Memorial Day

It's hard not to overshadow Memorial day as just a day off from work or a day full of drinks and BBQ's.

We don't realize how much people really sacrifice for our freedom.

I was really proud to see that Devin went to visit his grandpa's grave site. I love that kid. We are so proud of him and miss Devin so much.

We also love and miss Lloyd. We know that he is above smiling down on us.

Life is BETTER on the LAKE

So one benefit of living out of state is having friends who live in a different state AKA having a place to travel for Holiday Weekends! So when Mike's long lost High School friend invited us to the Lake for the weekend. I was SUPER excited.Who couldn't pass it up. I LOVE DALLAS .  If we don't get transferred back to St. Louis, I hope we get transferred to Dallas.

Mike's friend Adrian is scheduled to sign his life over get married this July. We hadn't had the opportunity to meet his fiance so this was a great opportunity to hang out and get to know her. Which we LOVE LISA! She is absolutely wonderful and we wish the absolute best for them.We can't wait to celebrate their wedding day with them.

AND it was a total BONUS that our great friends TOMMY and TARA we're driving from Houston to meet us. We love seeing them.

Saturday we ate breakfast on the dock and enjoyed some music from this guy.

After we ate we headed to the Party Cove. Which totally reminded me of the Lake of the Ozarks. Sun, Drinks and FRIENDS...Does it get any better than this?

After we were baked in the sun all day we headed to Sneaky Pete's because we just hadn't had enough BEER beverages on the boat. It was a fun place. They had a game room, a pool outside, a band and a outside bar. It was like an adult playground with BEER.

We had a BALL! It was so nice to get away and enjoy some adult fun!

My parents drove down from St. Louis and stayed with Hannah. They were MORE than excited to get some one on one time alone with her. AKA buy her clothes, give her pop tarts for breakfast and give her as much juice as she wanted. I gave Hannah a glass of water this morning and Hannah took one drink and said "Mamma Juice"... I swear you give them an inch and they take a mile.lol..

99 Things..Because I'm BORED OUT OF MY MIND

I saw this posted on a random blog that I was stalking came across and I thought I'd take a break from  Pinterest /facebook/ working my hands to the bone!

 The things that are in bold are things that I've done/accomplished/experienced....of course I had to add a little something

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars..not really slept but could have fallen asleep if I wasn't afraid of bugs

3. Played in a band...If you count making a video with my sis @Six Flags. We sang Paula Abdul: Opposites Attract and WORKED IT

4. Visited Hawaii


5. Watched a meteor shower


6. Given more than you can afford to charity


7. Been to Disneyland


8. Climbed a mountain... I think it was a mt..it was huge and I was in Costa Rica


9. Held a praying mantis...uh no thanks

10. Sang a solo...You're Welcome...I can't carry a tune in a bucket


11. Bungee jumped...No Thanks


12. Visited Paris..maybe one day


13. Watched a lightning storm


14. Taught yourself an art from scratch...I consider tying my shoe strings and art

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning..unfortunately yes! it was TACO BELL, taco supreme with the "NEW (Back then NEW) Red Mountain DEW. It was terrible and I haven't had Taco Bell since.


17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty...On my Bucket List


18. Grown your own vegetables....YES MA'AM


19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France...On My Bucket List


  20. Slept on an overnight train


21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked...I watch WAY too many episodes of 48 Hours. I won't be doing this anytime soon

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill...shh

24. Built a snow fort...I'll never forget building one of these with my dad and sis when we lived in Maine...Those we're the good ole days


25. Held a lamb...Does a lamp chop count :)


26. Gone skinny dipping


27. Run a (1/2) Marathon...I've ran a 1/2 and doing it again in Dec


28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice


  29. Seen a total eclipse


30. Watched a sunrise or sunset


  31. Hit a home run


32. Been on a cruise


  33. Seen Niagara Falls in person..on the Canadian side. it's ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL


34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors


35. Seen an Amish community..I think...a long time ago on a basketball trip.


36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person


  39. Gone rock climbing 


40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke...I was in the VERY back where the microphone couldn't pick up my voice

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt


  43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant...I've done it in the drive thru


