JUST TO MAKE YOU LAUGH

THIS MAKES ME HAPPY... Just thinking about watching it every Monday night. I loved it so much...(especially his feet:)

Number two

There is something about being number two ...always second some may say,You never will be first. I am a bit biased I tend to think it makes you try harder to be different...I know I did. If you know my number two you know he is a handful I once told the doctor if he wasn't mine I might say he was B-A-D....but he has turned four now and he has developed quite a personality....He is the best and worst qualities in both me and Phil ( and Phil has quite a few bad ones :)) I often tell Phil he puts me to shame...He is the curse my Mom always wished on me. But I love him. There is no doubt in my mind he will go far..He often says Just be quite or don't talk to me...But he is so lovable.. He loves books, and to ride his bike, and rescue heroes and on Sundays when you wake him up he yells ' I love Sunday School" ..and to sing..All day long he sings. He makes up songs and sings ones he knows.(Don't laugh but he is a mean Kelly Clarkson fan- again Phils bad qualities)and his favorite phrase is wellllll. He cracks me up and makes me understand why my brother and sister named me to bull all those years ago.

Happy Fathers Day

I am lucky.. maybe even blessed not only do I have a great Dad I get to watch my boys have a great dad too....I credit my dad for so much of who I am. My dad taught me as long as you have a big soda in your hand what can be wrong...My dad also taught me the value of work and the phrase I was looking for a job when I found this one...my dad also taught me how to play hard and for those who know me that is one motto I live by. I credit my dad with teaching me the simple things in life. He may not be the wealthiest man alive but I am richer for having him as my dad....
And that brings me to Philip. Philip lives to be a dad...he always wanted to be a dad and he considers that the greatest job he ever has had. I love watching the boys with there dad. I love hearing Logan say wheres my dad? I am blessed to have married a man who understands loving our boys is what is all about..I guess I learned it from my dad maybe that is why I love seeing that in there dad....

Happy Fathers Day to two of the best Dads I love...

HAPPINESS IS..........

Someone knowing you well enough to know that the most perfect gift ever for your 33rd birthday is a inflatable pool toy whale...Does it get any better than this really??????????

(if you look close in the water you can see a little swimming guy swimming under water..again DOES IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS?)

Summer Summer Summer Summer Time.....

Anyone who knows me knows I love summer. I love the sun, swimming, swimming and laying in the sun, my birthday and swimming on my birthday in the sun....SO this was the big weekend the kick off summer weekend. An added bonus to summer is Logans birthday kicking it off for us. He is born on the 28th so he is my summer baby. We had his birthday party it was a Pirates party..We also kicked off summer with a swim party. We ended up Memorial Day by taking the boys to a soldiers memorial by our house. I told them that it was a place where we honored soldiers. Logan asked me if we were honoring the soldiers that protected Paul while he was in jail. And you thought kids didnt learn anything in Sunday School....We really havent told them much about the war, or soldiers...As Phil says they have all there lives to learn that. So today we will just enjoy the things that others have fought so hard to give us...family, our freedom and last but not least SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was that MICKEY or am I GOOFY????

I have been MIA for awhile I was once again at the Magic Kingdom...IT is probably the best vacation we as a family have ever been on...We stayed longer...we were gone 10 days we spent four of those at Theme parks the rest we RELAXED,...and apparently that was exactly what we needed...the boys are at the perfect age. No diaper bag (this may seem like no big deal but I have carried the diaper bag that had diapers for two kids in it around Disney, no stroller in fact nothing was in my hand other than a Mickey Mouse ice cream..NOTHING! OK and a Mickey mouse shaped rice crispy treat...(hey leave me alone its Disney) anyway that is where I have been...
Things are good here. Rob had his last day of preschool that was a bit sad. Logan turns four Monday.Philip is moving stores...For those of you who have never heard me complain he has been working at the Edwardsville store which is 58 miles one way from our home and he is moving next week to one 11 miles from our home....I cant tell you how with gas at 3.20 a gallon that equals in savings...My work is really buys lately apparently nursing homes have become the place to be anymore...we are almost full which we have never been full ever ever ever...I put the last ever in to see if anyone was reading... Hey Karla I bet you still are...Its almost Muny season again...Ill buy the tickets for two if you come visit...Heck I will buy the tickets for three or four if you bring some buddies with you( Dr. T you in?) Well I will go,. Have a safe holiday weekend.
Everyone, except Aaron needs a MANDY
(again Karla that was for your benefit)

Ch Ch Ch Chia....Ch Ch Ch Ch CHIA...

I gotta admit I am a fan of preschool crafts. I love to see what the teachers come up with we have had some interesting things come home with the boys.. I love most of them...I am biased becuase they are my kids. But this one takes the cake. It came home last week and Phil and I were skeptical. Very skeptical.....But much to our surprise it turned out to be one of my favorites. Who could resist a homemade chia pet???? I love this guy yea Ms. Amy and Ms. Stephanie You ROCK!!! You get the award for the craft of the year...

Oh Caption My Caption.....

This picture reminds me of all that is right with the world. This is the epitome of childlike innocence. I love this picture b/c not only is Rob on a "captions" ship he is wearing an eye patch that I made him out of pink (his favorite color) material..And he is so happy.....It makes me laugh and sad at the same time. I will be sad for the day when he no longer pretends....but for now he is a good captian and he has a backyard to protect....Aye Aye Captain.

Logans first Race..

Rob " Logan is this your first race"
Logan " I know I am going to beet those little kids"
Rob :" Yeah... you are a fast runner."



We get all the way downtown and the lady says it is raining...ITS CANCELLED..


Logan: "I got my number on though"
Rob :"It's my brothers first race"

But they got medals for showing up and somehow that made it all better. Not a real great way to start Logans running career... Oh well there is always Logans next first race.

