Never a dull moment....

So Brad dropped the kids off at the gym at ten til 7 on Friday morning. I met him at the door and brought the kids to the locker room so I could finish getting ready. They were sitting on the bench nice and quiet until Heather (yes you are at fault lol) decided she needed a hug from each of them and then she left for work. They then decided to check on the "grandmas in the pool" and weigh themselves on the scale. I went to reign them in and told them to sit on the bench that I was almost done- next thing I know I hear Blake crying that he can't get out and Brady is laughing and Brielle is slightly panicked. Yes Brady locked Blake in the locker. Brielle is swearing she knows the exact 4 digits that Brady punched in to lock the locker while the entire time I am laughing of the chaos happening on a typically quiet morning!! So I left them in the chaos and ran to the front counter to get the master (i was pretty tempted to keep running out the front door never to go back...)I unlocked Blake and sentenced them to the bench AGAIN!! Next time Brad says he has to get to work early I am going to take that as my cue to sleep in and take the kids to school myself :)

Always and Forever!!

Saturday night Brad and I celebrated V-day with several other couples at Creative Edge where we were treated like royality and entertained like celebrities. As we entered the venue we had our picture taken and then were whisked away to our balony seats where we had a beautiful frame awaiting us. We were catered to by Tractors and enjoyed a 4 course meal before being entertained with a Newlyweds Game all before hitting the bars. I am looking forward to reliving the night with bradley next year :)

T.E.R.R.I.F.I.C. KID

Brielle was honored with a TERRIFIC Kid award on Tuesday at school. She had decided on some habits to improve and was successful at meeting her goal. She was awarded a certificate and gift certificates to the bowling alley and dinner- way to go Brielle!

Amore!

The day began like any other Friday- 5:30 at the gym w/ a bff; meet brad after for the exchange of children; and off to work. I was able to go to Brielle's valentines party at 2 and then to the boys at 3:00. I collected the children and headed home where I was suprised by a dozen pink roses!!! What a way to end the day! or at least begin the evening of a run, laundry and cleaning...
thank you brad- i love you!!

Redesign

The interior designer came last Friday and the painters began on Tuesday. My house is being transformed into a home! I can't wait. I have felt like a visiter in someone elses house since we have unpacked and now that we have the wallpaper down and the paint is being applied it is slowly beginning to feel like our home!
Kitchen and Foyer- Dark Beige (looks yellow to me???) and the family room is taupetone (brown) and the dining room is tansy green.

Swimmers take your mark!!

Brielle and Blake participated in their last indoor swim meet for the season. They did spectacular and lowered their race times by at least 15 seconds in some of the races. I am so proud of them! They have come so far!! A year ago Blake could not go two strokes without having to hold on the rope and now he can go down and back- 4 times at that!!! Brielle has improved her strokes considerably and I think she will be a threat to others in the freestyle race!! Way to go!!

Snow Pictures

Electricity

The Hodgkiss got a phone call at 8:30 Sunday morning that their electric had been restored. They quickly got dressed and packed their bags and were gone?????

Fifth Snow Day

Jennifer and I woke early to go the gym again while the boys watched the kids. After we worked out we snuck over to StevMark to get a second opinion on the paint colors and then to KIDDS for my FAVORITE drink! When we got home it was time for the boys to hit the gym. While they were gone my favorite Heather brought her kiddos over with their sleds and we hit the slopes again. Thankfully our other neighbors came out with 2 more sleds for us to play with. We were worn out by the time we came in for more "snowman soup" and Heather's infamous homemade cookies (courtesy of Ronald Mc Donald). The kids played inside for a while while Heather tutored Brad on downloading music- I think this is his 2nd or 3rd lesson from her- either she is a poor instructor or he is really that slow ( I think it is the latter :))

We had dinner and gave the kids a bath and sat them down to watch their movie request of Alvin and the Chipmunks before Jennifer and I snuck out to check out the eye candy at Target!!

Fourth Snow Day

The roads are still covered but unfortunately SEMO is in session today. Brad drove me and the kids to my school while the Hodgkiss's enjoyed some alone time at the pad. The day at work was pretty slow with fewer children in attendance. After school Brad picked us up and brought us home. We were able to visit with our guest for a while and later Brett, Mary and Steve brought dinner over for all of us.

Third Snow Day

What a shock- SEMO is closed for the 3rd day in a row!! We took advantage of the time and took the Hodgkiss to Fitness Plus to work out while the kiddo's visited the child care center. Afterwords we grabbed a bite to eat and then went our seperate ways. The Hodgkiss's to go visit family and we had a minute to rest. Later they returned for more fun filled hours!

Second Snow Day

We woke Wednesday to about 9 inches of sleet/ snow. The kids were anxious to sled. Thankfully, Lori, our neighbor sat out 2 sleds to play with and the Estes let us borrow theirs (remember- the last 4 winters we were in the flat lands!) We were able to slide down the front yard today and again fun was had by most!!

Around 2:00 we received a phone call from friends (The Hodgkiss's) from Sikeston that they were without power and if they could stay with us. They arrived shortly after and the kids returned back outside for more snow fun, had a fun filled nite of playing and enjoyed a "bumpin" party (lol)

First Snow Day!!

The sleet began Monday night around 7:30 pm- it came down as if it were a heavy rain. I was excited to learn later that night that we would be able to stay home Tuesday and enjoy the weather. The Estes came over to sled on the ice in the backyard and later hike through the woods into the field to sled. Fun was had by most (Brady was not certain that this was his thing!) We ended the outside fun with hot chocolate and cookies.