Feeling Crabby? NOT ME!

On the actual day of my birthday, Justin and I took the kids to see Alice in Wonderland. Great show! I loved it and we don't take the kids out to the movies often enough so it was very special to have them with me. Then we went across the street to Joe's Crab Shack where I met up with my family to celebrate. LOVE that place for atmosphere and kid appeal. I really enjoyed all my sweet nieces and adorable nephews. I felt very loved and special. ESPECIALLY when I got my birthday cake! Jennifer made me my favorite honey beehive cake with fresh strawberries and it was sooooooooooooo good! Thank you so much Jen! And thanks family, for loving me unconditionally. LOVE YOU MORE!
Side note-I took lots of pictures of my brother and sister-in-law and the kids, but all the pictures I took facing that way came out bad because of the lights in the restaurant. Sad :(

THE March Birthdays

Summer, Holli and I all share birthdays within a couple weeks of each other. Mine is the 14Th, Summer is on the 17Th (along with my friend Teresa) and Holli is on the 21st. The last few years we have celebrated our birthdays together. This year was no different with the exception that WE WERE SURPRISED!

So I thought Justin and I were going to dinner with Trent and Teresa to celebrate our birthdays. It was snowing horribly that night and five minutes before we were suppose to leave, my babysitter called and said she broke her leg. WHAT? SERIOUS? "Yes, I'm so sorry Kelly, I broke it jumping around in a bounce house". I freaked and called Tracy to see if she could cover (which was EXACTLY what Justin and Tracy knew I would do!) We picked up T&T and headed to drop off the kids to Tracy. I should have known something was going on when Justin insisted T&T come in with us. We walked in to a huge surprise! Tracy had decorated the house, all our friends were there and Justin put on his apron and became head chef cooking us up steaks, asparagus and an amazing port reduction mushroom sauce. Tracy made all the snacks and salad. Shon helped by making up LIES to get the other girls over to Tracy's. Those three had been planning this for awhile! We proceeded to party the night away with apple martini's, wonderful wines, cupcakes and cheesecake with a warm port blackberry butter sauce. It was so much fun!
Thanks you guys, for pulling one over on me and we all know THAT NEVER HAPPENS! Well, that's the story and I'm sticking to it.

Book Signing

Wow-I've been so behind on blogging lately! Let's play catch up shall we?
Holli wrote a book about us! She's been working on it for awhile and presented it to us for our birthdays. "The Group Formally Known as the Momtourage" was a HUGE hit with us girls right away. We got our books signed by the author, opened the champagne and sat down in front of the fire to read it. WE LOVED IT! I laughed, cried and read it again. She did such an awesome job catching the "essence" of us girls. In fact, she even started a blog with the first chapter.
Go here: http://thegroupformerlyknownas.blogspot.com/ to check it out!

Thanks Holli. Not only are you super sweet, but wonderfully talented as well. Love you!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

I sent sis to school with a wee little bit o' luck today. Hope she enjoyed her four leaf clover! I'm not sure how much longer she will let me do these. Today she complained quite a bit. Oh well, I'm going to take advantage as long as I can. That's just what moms do right?

Giddy Up Lil' Buckaroo!

Western day at school today. Love these kiddos. I'm biased I know, but aren't they just so rootin' tootin' cute? Love them!!

An hour of this,plus an hour of this, equals the need for this!
I'm just sayin.

The fact that I'm working out again means the family is better! YAY!

JINX! Got Us Again!

A jinx, in popular superstition and folklore, is:

• A type of curse placed on a person that makes them prey to many minor misfortunes and other forms of bad luck;
• A person afflicted with a similar curse, who, while not directly subject to a series of misfortunes, seems to attract them to anyone in his vicinity.
• An object that brings bad luck.
• A common slang term used when two people say the same thing at the same time, said as a game among the young.
• The superstition can also be referenced when talking about a future event with too much confidence. A statement such as "We're sure to win the contest!" can be seen as a jinx because it tempts fate, thereby bringing bad luck. The event itself is referred to as "jinxed". The most dramatic historical example of this type of jinxing is the R.M.S. Titanic which was said to be unsinkable, then sunk on its maiden voyage.
• In a similar way, calling attention to good fortune – e.g. noting that a certain athlete is having a streak of particularly good fortune – is thought to "jinx" it. If the good fortune ends immediately afterward, the jinx is then blamed for the turn of events, if only jokingly.

I think our "jinx" is the 2nd and last one. I am wondering if someone placed the first one on me! I told everyone we were all better and on the mend. NO SUCH LUCK! Alex went into the doctor today which resulted in chest x-rays and a diagnoses of pneumonia. Not just any pneumonia mind you. When my little man gets sick, he does it full bat. He has both viral and bacterial pneumonia in both lungs. He's also dehydrated. He now has lots of medicines to help him get better. Justin is also sick. Thought he was feeling better but he's going to the doctor today too. So I am not going to say "we're on the mend", I'm just going to say "hope we get better soon."

I am a firm believer that prayers heal and that there is more power with more people praying. So if you wouldn't mind, please add us to your nightly prayer list. I will let you know when we are all better, well, maybe. Don't want to Jinx it again!

On The Road To Good...

So tired of being sick. Started in November with horrible colds. Seems like it's been one thing after another with rounds of head colds, sinus infections, influenza, bronchitis and even two cases of chicken pox! Just when that went away, Alex got sick, then Sieauna and me and now Justin is sick. I am DONE with being sick. SOOOO done. I declare that once Justin gets through this, we are on the road to better health. So if I ask you to use hand sanitizer or yell at you to cover your mouth, or don't want to play with you if you're sick, please don't take offense, just know that I have had my fair share and am on a mission to do everything I can to keep us from getting sick AGAIN!

When You Have The Chicken Pox You Get To....

...go on amazing adventures with Indiana and Mutt in the rain forest.

Play in a world where animals have huge heads;

Eat LOTS of mac-n-cheese!

Drink LOTS of this;

And oh look! This came in the mail for me yesterday. Things are sure to get better now ;)

Chickey Pox

Chicken pox suck! They are no fun.

I've even got one on my bum!

They itch, I scratch, they are so red,

and now I've got one on my head!