Memorial weekend

Well, we had a busy week and a fun filled weekend. We're starting the downward spiral into our last week and a half of school. Give me about 10 days and I'm sure you'll find me whining and crying because I won't have any time to myself with the boys being home 24/7. ;) Until then I'll relish the hours I have left.

We had a really exciting weekend. Grandpa Randy is in town and came over Saturday to hang out with us. He didn't come empty handed either. If traveling through Louisiana one MUST stop at Lea's for pies to share. It's a rule and Randy did not leave us empty handed. We plan on seeing him again tomorrow night for dinner. On Sunday we finally were able to get together with our friends the Alger's. (They were our neighbors in Dallas.) They came over for some swimming and lunch. A good time was had as always. We sure do miss having them right across the street. :(

Yesterday was boring, I guess we are allowed one "throw away" day on a holiday weekend. I did manage to make a darn fine lasagna so I guess the day wasn't a total waste. ;)

Many things on the schedule for this week.....more on those later.

Am I really "Middle-Aged" now?

Well, another year past and I can add one more notch on my pole of life. Whoopee. I remember getting so excited days before my birthday came around. Who would remember? Who would get me a surprise gift? Just 10 years ago I could always count on the 6:30a.m. phone call from my parents to sing Happy Birthday to me. Not that I wish they would keep that tradition going, but it was alwys something I looked forward to. Now-a-days it's not all about me. With a husband and kids it's hard to make a day be entirely about me anymore. Now I have explain to my kids that it's my birthday and listen to them go, "Where's my present?" Huh??? Don't you mean "Here's your present mom."????? And poor Keith, he always has the best intentions but I've found it best to just tell him exactly what to do for my birthday. (i.e. the beautiful and tasty arrangement pictured above that was delivered to my door)

It may not have been a spectacular day, but at least no one had to go to Urgent care, no one threw a tantrum in public and there have been minimal fights in the house today. That, my friends, is enough to make this a VERY good 35th birthday. ;)

Happy Mother's Day!

Whoa! What a Mother's Day. The one day of the year where I can look forward to lots of homemade pictures, hugs and most of all.....a day where I don't have to lift a finger to cook or clean (well, in theory).

It had been a long week of not-so-greatness around here. Last Sunday after running some errands we returned to water leaking from the ceiling in the living room. Ugh! (fish tank- but all is well and no major damage). Then on Monday Parker fell while running through the house and cut his head. Yes, yet one more visit to Urgent Care....when they start yelling "Hey, Mrs. T, who is it this time?" when I walk in the doors I'll officially be mortified. Thankfully we aren't there just yet. Parker required 3 stitches but was a trooper and didn't fight them at all. (Guess he's getting used to this by now.) A few other not worth mentioning blah things happened during the week so I was looking forward to my day of "me". ;)

I was up early to do my regular Sunday morning shopping and when I returned home I was not surprised to see that Parker and Alex were up and Keith was still in bed. What I was surprised to see was that my two boys were enjoying a roll of Sweetarts. Yikes! Sugar that early in the morning in two small children can only lead to good things, right? The boys (including Keith) made a great breakfast and we all got ready to head out for our excursion of the day....a trip to the Zoo!!!

We had a very nice time at the zoo....the boys got to ride on a pony, touch some stingrays and see their favorite animals. Alex fell asleep on the ride home so we decided to follow his lead and we all had naps that afternoon. When it was time to start thinking about dinner Keith got out of cooking by suggesting we head up to Chili's (a suggestion that will never be knocked down by me ;) ). We ended the evening by enjoying the Paradise Pie dessert we brought home from dinner. A decadent way to end a very nice day for mom!

Here we go!

Well, with a little prompting from a few ladies who have always had great ideas I'm going to give this blogging thing a try. Time has shown that Keith is not so great when it comes to keeping up with this stuff. I don't think our "family website" has been updated since X-mas 2006....pathetic. Hopefully all that will change and this will be easy enough for me to figure out on my own so I can keep everyone updated on what's going on with us!

so, I say to myself.....happy blogging.