i'm the proud owner of two new pairs of jeans!! :) well, one pair of jeans and a pair of cords....i've not had a pair of good cords in a while, so i'm a little happy. thanks to momma b for the gift cert! :)

it was a busy ol' weekend here in zookeeperland. friday night was spent cleaning out the cages....you would not believe how dirty this place gets! ack!

saturday was spent baking a cake for collin's birthday party at the bowling alley. the party was in the afternoon. can i tell you how much more appreciation i have for aaron's work?? ROFL.....i just about went nutty on the very short fifteen minute car ride over to aaron's parents (to drop off the babies....very very bad babies who weren't going to do well at the bowling alley due to fits of screaming in the morning....). three six-to-eight year-olds in the back of a minivan is just more than one person should endure.....or two, if you count aaron! ROFL anyway, the party went well, and collin's happy!

today was spent doing laundry....ack! and preparing for the week ahead. we're staying here for thanksgiving, which makes me kind of happy and sad at the same time. i'm really tired of traveling on the holidays, but wish that i could spend more time with my side of the family. oh, well....we're getting to the age that the only thing that matters is being a little five-person unit.