I'm no longer working at DHS Literary. David was unable to find room in his budget to hire me on as a paid employee and Dad and Marina needed someone to watch the boys, for multiple reasons, so I'm hanging out with Neil and Nivio for the rest of their summer. This was the first week we hung out and we went swimming EVERY day except Friday...I even think they went on Saturday with the whole fam. And, I taught Nivio how to play The Game of Life and Clue, and we put together a 3-d Castle Puzzle..totally wicked! He's now addicted to both Life and Clue...[I just got back from Dad's where Marina, Nivio and I played 2 rounds of clue (I won the first round, Marina the second b/c Nivio gives SO many clues about his cards), an hour and a half long game of Uno (which Nivio won...he learned how to do a poker face pretty good) and a game of spades.] Neil LOVES to go swimming..he bobs around in and out of the water blowing bubbles and sliding around the edge of the pool, though he does spend some time actually swimming. He has also taken to making lists on his iTouch and making you read them out loud such as:
1. spongebobs bc
2. spongebobs home
3. spongebobs color patties
4. patrick's mom & dad
5. planktons
Not sure if I have the list completely correct, but thats the gist....I think I missed a couple. Tuesday will be his last day of summer school, so while he's at school I'm going to bake cupcakes for Marina's birthday and when he gets home, we will decorate them!! I'm bringing over white vanilla, red vanilla, and, of course, chocolate icing to put on her triple fudge chocolate cupcakes. I'm also bringing a bunch of my cake decorating stuff, like sugar spray paint and sprinkles and fondant/royal icing flowers, marshmallows, and chocolate chips for them to use in decorating. I think it will be totally awesome. Dad also gave me some money to take them to Walmart to pick out presents and cards for Marina, since he'll be in Odessa. I'm pretty sure Mamae will cry :)
Next on the list: Jennifer and Timothy got engaged...I know I already kind of told you this, but here's the full story. They met back in high school when he and I "dated" (if you can really call it that since we did nothing different from when we were friends except hold hands...dad called him gay b/c he'd never kissed me...lol) Then they were reintroduced in October at my Halloween party...Jen was helping me host it and Timothy was invited to come, and did. Her reaction when he left was "When did Timothy get so hot??" Silly girl. So I figured, since they were both complaining to me constantly about their single-ness, that I would get them together more often and encourage a NICMO partnership (thanks for the use of your word Meag). However, knowing both of them, I knew they'd agree to it, but not be able to use each other like that and it blossomed into a relationship. I did not expect for it to progress so quickly though. They started dating in March? and Jen decided to get baptized at the beginning of June. Then he proposed the day before her birthday (July 23). Their wedding date is now set for Oct. 7th. She and I did wedding errands yesterday - Took her rings to be resized, bought his band, went dress shopping and got her wedding gown, got the alterations started, picked out MOH and bridesmaid dresses and bought mine (I'll be wearing red with a brown ribbon and the bridesmaids will be wearing brown with red ribbon) then we went to the venue she'd picked out for the reception and took a look and her parents put a deposit down. Now I'm just waiting on addresses so I can send out bridal shower invitations for Aug 18th. Busy Busy Busy (PS> I sent that same picture of me wearing Jen's ring to dad and when I said I was jk he said "Ah man!"....:) )
Next:I know you don't care, but this morning, Brent and I were looking up catering and rental costs for our wedding (tentatively set for Aug 24, 2012 to give us a goal to save towards)...mostly b/c so far Jen's wedding is getting close to $10k and she's not done with preparations...so we're looking at how much we need to save. Granted, our venue will be free, not $6k, but I will definitely not be able to visit you in Utah any time soon. Sorry!
Finally, Brent's sister Melody will be induced at 7am tomorrow!! BABY LIAM!! I'm so stoked to have another baby to play with! I've been playing with Piper's baby brother Beckett (ADORABLE! They even sleep in the same positions!) so I'm definitely getting my baby fix! Now I just need a puppy!!
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