Finally...An Update...

OK so I've been back for 3 days not and I THINK I might be slowly getting back to normal, whatever that is. This is the first morning I have not felt totally exhausted. We had a really good first family trip/vacation. I did okay flying there but the way back...well that was the longest flight EVER! I got air sick and Lee was annoying the heck outta me. So here is the first part of our trip...the first day really...not even the first day, just the first few hours we started this journey.


So this is where we sat at our gate and the boys just loved looking out the window and seeing what was going on. All the different jobs out there for people to do at the airport.
Frank and Eli before we get on the plane...Eli is so clueless to what this all means...I wonder if he'll remember this at all? Probably not.

Busy! Busy! Busy! You can see the wing of our plane to the left...exciting huh?

The boys LOVED take off, and I made Ian hold my hand on the first take off. Mostly for me...OK just for me. I HATE take off and I was almost in tears, but after the first take off I was good for all the other take offs. Ian wasn't so impressed I made him hold my hand but he did. Thank you Ian! Our flights went well, we had a lay over in LA. And just for future reference...LA is on crack! Those nut jobs had us get off the plane, exit the airport, go to the other side of the airport, recheck in AND go thru security AGAIN! Thank goodness we had 3 hour layover! We had just about an hour left to do potty and food before we got back on the plane. I was SO not impressed!

So got back on the plane and landed in Ohio...but before that I just want people to know we saw some famous people. Yes, folks that right! I saw a famous person...I saw Patrick Dempsey...aka McDreamy from Grey's Anatomy. Frank saw Lisa Loeb...I don't know who she is but apparently she's a one hit wonder type of thing from the 80's. So when you all see me you can touch me and KNOW you know someone who saw a celebrity.

We got our rental car and got on the freeway/highway and the welcoming committee of Ohio stopped us and gave Frank a ticket for speeding. But to be fair, there weren't any signs for speed limit where we were at...they had a minimum limit of 40..but not like a maximum. Thankfully the ticket isn't as much as I imagined. But I will tell you Frank wasn't impressed with the welcoming committee and now Frank has 3 little police officers making sure their daddy doesn't speed so as to not get pulled over by the officers.

Wild Blue Yonder

Or something like that. Tomorrow we are OFF to the airport to fly to LA and then to Ohio! We are all so excited but I'd be even happier if we could just skip the part where we have to get to the airport and then in the airport and if we could just wake up and be flying, well that would be grand. Is that too much to ask? I'm so tired tonight...I cleaned the kitchen, folded and put away clothes, swept, finished packed the luggage and carry on's (what is the correct grammar for that?), loaded the dishwasher...I'm sure I'm forgetting something. Oh well!



The day is almost done and if some little boys would just go to sleep, things would be better. Actually what would be better would be a mixed drink of some sort in my hand relaxing...anyone? Sigh...



So over the last few weeks Eli is has been trying to really master the art of crawling...he's kinda getting it down. I really think he's going to be the kid that crawls with his butt up in the air and head on the floor...giving himself a bald spot. He's a funny kid. The boys and I were driving around running errands and we drove by a cemetery and as we were driving by we saw some people there. So Lee pipes up and says (in a panicked voice) 'Mom there is a dead person in there!!!!!!) Let me stress the panic that was conveyed to me in his voice...I looked at Lee and said, Lee it's a cemetery...the whole place is full of dead people..not just one person. And I knew what he was thinking, he saw the people and put two and two together...he's a funny boy though...one cemetery for one dead person.



Well I will go now, I really am just exhausted and am dreading tomorrow morning.


The answer to the trivia question yesterday...Question: What fast food restaurant had, in their commercials, rodents in it and were called Spongie Monkey's?

Answer: Quizno's was the answer.

I kinda remember their commercials that portrayed that...personally I just find it disturbing on a lot of levels.

S.0.S

So tonight I had some fun! I went out to the local Martini bar and had some appetizers and well Martini's of course! It was sooo much fun...sadly I had to be the first one to leave. Party pooper every party has one...today it was me! Sigh...Anyway, these ladies I went out with are the ladies I had bible study with every Friday morning. Our last bible study meeting was last Friday and so we decided to go out with out our children and hubbies. So out we went. Have I said yet how much fun I had? I had a Martini called Starry Night, someone had a Grape Knee high..I think we'll nick name her Radar...I also ordered Spinach Artichoke dip...YUMMY! I guess at this bar every Tuesday is Trivia Night...we totally scored coming on a night like that. Well if you play the trivia game you could win $50. So we were game, if we won we all agreed we'd just pay for our tab...a win-win situation. So we played the trivia...the 3 categories were Samuel L. Jackson, Cartoons, and Fast Food. We got a perfect score with the cartoons, no surprise there, we are all mom's. The Fast Food one we did well on too...we missed one question. We'll see if you guys can get it.

What fast food restaurant had rodents that were called Spongie Monkeys in their commercial? I couldn't for the life of me figure this one out and of course when we were told the answer I vaguely remembered it. The Samuel Jackson...we didn't do too bad. Well to make this long story short, we didn't win but we came in second. Which isn't bad, but the funny part was another guy in a group bought our table another round of drinks. He thought for sure he'd beat us so they were our consolation prizes I guess...but it backfired on him cause we beat his table...HA! I do have to say a number of us didn't quite know what to do, I never had anyone buy me a drink like that, we wondered if we were now expected to buy him a drink...lol well I just saw it as we beat him and he took a gamble that he'd win. Well come to find out he's a horse vet and he's been winning every week...not this week...he did ask who we all were and we told him we were a bible study group..minus the bible. He thought perhaps he might want to go to our church and then made the observation that we were probably not Mormon...that made us laugh louder!