I LOVE THIS GUY

Thanks Easter Bunny.....

Bawk Bawk!!

Signs of spring..

Recently every day when I come home from work this is what I do until it gets dark....

This ones for you ALF feet (and you know who you are)

I cant help thinking about all the fun we used to have together. We used to stay in that back room at Meyers house forever, You me and Daun all holed up in there talking and avoiding our work, or the time the class officers went to Taylor and we sang all the way home. It makes me smile to think of all those highlighters that were thrown at you at night while you were sleeping. And the fun we had in Europe,, the royal flushes and the bridges across beds. I remember how many times you would tell me you are insane but then join in. I always knew you would go far. I always told you " It's your world we just live in it" . I always thought you would be successful business women, running a multimillionar dollar company taking over the world. That was until tonight.....I have never seen you so happy, so at home. With J.P. and Ava. When you were talking about staying home and being her Mom that is your world now. I couldnt help but smile. I was right you did go far. I apologize for the highlighters...but not the spraypainting....... I love you and your ALF feet.....Thanks for letting me live in your world for at least a little bit.


It was good to see you, and your daughters Alf feet.


(photo credit goes to J.P with the camera phone.)

A wonder bread kind of person.

So my brother is here. He is in town for the weekend. I could get use to seeing him this much. He told me his girlfriend said " she thought I bought Wonder bread" and the funny thing is I do. So how do you take that?????What do you think she meant by that? I asked him and he would not commit to an answer something about opposed to whole wheat....Hmmmm...maybe I am that plain. And that got me thinking am I a wonder bread type person really? I guess I am ...I have become a wonder bread type person. Can you tell what kind a person is by the bread they eat? I definetly am not a whole wheat kind of person. I am also not a banana loaf or anything fruit related...Hmmmm... Am I the wholesome middle America, two kids, one minivan one husband Wonder bread Mom......Hmmm..So I ask you Can you tell a person by the bread they buy????? I wonder...

( I couldnt resist ending it that way)

Putting a new spin on accountability......

I often make myself New Years resolutions they usually involve something new I want to learn I am a firm believer if we keep our mind busy we won't get Alzheimer's. I know you are laughing but you haven't seen it the way I have. I have done a lot of reading about this so I really try to keep my mind busy,.anyway...I have learned to knit, to sew sorta and this year I decided to go somewhere different with this whole resolution thing. Ok I am gonna throw it out here..I am going to run a race. I may come in last I may cause such a scene that people think "What is that and WHY?" But I am going to do it. So I have a training program if you will I have to increase mileage each night. The race is in June...Anyway I have a confession to make I really like it. I can now 2 1/2 miles without stopping...in about 40 minutes. I am out of breath and I smell when I am done but it is good for me. It is mine. I can control it. Since my parents thing I have felt out of control of so many things and I guess I don't do well with that. Anyway...I tell you this as a added incentive to myself. I gotta tell you the time I spend less than a hour a day is all mine...My mind is able to process the day ( I usually run at night) and sometimes I talk to God. I also have a theory you never see a fat runner....and I have to say I have lost a few pounds thanks to this resolution. Anyway there now it is out there...Somehow this helps..........Anyone else need some accountability????

I MISS THIS PLACE...............

Heck I miss that person too..................

WWW. SNOWBOARDGUYS.COM

We have been visiting my brother for a couple of days and Rob and Logan spent some time snowboarding. Last week we were trying to potty train Logan this week he is on a snowboard. We had a great visit. The weather on the mountain was great. It was super to be with my little brother and his family. We had a great time with them. The boys were obsessed with Uncle Jeremy. It was neat seeing them have a good time with him. It really was amazing how patient my brother was with the boys. And it was pathetic how much Rob and Logan took to him. Who wouldn't love an uncle who snowboards. Rob cried all the way home, he started saying we could move by him they have a Target there Dad could work there. It was a nice visit. I am sorry we live so far away that drive through Kansas is no joke. I was sad to come home too. I miss uncle Jeremy too. It was good for my soul to be with my little brother. Thanks for a great time. We will have to do it again soon.

SNOW DAY

How cool it is to have not only a snow day but it also to be your Birthday., Robs real birthday is today and as he told me the snow was his birthday present from God. It was not a bad amount of snow enough to let his preschool close and let us still play outside. I love the picture of Rob being sprayed with snow. It cracks me up. I guess if you are five today today is the perfect day....And come to think of it sure beets were I was five years ago today so I guess it was the perfect day...Thanks God for the birthday present to Rob.

Lifes Like A Road that you travel on....

When there's one day here an' the next day gone...Today we had Rob's fifth birthday party. I admit I got a little choked up when I was setting up for Robs party. I was amazed that my baby is five years old. I can remember the day we went to the doctor for an apoitment and he walked me over to the hospital to have him.I remember when Rob was sick after he was born and the doctors would not tell us he was ok. He kept saying we are testing this and ruling out this.. And now he is five...He wanted to have a cars party so bad. He also somehow talked us into having his whole preschool class over so I am crazy enough to do it. So we had 18 kids over for a CARS birthday party. It was so much fun ( I might have been more excited than the kids).We played games like hot ToMata and The Piston Cup challenge. In the pictures you can see the medals they won and the kids. It was wild afternoon but Rob told me "I loved the party Mom just like I love you." There's a world outside every darkened door
Where blues won't haunt you anymore.Where brave are free an' lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore .

Boys will be Boys

Start them young around here dont we. What makes it worse it that is the Nintendo 64 they are playing Phil gave me that for our one year anniversary. Need I say more?

(Hey Jay that player you created is still in there...Mandy freakshow Barry)