After

After 4 years of braces as a kid it was time to put them back on again and fix my crazy teeth. They say only 6 months. We shall see. Right now my mouth hurts.

Busy last few weeks

Things have been busy around here since Thanksgiving, typical.


We had Walker's softball team over  for dinner on the 8th. That started it all.

On Saturday the kids headed up to the Veterans cemetery in Canton. Jay helped build the cemetery a few years back.  They all participated in wreaths across america where they lay wreaths on the veterans graves.

We also had our traditional Army Navy Party that Saturday. Congratulations to the Midshipmen for another victory.  10 years in a row!

Sunday we got our tree, a real one!  This is the first real tree we have ever had. The kids were so excited.  It is now decorated and ready for Santa!

The kids winter break began today, Monday.  We plan on relaxing and enjoying ourselves, oh and staying in our pj's!

How do you take down a basketball goal?

This is how we do it in the South...attach it to your car and hit reverse!  Surprisingly quite easy.  It took almost 2 years for it to happen but its done just in time for basketball season, which both kids are playing.

Can I get a do over?

The weekend that is!  Don't get me wrong, we had a great weekend  it was filled with crazy things happening and zero events at the ball field!. We could not do much in the house due to the renovations.  First we headed to the Decatur Book Festival. I wont go into the details but we were there for less than 45 minutes and my day was ruined.  Then we headed to a friends lake house for the day.  While we were there Walker, who was on the jet ski with Jay, got bopped in the nose.  The result, a bloody nose and a very sore tip of her nose.  Sunday we headed to another friends lake house. We stopped at Costco on the way to get some food. While there Jay and I noticed the chip in Quinn's front tooth.  Turns out he did it on Saturday on the boat.  Monday was a rainy day which makes for lots of fun in a house that cannot be used unless everyone wants to hang out in the same room.  We spent it shopping for lights, fans, and other misc items for the house.

Tacos on the Grill

It's whats for dinner. Without a stove we are trying to do what we can.  Roosie got the best of this meal.  She licked the grease I decided to spill twice!

Catch up

I think I am fianlly cought up after our whirlwind past few weeks. Softball and baseball are in full swing.  Both kids are playing on rec league teams and also on select teams that play/practice on Sundays.  That keeps our weeks and weekends pretty full.

A few weeks ago Jay and I headed to Tortola, one of the British Virgin Islands to spend the weekend with some friends from St. John. We were lucky enough to have Mary and John come and stay with the kids.  Everyone had a blast!  After a few days of school the kids, Susie, and I drove to Ft. Myers for Spring Break.  I was there for a few days then I headed up to New York City to spend the weekend with Jay.  He had some work up there so I thought I would tag along.  Lucky again, Susie and Uldis kept the kids in Ft. Myers.  Again, everyone had a blast!  Once we got back from our vacations it was back to work, school, and sports.  Evyerone was glad to be back and begin the final push until school is out.  Only 6 weeks left!  There is a lot going on in those 6 weeks....softball, baseball, Easter, Quinn's First Communion, visitors (My friend Amanda and her family, My Dad, and Mary & John), and the meetings and shopping to begin our house renovations.  I am not worried who need a clean house and clean clothes!

The last day

This is it, the last day of our 10 day vacation.  The kids have been having a blast. Walker has spent most of her time on the couch watching movies. She has had her own personal Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen marathon. Thank goodness for the free month of Netflix!  Quinn has been roaming the neighborhood with the boys of the street. I finished all of the ironing and laundry.  Not much left to do. I am looking forward to starting school again tomorrow.

Happy Anniversary on our second marriage

Jay and I celebrated our 12th anniversary of our second marriage yesterday.  We got married in April of 98 with a judge in California and then again in January of 99 in a church in Dunwoody. 

In case you were curious nothing exciting happened.  Dinner at The ranch with the kids and Mary.

Visit

We had great visit with Mary and John over Christmas.  Janie, Scott, and Ryan joined us on Sunday and stayed until Wednesday.  We enjoyed being with them and getting to know Ryan.  They left on Wedneesday to head to Florida.  The kids and I, well just I, spent Wednesday taking down all of the Christmas decorations.  I was going to leave thm up until the New Year but we blew a fuse or something on Monday so the outlet the tree was plugged into did not work, neither did any of the surrounding lights.  Makes the tree kinda dull with out lights.

We took the kids bowling on Thursday.  Where are the pictures you wonder.  I would have had to remember my new phone for that to happen.  Anyway, the kids had a blast!  They wanted to bowl with out bumpers but we convinced them to use them  Thank goodness because somehow they missed all 10 pins at times with the bumpers in!

It has been nice and quiet around our house. The kids have been spending their days in their pj's, well Walker has. Since it was so cold out the kids have been spending their days on the Wii and listening to thier ipods.

Weekend

After the rainouts yesterday we hung around the house not doing much. Today we did some things around the house, laundry, move hostas, play catch, stick our arms in a drain in an attempt to unclog it (no verdict on that yet). After all that we headed north to watch jay play tennis- he won! The kids were able to run around in the beautiful weather. Hopefully this week my shoulder will be feeling well enough to work on the garden. The garden is tilled and the seedlings are growing. As for my shoulder I have either bursitis or calcium deposits. The 3 cortisone shots I got on monday helped a bit but not enough to make the pain go away.

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Walking to School

Walker gets a little nervous waiting in the carpool line. It takes forever, about 15-20 minutes. We only live a mile from school. She worries that she will be late. So she decided yesterday that we would walk to school today. It was 22 degrees out when we left. It took us less than 10 to walk to school and I was home in less than 7. It wasn't so bad, my legs were pretty cold and my nose was running but hey, it was invigorating!

For those of you curious about me continuing the blog now that we do not live in paradise, no worries, I plan on keeping it going. We have too many family members that we do not see often enough and this is thier way of keeping up with us.