Too Much Excitement!

So many exciting things the last few days....

Friday, Chris received an offer for a big promotion out of the blue. He accepted and is now a project manager. As if he needed more on his full plate of full-time work, full-time school, full-time church stuff. But I'm excited for him and know he will do great. And in the land of corporate cubicles, he even gets to have his own office. Big time stuff. :) We went out to Olive Garden to celebrate and had celebratory pie at the house of our friends.

Saturday, Chris had a service project and Caleb and I went to the zoo with the Giani Mob. We had so much fun!! Thanks, guys!





And even at the zoo, Caleb can manage to find things to stack and line up:





On Sunday, we were also able to attend the blessing of cute and adorable Nolan!!

Other exciting news! Our good friend Brian received his lds mission call to Washington DC South, leaving April 23rd (I think...) and Chris was so excited to be able to ordain him on Sunday.

We also ate Sunday dinner with our good friends, the Weatherholtz. We really think of them as our family. It is always a treat to spend time with them!

Monday, Caleb and I surprised Chris with early birthday tickets to the Rodeo/Sara Evans concert. I originally thought I would just get a babysitter for Caleb, but when I thought about all the animals and music and stuff, I thought it would be ten times more fun with him there. And I was right! We saw all kinds of animals and had such a good time:

We saw sheep, pigs, goats, mules, cows, chickens, and a bunch of other stuff I don't remember:



This one's for you, dad--Caleb HAD to sit on and drive each and every tractor we passed:



They grow em big in the state of Texas--texas-sized cow and chicken (rooster? I don't know my farm animals. Sorry, dad).





Here are some random pictures of the fun night:







The concert was great. Even though it was country music. :)



Caleb figured out that if you knock on the glass, all the chicks come running. He thought that was just hilarious:


Now, I know what you're thinking...Rodeo/Sara Evans tickets for Chris's birthday? But Chris does enjoy the rodeo (just ask him about the "famous" Preston Night Rodeo!) and since we've moved to Texas he has become a huge country music fan. I know, I know...he's joined the dark side. He likes to think of it as immersing himself in the local culture or something.

So if you see Chris, be sure to wish him a Happy Birthday and be sure to rub it in about how OOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDD he is! After all, he is a whopping 6 months older than me! Talk about robbing the cradle, old man! :)