My Birthday

My mom organized a trip to my favorite lunch place..Olive Garden.  I NEVER get to go here because BJ doesn't really care for it.  So my mom did a girls day (but of course Cameron, Sam & Toby could come too!)  It was me, mom, grandma, Jeny and Joan.  It was lots of fun.  Thanks mom, grandma and Joan for taking me out!

Haley slurpin her spaghetti!

A fun family pic!

This was at my dad's house.  I requested the KFC cake.  It is so dang good!

I had a great birthday.  BJ took me out to Red Lobster too while my mom watched the kids. 

 A pound of crab hit the spot that night for sure!  Yummy!

Happy Valentine's Day!

BJ and I are in bed, it's about 6:30am

I hear footsteps from the kids room, going out front, and then back to my bedroom.

Haley:  "Momma, where is Cameron?"

Mom:  "I don't know.  Check out front."

Haley walks back out front.

Cameron:  "Happy Valentine's Day, Haley!"

Haley:  "Thank you."  short pause  "Happy Valentine's Day!"

Cameron:  "Thanks!"

I am constantly amazed by the love these two siblings share for each other!

Bedtime By Themselves

Last night BJ had to go back to work at 8:30pm and I was beyond tired (couldn't sleep the night before because of the awesome sound of the rain.) Anyway, when BJ left for work at 8:15 I told the kids we were brushing teeth and going to bed. Somehow they managed to figure out it wasn't 8:30 yet and called me on it. I told them "That's fine. Let's get ready, brush our teeth, and then I'm going to bed. If you want to stay up until 8:30 it's fine, but you're going to have to turn out all the lights and tuck yourselves in."

Holy smokes did they think that was cool! Their giggles were so cute as they were playing out front while I was in bed (simply in bed - light was still on and I certainly wasn't sleeping!)

And guess what? When I told them it was 8:30 they ran around and turned off all the lights and went to bed. It was so cute!