44. Visited Africa


45. Walked on a beach by moonlight


46. Been transported in an ambulance


47. Had your portrait painted


48. Gone deep sea fishing...Mike has plans to do this on our vacation

 
 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person


  50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling


  52. Kissed in the rain...yeah right


  53. Played in the mud


54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

 
 56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business


58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen


61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies


62. Gone whale watching...seen whales while out in the ocean


63. Got flowers for no reason..Mike is a pretty good man


64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma..I'm way too chicken


65. Gone sky diving...helz no

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check..who hasn't

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy


  70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt...working on H's quilt now


73. Stood in Times Square..On my Bucket List

74. Toured the Everglades


75. Been fired from a job...YES and it was the HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone...Who breaks their hand playing Soccer...THIS GIRL

78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle...LOVE RIDING WITH DAD

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person...On my Bucket List


80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican


  82. Bought a brand new car


83. Walked in Jerusalem


84. Had your picture in the newspaper

  85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve...maybe in College.

86. Visited the White House...BUCKET LIST


  87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating..NO WAY


88. Had chickenpox


  89. Saved someone’s life..I tend to think I saved Mike's life..He would have searched high and low for me..blah..blah..blah


90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Got a tattoo

94. Had a baby


95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit


98. Owned a cell phone


99. Been stung by a bee

May Randomness

Hannah had her first trip to the Nail Salon. We have to get our toes pretty for Summer.

She loved all the attention from the sweet ladies at the salon.

This picture pretty much sums up what we'll be doing most of the summer.
 1. Swing Set
 2. BBQ - Mike in his JORTS I'm sure. Now he wears them JUST to rub my rhubarb. ugh...
 3. BUBBLES
 4. POOL and lots of trips to the neighborhood pool.
 5. That little white glow is my husband...He'll be spending lots of time sunbathing to get  ride of that    ridiculous "I'm in DESPERATE NEED of SUN look

Last night H was playing in her room and I had that "she's being a little too quite" feeling. I went and checked on her and she was holding  "BEAR" and soothing him aka light pats on the back. It was so sweet.

Bear must have gotten scared while they were watching POOH....


That's about where H's girlie girl moment stopped. A few minutes later H came out with a daiper, a wipe, and  baby powder and said "Mamma Turd" LOL...

GUESS It's time to start the potty training....

DANCE PARTY

DANCE PARTY FEATURING Hannah and Mimi's Hat

DJ Turn that radio up!!

AND GET THE PARTY STARTED!!

I can't tell you how hard we laughed, H was getting down...

A little "Deep Shoulder Action"

GETTING DOWN...

I'm pretty sure she was "backing it up here".but in a nice...polite girlie way

Showing a little "wheels on the bus..go round and round" move

That's all folks...

WEEKEND FUN...

We had a lot going on this weekend in STL. (dinner, Hannah's pictures, bachelor party, pizza party, school visits with Aunt Leslei, shopping, delivering Devin's car, margarita's...I was exhausted before we left) I originally thought I'd stay home and enjoy a peaceful weekend with just me and H, but then I couldn't resist seeing all of my friends and family. SO I loaded Red Rocket and hit the road

With Manny included. WAS I CRAZY? He actually did really well, and so did Hannah. ME...not so much...5 hours of Barney will drive anyone crazy.

I love going home, it's exhausting but SO WORTH IT. We don't stop from the minute we get there.
We took H to Happy Joe's one night. It was so fun seeing Stacey, Madi,Lauren, Devin and Amber.
After pizza (and a little beer) we went to THE MOST AMAZING ICE CREAM IN THE WORLD...aka
TED DREWS

OF course we had to go RUIZ and see our love RACHAEL and have a few Margarita's

WE saw TEE-TEE Lauren. I love this picture. We love our LAUREN

Can't forget MA...apparently HARVEY was a little sweet on MA

Hannah and MA...

We also got to visit Aunt Leslei in her class room. Hannah LOVE it and all of her toys. H especially loved PETE THE CAT.. That is definitely going on the birthday list.

On our last day we spent some time with Grandma. 4 Generations here.

We ended our weekend with Devin. and he ended his weekend with a car. I'm still in shock that he is driving. We miss him and love him so much.