Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Happy July

photo via gettyimages

The truth is I'm not so happy right now. As to why, I'll give you three clues: 1) red kool-aid powder, 2) beige carpet, 3) child-attempted clean-up. Sigh.

My big boy has found himself grounded, so he pouts, giving me the evil eye at every glance. Add to him the snotty-nosed teething infant and the sick-to-her-stomach toddler, and you've got yourself a downright happy little family.

But enough of that. Moving on, a few of my favorite things, or:

The Happiness that July Brings

Double De-Light | Two (2!) holidays...fireworks, swimming, parades, summer barbecues.

Baby Love | Three new cousins here in Tooele: Cousin Emily just gave birth to twin girls, Maizey and Maryn. Cousin Marcus and wife are expecting their first baby, a girl, later this month.

Grams & Gramps | My in-laws have finished their 3-year mission in Papua New Guinea and are making their way to Utah soon. My kids will get to hang out with them for a few weeks before they return home to Tonga...what a great opportunity!

Home Again | My soldier brother, Brigham, finishes his 15-month stint in Iraq this month. Thank heavens. I'm crossing my fingers for no delays, for safe travel, and for a sweet reunion.

Citizen Aki | My husband will soon be proud to be an American. That's right...come the 15th of this month, he'll be making it official.

Is this going to be a great month or what?!

5 comments:

Heidi said...

It IS going to be a god one! We'll have to get together sometime for a big July birthday party too!

Just Us said...

Love the new look to the blog and a NEW post! That's the best part of July so far! (granted it is only the first day, but still). :) Can't believe the twin girls are already here. How the heck did the time go by so fast? And lastly, I hope your not so happy day got happier towards the end of it at least!

Tooele Brezoff said...

I am so sorry about the koolaide, Natalie painted our carpet with my lip stick a while back, it wont come out!
Let me know if you need anything for the sick baby! or for super Mom!

k8shoe said...

Hooray! Lots of awesome things....especially yay that Brig's coming home.

Daisy said...

Yay for a great month for the Funakis. Hoping to see you too.

P.S. Love the blog background and your red/blue font! You're always so festive!