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This past Monday, May 14th, Ron and I celebrated 13 years of marriage. We took photos on Sunday since I only saw him for about 10 minutes on Monday morning. We did go out on Saturday though. After dropping my kiddos off with Karen, we headed for our annual dinner at Outback. We love some Alaskan King Crab! Yes, we go to a steak house and have seafood. It is awesome! We really enjoyed our time out together. This was our 3rd date night this month... Yeah!
To Ron: You are my world! I love you.
This past week I celebrated my birthday with friends at Chef's Market. They have a great selection of desserts and after a long debate (I can never make a decision) I decided to go with the Milky Way cake. It was scrumptious! Of course you can't go wrong with chocolate cake and caramel. Thanks Karen for inviting me and calling others to join us!!
We had a great time in Gatlinburg and Karen posted a great recap of the trip. However, she mentioned she would let me post the trip home. So, here it is.... Beth and I were gabbing away and occasionally dealing with whichever child was having a crisis/meltdown and found ourselves on 75 south headed toward Chattanooga. I noticed a sign for "Cleveland Next Exit". I calmly said "Somethings wrong. We are not where we are suppose to be. That sign said Cleveland." Beth shouted "Ohio?" I cracked up laughing and we continued to laugh all the way to Chattanooga and on up to Murfreesboro. We couldn't believe it. Our trip was 1 1/2 hours longer than it should have been. The kids were overall good and just kept watching movies. I was a little stressed out because I had planned on getting Anna to her dance class that evening and I couldn't help but think of the time and gas I had wasted by not paying attention to where I was driving, BUT..... Beth and I had a great time laughing and gabbing some more, only this time I didn't take the wrong interstate! It was great for memories!!!!
We had a beautiful day today! The sun was shining and it felt great to be outside. So great, Anna and friends decided to have a treehouse picnic! After lunch, they took turns swinging and playing soccer. FUN!
As I shared previously, we had a relaxing weekend with the kids. We also had Ron's parents visiting. We stayed home and played games and watched movies. It was great.. very relaxing. Grandma and Granddad loved playing games with Anna and helped Luke "draw draw" on his magna doodle toy. Good time but too short!
For Valentines Day we had a party at Anna's school. We successfully made cupcakes the night before (complete with pink icing and yummy sprinkles). The cupcakes were a hit and even Luke enjoyed some snacks. He is so big, he just fits right in with all the kids in Anna's class. Anna's friend was hanging out with me while her mommy and daddy caught an afternoon movie. She enjoyed visiting Anna's classroom and Anna gave her a complet tour!
This is Luke's "i'm hiding" pose. He usually dose it when a commercial featuring the rockem' sockem' robots bust through a wall and fight with a truck. Sometimes he will run and hide behind the recliner. It's precious, don't you think?
Sunday morning brought more snow! We got 1/2 inch of snow and it was a bitter 19 degrees when Ron and Anna went out to play. They tried to get Sherry and Jerry (next door) to come out but they enjoyed the view from inside while sipping coffee...Next they headed down to a friends house where they had fun slipping and sliding on her swing set slide. Anna came in and warmed up by cuddling with her brother!
This past weekend we had a yard sale. It rained both days of the sale but on Saturday it didn't just rain, it poured. The kids were having fun hanging out with me in the garage but then decided it might be fun to run, jump and skip in the small creek that had formed between my house and the neighbor's house. They had a blast. They were absolutely soaked and were even plopping down on their bottoms. I, the committed scrapbooker, was under an umbrella capturing it on camera. That was a fun.. trying to hold an umbrella and use a camera at the same time. Needless to say, the yard sale was a bust but the kids were great entertainment!
Happy Birthday Luke! He turned 2 on Tuesday the 24th. I can't believe how fast 2 years have gone by. He is getting big and can hold his own with older kids. My family came up from Georgia for the weekend. We had a house full but we loved it! My sister came with her 2 kids and they enjoyed playing on the slide. On Saturday, we celebrated with a Backyard Backyardigans party. The water table from Mima and Papa was a hit and Luke eventually climbed in it. He also got a tee ball set, a cool backyardigans guitar, a tonka truck. Later in the evening, we all went to the Family Fun Center. My parents bowled and the kids enjoyed the bumper cars and laser tag. Anna even got on the virtual rollercoaster! 
We started the day with Church. The service was awesome with a great message and incredible praise and worship. We had lunch with The Holman's (aka our Tennessee family). We took photos there since it was too cold to be outside. Hopefully we can get some outside shots in a week or two! Hope you enjoy the Resurrection Season!
My sister out did herself once again. She loves to host parties and they are always a big hit. This year for my niece's 9th birthday we had a big cookout with friends and family. The "jumpy" was a big hit (except with Luke, who chose to just standback and watch). Here are photos of my sister with the birthday girl and Anna is jumping in the background. Also, Anna is preparing to take a swing at the pinata. Luke was entertained by a giant hershey kiss toy that played music when you opened it... Lots of fun and a gorgeous day!!!
Sunday morning brought more snow! We got 1/2 inch of snow and it was a bitter 19 degrees when Ron and Anna went out to play. They tried to get Sherry and Jerry (next door) to come out but they enjoyed the view from inside while sipping coffee...Next they headed down to a friends house where they had fun slipping and sliding on her swing set slide. Anna came in and warmed up by cuddling with her brother!
