Update on the Simpson household...

I'm so glad the weekend is here! Yay!

Things have been pretty busy around here. I celebrated my 30th Birthday Wednesday! Yep--no longer in the 20's. It's hard to believe. Where did the last 10 years go?!! Wow! I received lots of goodies from my family and friends. They are the sweetest ! Jake surprised me with a birthday cake, that is one of my favorite!!!! And it is a big deal for him to surprise me, because He either gets too excited and ends up telling me beforehand, or I figure it out. He's not very sneaky, but totally sweet and thoughtful of him!! I got a Yankee candle and gift cards from Hobby Lobby from Jodi, and my brother!! A gift certificate for a pedicure from Amy & Mrs. Cheryl. Woohoo! I got lots of cards, calls, and emails. I was also surprised with flowers from Amy and the P & W team at church, they were absolutley gorgeous! The arrangement had one of my favorite kind of roses in it called Leonidas. Beautiful!



So what else has been going on....Kyle has been busy with baseball and school. I'm so glad baseball was finally over tonight!! He wants to be involved with every activity that takes place. I finally had to tell him I cannot handle anymore activities! These kids are trying to wear me out! lol I'm so proud of him though. He made all A's on his report card last 6 weeks! Next week the GT class will be taking a trip to San Antonio. Jake and I are going to go along with him, and Kyle is so excited.

Madison---well, she's just been Madison. LOL! She has been busy socializing and hanging out with her friends this weekend. That girl is always up to something, and you never know what she is going to do next. Her "busy-ness" comes in helpful when I need her to do something for me. I can count on her to get the job done. :)

Makenzie is just a little sweetheart. The other two kids stayed the night at friends last night, and she was alone. So her solution was to have her very own movie night. So we took a special trip to the store to get her the "sweet" popcorn, some Kool-aid squeeze bottles, and some chex mix. She had so much fun. I made her a pallet on the floor of her room, and she had tons of pillows and watched movies until she crashed. She said it was the best night ever!

I'm still trying to figure out how to live life again after losing my brother. I have explained to people that I just don't feel like "me" anymore. I don't feel like I will ever be the same again. I have to learn how to live with that void in my life now, and its very hard. I'm still dealing with the fact that it actually happened--my brother is gone. I can't ever talk to him again, or hear his voice, see his smile. It hurts so bad. I just don't know how people move on. How do you do it? Some days I can manage, other I don't even want to get out of bed. I almost feel as if I am being fake when I go on about my life, because its not how I feel on the inside. I'm so thankful for my friends and family's prayers, because that is what is getting me through. It was hard on my birthday not to get a call or text message from him saying, "Happy Birthday!" like he usually would. I miss my brother.

Hope you all have a great weekend!