Happy Birthday, Austin!

Well, it wasn’t so happy.  Austin, got the flu about the middle of January, while I was in Michigan, and he just couldn’t seem to beat it.  When he still wasn’t feeling well on his birthday, we started to worry it was more than the flu, but that didn’t stop us from celebrating.  

We all tried to find things that would make Austin happy.  Carson got him a memory foam rug for his bedroom because he knew Austin loved standing at Grandma G’s kitchen sink where she has a similar rug. 

I believe this was the beginning of the happy sock fetish Austin developed, his friends gave him some feel good socks and they made everyone smile.  

Uncle J helped me do some birthday shopping for Austin when I was visiting him in Michigan.  We found some things at the store and in Jason’s closet that would help fill out Austin’s developing wardrobe.  

There was no Red Robin trip today – postponed until Austin gets feeling better.  (Little did we know it would be months and months down the road before we would even attempt a RR trip and then not very successfully.  Several times we started out for a birthday dinner, but even in March we still would end up ordering at the restaurant and then bringing it all home in a box to eat later.)

My Trip to Michigan

For quite a while I have been wanting to go visit my brother and his family in Michigan.  I wanted to go see where they lived, Jason’s office, the kids’ school and Natalie’s home.  It was such a fun trip.  I will have so many good memories of this trip. 

 I loved playing with my nieces and nephew and because of winter weather  and school getting cancelled we got to spend a lot more time together, building snow forts and making snow angels, playing games, reading books and doing nails and hair.  

I loved going into work with Jason one day.  I was able to meet his co-workers and see his design process from beginning to end.  What a fun job he has!  

It was so nice to get to know Nan better.  She is so good at teaching her kids the gospel.  I came home and started writing scriptures and the articles of faith on bathroom mirrors with dry erase markers to help my kids with their memorizing. Thanks, Nan, for that little tid-bit.  Natalie and I didn’t get our girl’s night out though (Jason wanted me to play wii with him and I couldn’t deny him the privilege of being beat at tennis), so I guess I will just have to go back another time just for Nan.