Spring Break

Spring Break always brings about some interesting times around here ~ we have Ryan for 11 days straight. Trenton is with his dad for the first part of the week and then us the last part. Looking forward to going to Williamsburg VA and DC with mom and dad. Should be fun and should be very educational for everyone as well!

Easter Sunday was a nice day in which we got to spend time with Grandma ~ its hard to believe she will be 85 this year. She played the piano for the boys and seemed to enjoy having an audience.

I can't believe that it's going to be April Fools' Day tomorrow! Jim has been gone for two whole months now and I miss him terribly. Some fun events coming up, Van, Missy and I are going to do our SPA day thanks to our men and their Christmas thoughts! That should be tons of fun ~ a really nice pedicure ~ looking forward to it!!!!

Busy weekend ~

Trenton turned 12 last Wednesday so its been basically a week of partying at our house. He had several special dinners, some with just us, some with friends, etc... Friday night he had soccer practice and Saturday was party day. I really think everyone had fun at the party. It was a nice turnout, considering we were actually missing about 6 or 7 friends. Two of Trenton’s long time friends couldn’t make it because Johnston County schools are on Spring Break so they were out of state. Another long time good friend is was his dad’s 50th birthday party... and then another good friend was out of town since it was Easter weekend.... This is the earliest Easter has fallen since 1913 and from what I learned today, Easter won’t fall this early in the year again for another 200 years. So no more worries on it interfearing with his birthday parties! LOL....
The party was great though and the weather was spectacular. I think everyone had a good time and then we took all these kids to Jelly Beans to go roller skating. It was a BLAST! I had such a good time with them and they are all really good kids! On the way home we of course had to hit McD’s for milkshakes.. of course!!! So all in all it was a great day and I hope everyone had fun!
Today was Easter Sunday and we did the church thing followed by lunch at mom and dad’s... mom ended up needing to go to the hospital to get blood, so it was a crazy day, but after getting grandma home, Ryan dropped off at his mom’s, Trenton picked up from his dad’s.. we are at home now, relaxing, chilling and the boys are playing video games.
Hope this finds everyone well ~

Wow - lots to catch up on

And not alot of time, so I will keep this short, but with a list of things I want to come back to and talk about...
Firstly, at 8:07am tomorrow morning, my little boy turns 12.. wow how the time is flying by!!
Secondly, happy late St.Patricks day to all my friends out there....
Thirdly, happy 13th anniversary TODAY to Jim and Vanessa... and many more to come....

Fourthly, if there is even such a word, I spent an amazing weekend in NYC this past weekend with some very memorable stories of things like the World Trade Center memorial, meeting the fireman that was in the lobby of the south tower when it collapsed and survived (they actually did a documentary on him where scientists tried to explain how it was possible he lived)...and our 'guide' a friend named Paul who was in the north tower... experiencing those events with actual FDNY guys there with you is such a moving experience... more stories to come on that one.

Getting ready for a busy weekend... Trenton's bday party and Easter...more to come soon!

Friday nights

The weekend has begun! We started by taking the boys to the batting cage so they can get some practice in. We took Corey (CJ) with us as he might have tryouts tomorrow. I say might because the dog can currently swim laps in the backyard!

I find myself a bit grumpy tonight... grumpy as I sit here on the couch and try to watch tv but can only hear two different video games coming from the adjacent rooms. Ughhh....
I would go lay down but I have a change control to do at 1am... ughhh again!

Projects are fun ~

Working on Trenton's Rube Goldberg project ~ they set it all up last night, video taped it and its ready to turn in~
Trenton's finishing up the poster board and we will get it to school tomorrow... projects are so much fun!!!!

SWAT team showed up next door ~ WTF ~ I live in Apex people..... not the ghetto~~~~
Not sure what that was all about, but I hope to find out soon.... I think it was just a search warrant and the fact that I do live in Apex is what caused them to go to extremes ;-)

Blue Man Group

For Chris' Bday I got us tickets to go see Blue Man Group ~ the concert was Friday night (the leap year day) and it was GREAT! A very different mix of percussion, with some guitars and much more of a visual concert than most probably. It was quite the experience and something I would definitely love to do again.
Will have to check and see if they come back next year......
Saturday we had a 'fence fixing party' at Jim's house. Right after Jim left, thanks to some strong winds, they lost a tree in the back yard. It took out part of their fence, so Greg and Chris fixed it while us girls hung out. It was good to see Vanessa smile and laugh. That was the goal for the day, just to let her feel loved and not alone. I think she enjoyed herself and we all had a good time. Took her out to Connelly's for a while and I was DD... it was a good evening and everyone was home before midnight! Best of all ~ the fence is fixed ;-)