Anniversary

Last week Matt and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary. There are days when it feels like just yesterday we got married... and then there are days when it feels like we have been married forever. I love my husband with all my heart. I love the family we have together.

I love the Christmas season

We decided to brave the conditions and attend the Parade of Lights. It was cold and there were a lot of people but we had a lot of fun seeing all the floats, marching bands, and of Santa Clause covered in Christmas lights.

Thanksgiving 2008

I love the holidays...the music, the food, and the special time with family and friends!!! For Thanksgiving this year we had the opportunity to spend the day with our friends Phil and Jenny and their family. I call Phil and Jenny our friends, but I have to admit (those of you that know me know it is hard for me to admit this) but Phil and Jenny are more than friends, they are family to us. I am so thankful they opened their home to us. I don't have any pictures but trust me when I say we had a great time and ate a lot of great food.

Halloween Mulberry Style

I have to admit... I love Halloween!!! I love how much fun it is to crave pumpkins, pick out costumes for the boys, trick or treating, and Halloween signals the start of the holiday season. The days of Halloween being a one day celebration have past. Every year Halloween seems to get longer and longer. This year Halloween started the saturday before with a Halloween party at the Denver Zoo. There were a lot of people but the boys and I have fun as they dressed up in their costume (Ben was Darth Vader and Jackson was Anakin Skywalker) and went trick or treating around the Zoo.

As we walked around the Zoo we saw a lot of fellow Star Wars characters.

During our week of Halloween we picked pumpkins and carved them.

The boys also had a Halloween party at Matt's work. They had a lot of fun trick or treating around the Broncos Stadium!!! I was sad that I had to work that night so I could not go. And of course Matt forgot the camera so there are no pictures :(

Finally on Halloween... we had a lot of fun. My sister Angela came in with her two boys from Florida. And my brother DJ and his family came down from Cheyenne. We got all the cousins dressed up and went trick or treating around Nana and Papa's neighborhood. Talk about a lot of candy!!!

I'm sorry

I'm sorry to all those who have noticed my lack of blogging the last couple of weeks. Life has been a little busy around the Mulberry household.

The month of October was busy and felt like the never ending month. For those of you that don't know, I work with the kids at my church. I have had a lot of fun and have made a lot of friends but I am tired. Every year the kids put on a program of what they have learned that year in church. And every year for the past 4 years I have helped put on that program. It is always cute to see the kids sing and say their parts but it is a lot of work to get to that point. Another one down and hopefully next year I can watch from the audience!!!!

This month also brought a change in my job status. I have worked the last 5 months as a Nurse Intern, which means a glorified CNA. I liked my position but I was ready to move on to the RN position. With the job switch came two weeks of sitting in a classroom 5 days a week for 8-9 hours a day. A hard adjustment when me and my family are used to me working only 3 days a week. Oh well it over and I survived. Now I get to work along side an amazing nurse as she mentors and teaches me how to become an amazing nurse as well (I hope I can be an amazing nurse!?!).

Well those are my excuses for not blogging the last couple of weeks. I hope all will accept my apologizes. Life is getting back to normal... well as much as it can in the Mulberry family!!!

Circus

Last night was our annual trip to the Circus. Part of me felt guilty for spending the money on tickets. But than last night as the we were laughing, uhhing and ahhing together I realized spending the money was worth it for the fun memories we have together.

The look at Jackson's face was priceless when he saw a man swing across some monkey bars by his feet. Anyone that knows Jackson understands the monkey bars are his favorite activity. I hated to burst his bubble but I had to quickly remind him to "not try this at home or school or anywhere." Because I realized the priceless look on his face was an idea brewing in his mind.

Ben has a very contagious laugh and once he started laughing at what he called the "butt swingers" I could not help but laugh too. He got me laughing so hard I almost wet myself. The acrobats he called the "butt swingers" would put their legs behind their heads and balance on their hands while swinging their butts. I guess you had to see to fully understand.

When I look at the fact that my boys are now 8 years old and 5 years old I want to cry for two reasons. One... my boys are no longer my babies, they are growing up right before my eyes. Two...I have been blessed to spend the past 8 years as a mother to two AMAZING boys!!! I am thankful for the challenges and blessings they bring to my life everyday.

As we were playing last night I realized the one thing we were missing was their Dad, my husband. Unfortunately, Matt is not a huge fan of certain activities. And when I try to explain to him that those activities are memories we are creating for our family I still get the blank look on his face. I have tried in the past to include him in the planning but that doesn't help. But when I plan without him... he acts like I have hurt his feelings. I can't win!!! I don't want to sit around and wait for him to decide he wants to play with us... so until than we will keep playing, having fun and creating unforgettable memories.

Please understand I love my husband with all my heart I just needed to express my sadness that he was not with us last night.

Got it

As you can hear...I figured out the problem. Unfortunately, my son and my brother were right. I was being too retarded.

Frustrated!!!

I had a lot of fun creating my new blog... but in my desire to make it as cute as possible has brought me much frustration!!! I created a playlist of some of my favorite songs to play everytime someone views my blog. After numerous attempts to upload it to my blog I have found no success.

Both my son and my brother have informed me I am probably too retarded to complete my task :(

Does anyone have any advice???

I love my husband!!!

Eleven years later and we can still have fun together.

After nursing school my amazing husband held up his promise to take me to Maui for 8 beautiful days (without the boys).

Our Luau night

Matt hated these self portraits but I think they are my favorite

Matt jumping off a tree into a waterfall

Hiking in the rainforest was hot but beautiful.

These are just a couple of the pictures from our unforgettable trip. Some day we hope to go back and maybe we will even take the boys with us.

Girl Time

In order to keep my sanity (in a house full of boys)...I need girl time.

Broncos Game

with Amanda
(Thanks Matt)

Sheryl Crow concert with my Best Friend Jessica

Rascal Flatts for Amanda's Birthday

A couple of hot girls spending the night with a couple of hot guys!!!

And of course hang out with Angela at an old country store in Florida

What a summer!!!

How do I sum up our incredible summer of 2008 in one post??? This summer brought hours of playing in the sun, swimming, sleepovers, hiking, bowling, and oh yeah the end of nursing school.

Race Night at Bandimere Speedway

Ben earned us free tickets to Bandimere Speedway with his amazing reading.

Thanks for a fun night Ben!!!

Hiking in Golden Gate State Park with my boys

It was easy to get these pictures because I was always two steps behind these fast boys.

The end of a fun summer come with the start of a new school year.

Jackson's 1st day of

Kindergarten.
I only cried a little bit

The picture is blurry but yes it is Ben starting 3rd grade

The Beginning

My sister has been bugging me for months... "why don't you blog?" Are you happy now Amanda? I have joined the world of blogging.