note to end on, eh?

Love,

Jewels*

P.S. Some recent pics

Thomas Family Photo

Bridget and I (on our way to the lake... that was closed!)
Garrett and I - finally on the boat

Garrison and his GRILL sucker Garrett got him at Popcorn Papas
Me and Garrison playing out back in the sprinkler