still celebrating! (and poor Micah!)

I picked up Angela and Micah from the airport on Saturday night. They had been in Texas for the holidays and we missed them like crazy!! It was SO good to see them again! Once we made it to my house, Angela pulled out two more birthday presents for me!! She and my mom had gone to the scrapbook store and bought me all sorts of fun goodies- paint, a big bag of buttons, rub ons, stickers, foam stamps... I should have taken a picture but immediately started organizing it in my craft room and I even used some of the supplies already!! I LOVE that Angela knows what supplies I like best and what colors and brands. She also knows I use and reuse the good stuff, so if she gets some duplicates, it's okay. That makes her one of the few brave enough to buy me scrap supplies and I LOVE her for it!
But even better than the scrap supplies was the tin full of my mom's homemade divinity! Have you had divinity before? It is one of my favorite candies but I have not had the courage to make it myself knowing the time it takes, how much "stirring=arm pain" is involved, and the potential for blowing up the motor on my kitchen aid! It has been a long time since I have had some and I was just thrilled to have it! I shared with Angela and offered it to Micah, though he declined (I think more for me who was SO excited than because he really didn't want any)!! I sent a few pieces back to Provo for Nate but the rest I ate all by myself! Most of it on Saturday night! If it hadn't been for fast sunday, it would have been completely gone by breakfast on Sunday, but it made it until Sunday night, barely!! So, it is totally gone. Every one of my kids has asked what was in the tin and I tell them- a birthday treat for me, that's why you didn't get any and NO, I don't feel even a little bad! Well, maybe a little. But it was heavenly and I savored every bite!! In a ravishing, scarf it all down kind of way so that the only picture is of the empty tin!! Thanks Mom! It was much appreciated and thoroughly enjoyed!!

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In other news, Micah broke his arm in Texas- both bones! And had to have metal plates put in surgically! He showed me the wounds on Saturday night which are quite brutal! Even my kids gasped and groaned when I showed them the pictures. If you dared to look, the staples are on both sides of his arm because they had to fix both bones!! Anyway, the point is, we are wishing Micah a speedy recovery and hoping that it all heals up right! Take Care Micah!!