Outta Towner Part 2

My dad's sister, Aunt Sue and Uncle Hal came to stay with us a night as they were traveling back from Florida (seeing my dad's other two sisters, Aunt Rudy and Aunt Judy).

They came to stay a night with us last year on their way TO Florida. I hope it becomes a yearly visit. I truly enjoy spending time with them and catching up. It makes me feel close to my dad when they're here.

Here are some pics from their visit.


















Jason planned a weekend in Ft Worth because my first husband (ha!), Kenny Rogers, was going to be at the Bass Concert Hall there in January.

So for my birthday (back in October), my man got me tickets! Of course we very quickly changed the night into a WEEKEND away and boy did we need it! First, we met BMom and Pop at Braum's in Decatur to hand off the kiddos. I did great and loved how relaxed I became the minute we drove off.....off to spend some much needed time. alone. with. my. husband!

P.S. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the picture of BMom and Julia looking at the menu.....their hair is exactly the same color and they just look like grandmother and granddaughter. So sweet! I'm gonna black and white that one, for sure!

We arrived and when we opened the door (after we gave our door man $5!), we were like two kids in a new play room! There was a separate living room with a flat screen TV, kitchen and office....then in a separate room (with a door), was our bedroom.....with one of those heavenly beds (couldn't wait to jump in that and sleep in!), it had another flat screen tv in there, vanity and bathroom. Our own little house!

For the first few hours, all we did was lay on the bed and watch tv.....not Dora, not Diego, not Clifford the Big Red Dog.....OUR shows...anything and everything we wanted. We even spent $5 to watch an Office episode we missed the week before! So much fun.

Then we left and ate at the Italian restaraunt we went to on our second date. Not to worry, the waiter took a pic! We talked about everything with no interruptions, no wiping mouths, feeding babies or cleaning up random spills.....we just talked and stared at each other and even sat there WAY after we paid the bill!

Then it was on to see Four Day Weekend (improv comedy)! It was one of the best shows we'd been to. It brought back memories of our second date.

Then we got "home" and had a glass of our sparkling wine/cider and watched a movie on HBO and needless to say.....we were in bed ASLEEP by 11 pm in the heavenly bed.....sleeping IN to 7am.....

The next morning we just threw on some comfy clothes, kept our glasses on and went downstairs to eat our complimentary breakfast, which by the way was NOT just apples or bananas or a little muffin I could have bought at the local grocery store.....oh no! You could order ANYTHING you wanted or eat from the most amazing buffet (am I a red neck? or do I just not get out much?).

Anyway.....the weekend was topped off by going to see Kenny Saturday night, dessert afterward, and skipping church on Sunday to go to a movie instead. We just can't wait to do it all over again...... I don't think I've been that relaxed since before children, honestly. Is that bad?

Well, for the two of you who read my blog - do the same thing! Take time for your sweetie. I really enjoyed myself and I think he did too.

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Outta Towner Part 1

This is what it always seems to look like when Jason is out of town. I like to pride myself on being clean, but I think I get too exhausted and end up not caring....."I'll get to that tomorrow".......only when tomorrow comes, I don't "get to it!"

Sooooooooo, you can imagine that when I saw this I felt better about my life, my children, my lack of sleep, lack of time, etc. etc. etc.

To my mother-in-law: This was when Jason WAS out of town......he's not out of town right now!

Crafty Craft Day

Thanks to Aunt Shannon, she encouraged us with this so Julia and I did a craft today while Johnathan was napping!



























We just used what I already had in my now organized craft bucket. Julia loved it and I was okay with the mess (which really wasn't a big mess!). And thanks to BMom, Julia had a little cover up thing that she made Mallory and Julia when they went to visit her.

It was so icy and sleety outside today that our women's bible study got cancelled this morning (which is where we go for 2 hours on Wednesdays now), so I knew we were all going to get BORED today.














Anyhoo, per the blog......we even read a book that corresponded with our craft - great idea! Thanks so much, Aunt Shannon, you saved the icy yucky day!

TuTus and Burps

Tonight was the night for early bedtimes. Johnathan was done with the day around 6 pm, but I stretched it out until 6:45 pm and Julia went to bed right after that at 7 pm (an whole hour earlier than usual).

This was okay because I had things to do.....meatball stew to make.......Idol to watch!

Well, I knew that 7 pm was a snish too early for her when I could hear her moving about frequently in her room (via the monitor). It didn't bother me since this is what she does at the beginning of her naps each day. She usually puts her baby in her "bed" (her new stool she got for Christmas opens up on the top) and up and down the stool she goes but always pretty much stays on her bed. So my plan was that if it went on much longer, I'd have to go up there and get on to her.

I hadn't heard anything for a while UNTIL.....about 8:15 pm, my sweet 3 year old comes down the stairs to tell me that she burped (random, I know!).....this is okay, but she was now dressed in a pink tutu and a black shirt that was not only inside out, but on backwards (notice the two white tags??)!













Did she think I wouldn't notice that her wardrobe had changed from what I put her in earlier? Did she not think that maybe she'd be in some big trouble if she came downstairs in a totally different outfit and perhaps she'd be found out?

Well, I turn around to stir the meatballs in the frying pan so that I could laugh and get it all out before having to tend to her original purpose for coming downstairs......her burping issue.

I had to take pictures because it was so darn cute and yes, for those of you who took Growing Kids God's Way with us.....I did tell her the whole shin-a-nagan was a complete no no as we cleaned her dress-up clothes off of the floor of her room!

God love her.....

Playing Catch Up

Same story, different version. Or whatever that saying is.

I have three new/old posts that I have had saved in my "Edit Posts" for over a month now, but again.....it's so difficult to arrange pictures on my blog using my mac and I always have trouble getting that part done in a timely fashion. You know I don't like to post without pictures.

So then when I get a little behind, I tend to get a lotta behind and then I just don't care, even though deep down inside I really want to have my posts out there that I took time to write, so I sit down to battle the whole picture thing again and get frustrated....again. A little time passes, then a lotta time passes, then I don't care and well, before I know it......the whole dern cycle starts over!!!

Sooooooo all of that mumbo jumbo to say that I have three new posts below so that you can be caught up on our crazy life. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday, Julia!

My baby girl turned 3 on January 4th! Whoah! It seems like yesterday (well, maybe more than just yesterday - but you know what I mean) that she was this size:

Now, she's all grown up! The last couple of years we have had her party at our house, but this year....it was going to be so cramped, we decided to have her party at a place called My Gym in Frisco. It was really fun. She had 21 of her sweet friends there as they ran around, sang songs, played on all kinds of great equipment and just had a ton of fun!

Happy Birthday, Julia. We love you!