I feel like a Birthday party

Today is my brother's birthday.  He would be 24 today but he didn't stick around to celebrate. He had better things to do. I can't help but think what we would be doing on this day back when we were kids and he was still there.  We would be swimming all day and eating watermelon and corn from his garden.  We would all still be living at home with mom and dad playing cops and robbers, having rubber band wars, and not even paying a thought to what we had to do that day. I miss home and the days when everyone was together.  I can't wait until that happens again. I want to call a family day and go do something fun.  Maybe we could have some birthday cake and share our favorite memories.  Or maybe that would make us even more sad.  Who knows.  I think I'll go gather some ideas.

Happy Birthday Casey!

This one's for Suzie girl!

Suzie text me this the other day:

"You haven't written on your blog in a while so I thought I should just remind you that you have a dedicated follower who would love a little laugh."

Haha Well Suzie here you go... Except I don't really have a funny story for you.  

The only weird things that happened to me today were:

I got pooped on by a bird on my walk to school and my yogurt tasted like hair dye.  Both kinda weird things but not much of a story to them.  The poop on my arm was a little confusing though.  I felt a drop on my arm and I thought, "Hm.  It's raining."  I look up and nothin' but clear skies.  I look down at my arm and there was a bright yellow little poop splat.  Sick.  So I plucked a leaf off a nearby tree and wiped it off. Good thing it was just a little guy. And the yogurt... is a mystery.  

I can't wait for my favorite little Suzie to move up here in one week and party with me!!! We're gonna do Zumba and go swimming and giggle and have tickle fights and probably get on Aaron's nerves (that's impossible). Our family is completely in Utah now except for mom and dad.  You're next you two!!

My comic relief

Yesterday I was babysitting some of my favorite little people.  Jackson, Gracie, and Maddy.  My nieces and nephews.  We were driving in the car and we saw a police officer so Jack immediately started chatting about police officers.  I said, "Jack, do you want to be a police man when you grow up?"  He looked offended at this question and said, "NO. That would be BORING.  All police men do is drive around looking for people without their seat belts on and look for wrecks so they can give everyone a ticket."  Aaron and I had to laugh because he had a pretty good point.  Then I said, "Well what about a fireman?"  Again, he got a disgusted look on his face and said, "NO.  All firemen do is drive around in their trucks and look for fires to put out and save people. That would be BORING." We were cracking up.  I said Jack, "Did you learn what the word 'boring' meant today?"  With a look of satisfaction on his little face he said, "Yes." Then we drove the rest of the way home talking about other things.

When we were getting out of the car he walked over to me and said, "Jilly, you know what I want to be when I grow up?"  I said, "What Jack?" and he said, "One of those guys that plan weddings."  I stopped for a second. The first person I thought of was Fronk on Father of The Bride.  Then I just cracked up laughing and said, "Where did you get that idea Jack?"  He said, "You know like the guy at Mindy's wedding who was playing all those cool songs?  Like him."  Haha alright.  He wants to be a DJ.  That's a little better.

The kid cracks me up.  He was my little comic relief from my crazy day.

NieNie- my inspiration for the day

K so I don't even know this woman but she is one of the most amazing and inspiring people I have ever come across.  I have heard about her story through my sister-in-law, who serves with her in church, so I checked out her blog.

Her name is Stephanie Nielson. She and her husband were in a plane crash  a few years ago and they were both severely burned.  Stephanie was burned all over her body and face so badly that she was in a coma for 3 months after the wreck and was unrecognizable to her children.  She and her husband were just recently featured on the Glenn Beck show and 20/20.  I listened to them tell their story on Glenn Beck today and got teary-eyed 10 times.  They are an example to the world of hope.  After watching this, I felt guilty about complaining about anything.  The thing I loved most about this was that they were allowed and encouraged on National TV to praise and give thanks to their Heavenly Father.  It was so great to see that they were spreading their story along with the real reason why they are alive! You don't see people do that very often.  It makes me so proud!  I know that SO many people believe and worship God.  So why aren't more people proud of it??  Including myself.   Watch this.  You won't regret it.

Click here to watch Stephanie Nielson on Glenn Beck