My Birthday

The day started out with breakfast in bed made by Devree & Rylee. Belgium waffles. Yum!
Alex made me a cute card. Then that afternoon we went to the boys Junior Jazz Games. (Devree & Jazmine had a bye so only two hours on hard bleachers instead of three!)

Alex made two baskets which was pretty impressive considering he's very new to this sport. He traveled a lot, didn't even try to dribble and would tentatively try to tap the ball out of the other players hands like he wasn't too sure if he could touch the ball with his hands. He's got some things to work on but he's so athletically inclined I think if he can figure out the rules (which he's already complained about, "Soccer easy!") I think he'll really do well. James tried to go over a few basics with him after the game. He wasn't too receptive at first-he takes offense when you try to teach him anything. He's a little prideful no make that a lot prideful. In fact, later that night we had a break down learning English. (I know, English on Saturday? But he had missed Thursday and Friday and I knew we wouldn't get to it on Sunday with the Richhart Christmas Party.) I took him aside, asked him what was wrong? Shrug. I asked him what he was acting like? He told me, "loser?" I asked if he wanted to know what I thought he was acting like? He nodded. I told him he is acting like a baby and with that he buried his face in his hands and sobbed. Yep, a baby. Babies can't use their words to say what's wrong, they give up and won't try when things are hard and they cry when they don't understand. After explaining this he agreed he was acting like a baby. He sobbed some more and I held him. I told him how big guys tell people when they don't understand and try over and over until they get it and use their words to ask questions. Today? So much better! And lots of hugs and snuggles.

Austin has David Archleta's brother (from American Idol) on his team. David showed up to the game to support his brother. It took Rylee about thirty minutes to get up the nerve to ask him for a photo. She said "I don't mean to be a pest but could I take your picture?" He invited her to be in the picture with him. Rylee's heart was beating so quickly when she returned to our part of the bleachers.
Isn't he a cute guy?? So nice too.

Kambree bought me a beautiful Cameo necklace (you can see it in the picture below) which I wore to church today and my parents gave me money! Always a good gift!
James and I bought a new TV for our bedroom as our birthday gifts to each other. (His birthday is next month.) Why? You may ask when we don't have television service? Because I really miss watching the news AND flipping on the TV while I fold laundry-which is a never ending chore! Our TV in our room was so old it needed a converter box to make the rabbit ears work. So now both boys have a TV for the Xbox 360 and the Xbox so they can play side by side down in the "bachelor pad" and I have basic channels (and a lot of Hispanic channels) to watch while I fold for hours!
I got lot's of text and Facebook wishes for my birthday. Thanks everyone!
James and I had gone to dinner the night before with our friends the Burton's. We've known them since Kambree was a baby. Karen's birthday is the day after mine and we always go out to celebrate together. So ON my birthday James made dinner and bought me a lovely Schmidt's cake and then we went to a movie with my parents and sister and brother in law.
It was a nice day. WAY better than last year when I had that surprise party to celebrate/morn turning forty. Low key is the way I like birthdays!

And because Snezhana shares a birthday with me, this message is for her:
Сніжана З Днем Народження! Надії у вас більше одного!