Hosted by Jen at Conversion Diary.

Right now I am listening to Elenowen. I first heard of them when they appeared on “The Voice.” The married duo has a great “singer/songwriter” vibe and a beautiful, pure sound. I’m really enjoying them at the quieter moments of my day. (As few as those moments may be.) You can download their album “Pulling Back the Veil” on itunes.

Today is Brian’s birthday. (Happy birthday, sweetie!) Brian is truly an amazing man and such a good husband and father. His example constantly teaches me how I should unite myself more deeply to Christ and how to put my faith into action within the trials of daily life. Sigh. I love that man.

Today is also a special day because this morning I picked up my younger sister from the airport. She is going to be here for almost two weeks as a companion and part time nanny so I can catch up on some household projects I need to get done. I loooove when my family (I’m the oldest of nine) comes for a visit (and not so I can put them to work!) But because we are really close and it is hard not to have them living just around the corner. At least they are only about 7 hours away, unlike my sister EL who lives on the east coast. Grr. (For long distance situations like these, facebook rocks!)

The weather here has been nice although it has been unusually cool these past two days. The weather is one of the reasons I don’t usually visit my family in So Cal during the summer. They live in the high desert and it is stinkin hot! I am a wimp in the heat and get headaches and bloody noses with the air so dry and the heat over 90 degrees. So instead I lure them up to Carmel to enjoy cool weather and ocean breezes!

Although it’s Brian’s bday, instead of going out to dinner we’ll be seeing a lawyer to put together our will. (Memorable, I know.) We’ve been talking about it forever but now that Matthew is born we had to seriously get matters together in case the unspeakable happens. At least this way we’ll have our guardian named and make sure the kids are taken care of us. Hopefully, with Murphy’s Law, now that we are prepared we won’t need it. (Or would Murphy’s Law be that we are killed on the way to the lawyers? Ugh. Scary thought!)

Tomorrow Brian will get his special meal since he won a prize at work for a free lunch at the Pebble Beach Resorts. (That’s where he works.) Since my sister is here she can watch the kids and I may even attempt to leave the baby home as well and go solo with Brian. I’m not sure about that yet so I’ll have to think about it.

Okay, Matthew is having a fit on my lap so #7 will have to be wishing a great weekend!