Redmond...

I followed Chris to his continuing ed courses in Redmond. I haven't done this in a long time. It was a short and sweet trip, but we had a blast. Chris was gone most of the time, but during the day, we did racquetball, volleyball, swimming, and hot tubbing. They even had a game room for pool and air hockey. I loved spending a getaway with the kids. Chris would come home in the evening and spend time with us. We took the kids out to eat, and now that they are all getting older...going out is soooo much more enjoyable. I love my sweet family. Time with them is my favorite kind of time.

Yummmm....

I love ricecakes. I don't remember tons of health foods being inforced at our hosue, but something we had often, was ricecakes. I picked some up from the store the other day, covered it in pb and j, and I gotta tell ya...it was delicious. Scarlett ate every last bite. Yes, I know...I'm making a healthy snack unhealthy, but boy was it worth it.

The day I lost it...

So, we had gamenight at our house the other night where a bunch of friends get together for games. My friend had the idea to do a hoola hoop contest. I haven't tried a hoola hoop in I don't even know how many years. I tried it and realized I may just have a hidden talent. I kept it up for one minute at gamenight and everyone said "Ok, ok, we get the picture"..so I put it away. But then later I started asking myself "How long could I keep this thing up?" So, the kids and I decided to turn on some music, turn on a timer and let me hoola away. 5 minutes went by and I got pretty excited. 15 went by and I couldn't believe it. (I don't have very many talents, so you can imagine my excitement." by 20 minutes the kids started asking "can we be done with this?" I of course said no way! And here's the thing...the longer I kept it up the more invested obsessed I became in the whole thing. Finally at 55 minutes of still going, I told the kids I would stop at one hour. One hour came and I kept to my promise and stopped. I left foot imprints in my carpet and I was sweating like a crazy person. I then said to myself "yes, I have a new talent, but too bad it's completelyand utterly useless in every possible way to me." Oh well...you take what you can get.

Cold feet...

Every night when I climb in bed I am cold. I don't know if it's because I live in an old drafty house, or because I don't have enough fat to cover my bones, but I am just plain cold. My feet are like ice cubes. I always place them under Chris' feet to warm me up. It dawned on me the other night, that this probably isn't such a fun ritual for Chris. Why would he want freezing cold feet on him? After all he's probably a little cold himself. It also occcured to me that he has never once said that it bothers him. He loves me and would give me anything I need at any time. That's why I love him.

I happen to like my creepy babies...

Saturday we stopped by an antique shop. It was like a candy store to me because all their stuff was so authentic. I pictured all of it tucked inside my ancient house. Unfortunately that would cost me a fortune. I did however come away with s few things, one of them being the creepy babies in the wicker chair. I fell in love with these old dolls. They remind me of a time I have never been a part of, and yet would love to have a glimps of. Similar to the nostalgia I get living in this old farm house. Halee thinks the babies are creepy and haunted, hence we call them "The creepy babies" but truth be known, they aren't so creepy...just old with a story.

The birthday boy...

My baby boy went to bed on March 30th, 2013 and woke up a sort of "man" on March 31st, 2013. I just don't believe he is 11 years old. I'm so impressed by Connor. He is such a tough little scrapper on the outside, and yet so soft and sweet on the inside. I miss him being my little muscle baby. I can't stop this boy from growing up, but he better face the fact...He will always be this mama's baby.