Late Nights and Ponies

I have been working some long hours this week because I won't be in the bank tomorrow. I am going to take a CPR and First Aid course at the local Red Cross chapter. This is the last credit hour that I needed to graduate outside of the JBU Advance Program and of course I put it off until the very last minute. Our last night of class was Tuesday and it was such a blessing! The chaplain came and spoke about making time to write a list of the things that we are greatful for this Thanksgiving and I wondered if everyone who reads this blog would post a comment about the things that they are thankful for. Katelyn and I are going to make leaves and write all the things that our family and friends are thankful for and paste them on the trunk of a tree for Thanksgiving. I think that this will be a great tradition for our family to begin this year.

During these late nights Justin has been very good to pick Katelyn up and keep her occupied until I come home. Tonight they watched Madagascar, Fu Fu Panda (a.k.a. Kung Fu Panda) and a Bug's Life. They also played Spiderman on the XBOX 360. I don't know what it is about Spiderman but it seems that all kids love this game! I remember when my brother was moving to Florida from Oregon his kids loved this game as well!

I finally gave out the invitations for Katelyn's third birthday part tooday! This is so unusual for me since the last two years I have had her birthday party planned months ahead of time. This year I have been so bogged down with school and work and not feeling well myself that I haven't had time to even think about her birthday party. I was so late that another little girl who has the same birthday already planned a party at Chuck E Cheese for the same time. That is okay because it will be easier to deal with mostly adults instead of children. But Katelyn still wanted to have a My Little Pony party so that is what we are doing. Marlaina (a girl that I work with at the bank) is a great cake maker and she has agreed to make the cake for me. The ideas that she is coming up with are really cute and I can't wait to see the final product! I will be sure to post pictures for everyone to see who can't make the party!