All in all it was good even if I had to leave early because of Eli, but I do have to give props to Frank cause he managed to deal with Eli for almost 3 hours...that's a record for them. Frank gave Eli the stink eye though when I came and took him. Those two are funny.

Well I should get going. Tomorrow is the calm before the storm. I need to have everything done tomorrow for us to leave on time Thursday morning. I still have to clean the house, finish some laundry up so the house doesn't stink when we get back, and finish packing everyone and hope I have everything I'll EVER need...and just so you know I'll forget something important...like the Carmin Garmin. To which I'd cry and laugh all at the same time. As a matter of fact I should just write that down on my on going list.....


By the way...we came up with our team name...S.O.S which stands for Sisters of Soul...I was still going for Sexy Sixpack mom's or something like that.

Drum Roll Please...

So for Father's Day I/we got Frank a tattoo. This is his first tattoo and he was very, probably still is, excited about it. It does look really good and I'm glad he likes it cause as we all know...it's forever!



So this is his arm where he got the tattoo...they bandaged it up and he couldn't take it off for a whole day. While Frank went off to get the tape and bandage off the rest of us goofed off waiting for the big unveiling. Here is Dru.And this one...He really likes to party...Party on Dude!

And I don't even know where to start with this one...it's like he's doing a karate move or something.And this one is just along for the ride at the moment with big brother Ian.

So here is the unveiling.....He got the names of the boys tattooed around his arm

Then the others....

And lastly...I do think it turned out really nice...now for my next tattoo :)

We will be gone over Father's day but I do hope the dad's I know have a wonderful day.

Yo Ho!!!

It's a Pirate's life for me...AAAAAArrrrrrggggghhhhhhh Matey! (That's what Lee is saying while I'm taking his picture).
This young scallywag chose to watch Pirates of the Caribbean. As you can see his treasure is the candy and not pictured is the soda. He looks so sweet here...lets stay here awhile and just look at him...so pleasant...sigh...

This little guy tagged along again...I'm telling you that this one is brewing something!!!
Lee and I had such a good time hanging out and watching our movie. We sat by each other for awhile, shared our candy, and soda. We held hands for awhile and it was special...I can't wait to have more moments like these with each of the boys. It did my heart good especially when I feel like more often than not they are always in trouble and I'm yelling at them or something.

I hope everyone had a good weekend.

Mrs. Do It Yourself

So Sparky got a high chair from some wonderful friends. And I decided to put it together, it was time. I am getting tired of holding him while I'm eating, he wants to be a part of what we are doing but holding him makes it difficult to eat. That boy has arms like an Orangutan's!

So here is the box. I've got the seat on...but I'll have you know I had to do this part 3 different times...parts were fitting but the final look wasn't coming together...so back to the drawing board, several times. Sigh, and I was so hoping to do it just once and be THAT cool! No such luck.

Almost there, looks pretty cool though!

My support team...isn't he LIKE the dreamiest?

My volunteer...he was a good sport don't know where I'd be with out him.If you get hungry you too can have cardboard...YUMMY!

He's so darn dreamy!

Thank you Ms. Rita and Auntie Nikki!! I LOVE IT! I can 'eat' dinner with my family now!

Oh yeah...they sent screws...I used them all...except one...I searched all over to see where this missing screw might need to be placed...never did find it. I wonder....(I'm still laughing, cause of course I would have the left over screw!).

This is where it goes and it moves so easily around the table and I love that I can lock the wheels, and the tray can pop off and be put in the dishwasher. I'm pretty sure this is the nicest high chair I've owned...EVER! I'm so blessed!

Spiderman...Spiderman...

He can do what a Spider can...sing with me now...actually don't cause I don't know the rest of the song.

So for awhile now I've been wanting to implement a 'date' night with my boys. Something where we can have time together just me and one of the boys, especially the big boys. Some time with them where I'm not yelling at them or nagging them or whatever...I want to develop a relationship with them on another level...and honestly I should have started this earlier...but I can't dwell on that so I'll start now.

So tonight, I had a date with Ian and we (well I rather decided what we'd do) watched a movie. Not just ANY movie mind you but a BIG kid movie...not Disney, not cartoon, not a family type movie...a BIG kid movie! SUCH excitement (for me) and I thought for sure he'd pick the Pirates of the Caribbean the second one, but he went for Spiderman once he figured out I really did mean just about any movie out of daddy's section of the bookcase. So he picked out Spiderman!!!Of course we had a tag along but not for long, he actually cooperated and fell asleep shortly after we started. Thank goodness cause we had some candy and soda to devour, well actually Ian had most of his candy eaten with in the first 10 minutes of the movie and then decided to stop when he noticed I hadn't eaten any of mine...which was nice of him.Isn't he the most handsome date ever?? I thought so too!!! He was busy saying mom stop it! I think I embarrassed him a little cause I said see I'm your girlfriend now..lol I'm the only girl for you Ian! He says I'm not...and I have to be honest I HATE that!! Sigh.... Well tomorrow I have another date so I'm off to get my beauty sleep....