St. Patties

Don't these just look so appetizing! According to Ethney "That is discusting!" Ryker said, "Cool Mom!" So there you have it. Myself, not so much! HAPPY ST. PATTIES DAY!

SKIRTS!

From this ...

To this.....

to This!!!

My friend Amy got me all excited about making my own skirts. As i looked over the few (too Many) that Ethney has in her closet (From my favorite place, JUST BE) and after all the aaprons that i have been making i decided that it is time to venture out and start making my own. Of course i will still be tempted to buy as well but man, there are some cute patterns out there. This one i kinda made up on my own, yes it is reversible. PAIN IN THE ROYAL BEHIND! Never again! It would have been easier to do a single layers one. I need a serger too~ Anyhoo, like the aaprons, i have to admit this is kinda fun, so i might have found a new thing to do here in the near future..... Skirt making. Don't be surprised if i ask your size!

The Joy of Disney!

We did it, we finally planned our first trip to Disney World so to start us off we went to see Disney on Ice last Friday. The kids loved it! It was so fun, i am glad we went. Ethney loves to sing and Dance so this was fun to have her so excited, Ryker was just in aww!

She can hardly wait to meet all the princesses!

A face That not just a Mother will love....

You can see that the cookies did not intrest the boys as much as the thought of Jeep Safari, just around the corner.

Three Cheers for Cookies!

Family night at Grandpa and Grandma Normans'

Lovin Ryker, he has got the looks for sure! Ethney just wanted to eat the frosting!

Ya, the frosting is for the noses!

Tami and Bryn(the artists)

Grandma and GG giving the discourse on how it is to be done! The Cookies were Fabulous Bev, and Don't forget the Noodles made by GG and Bryn, they are the BEST ( GRAMPS Secret)

Happy Birthday Sr. Suess

Ryker's class had a fun celebration a few weeks back. They got to celebrate one of the greatest authors. Being Head room mom i get to go participate and what the action. The foot painting was fun, we got quite a few giggles out of the kids.

He's Off to great places, today is his day, his mountains are waiting so get on his way!

This is Ryker's class, They are so fun. His teacher ( The Best ) She makes everything pver the top! Ryker absolutely loves Kindergarten! Ya for Mrs. Piper!

Dr. Suess Look A-like! Hmmmm?

Lunch date!

Had fun today with my good friend Suzanne, we met at Gardener Village for lunch at Archibalds and then hit a few stores. Lucky for the wallet we only had time for a few. I could have done some damage. i have not beent here for a long time, i think i might just have to go back soon!

Finally a few sunny days!

we have a few pretty fun parks up where we live. How can you pass up the chance to go play when they weather is so mice. The kids loved the tire swing, i bet we spent 70% of the time spinning and twirling. Poor Ryker on the way home say "Mom, i think i am gonna barf" Yep i have had those same feelings! Ah, to be young again!

Love my kids!

7 Brides for 7 Brothers!

We had a little Girls night out on the 15th of February!

Well, not quite all girls! Jaxson was there too, which was fabulous! i am sure he would have loved to have been home hanging out with Grandpa! Who also, joined us for dinner, but he made his way with us to WX High for the production of 7 Brides for 7 Brothers! It was great!

My little miss loves to sing and Dance so i thought it would be fun to bring along the rest of the bunch to join us. She was dancing in the Isles and singing, i dare say that the time is not to far off when she will be the one up there singing with the best of them! I love her little voice and her strong ability to show emotion! (if you catch my drift)

My girl! Love my stinky face!

6th row, perfect! After each set, My little miss would ask "is it over mommy" i would say "do you want it to be" "oh no" let the show go on! She sat for 2 1/2 hours and still wanted more. If anyone knows of a good play we can go to let me know! Thanks ladies for going with us! LOVE YOU ALL! Em, Tess, Orianna - can not wait til you can join us! Miss yoU!

Puerto Rico -El Conquistador- Top 10!

This resort is amazing, i would love to take my family back there with me. Here is the entrance, just behind B is the over look to the Private Island, the three level resort and the pools, water park, shopping malls and marina!

This is looking out our balcony. This is actually the day we left, the only day that it rained. it is storming otherwise you would be able to see the island from our room too. You can only see the one pool in this photo, this is were we played many games of water volley ball, but there is actually three other pools and multiple hot tubs on the this level. You have to take a small tram down to the lower level where the Water park is and the Marina to take the fairy over to the Island for more fun, shopping, eating, swimming and relaxing. All i can say is WOW!

We met some fun friends along the way. The Iguana's were everywhere. Huge too! There was one who sat on the edge of the water parks lazy river, every time we passed it I wondered if it would jump in and get me!

Mr. Swigart, Bryan's Boss, the Owner of Spartan Chemical, he is such a sweet man. He was so adorable to have Valentine cookies brought in one night after dinner to give to everyone. He even made mention of honoring our valentines and letting them know we loved them. How sweet! The cookies were fabulous!

The good time crowd! (Missing Anthony and Elvia) these are a few of the amazing people that we spent our week with. We had do much fun with them, laughing, eating and playing! how grateful that i am to have associate with new friends. Darwin and Barb, Walter, Brandon (see you in Moab), US, Rosie and Mike! We spent the majority of our time with them, of course there was a total of about 35 people, but we seemed to attract one another on more that one occasion. We def. had a blast with everyone else as well! Thanks so much for the fabulous week! Hope to see you all again real soon! Glad everyone made it our of Atlanta with all the snow! It was fun having that extra day with ya'll!

The Spartan's Annual Top 10!!

Here i am with my number 1 - Spartan's #7 at the El Conquistador Resort 2010. Yes, he did it again, Bry made the Top 10 trip this year to Puerto Rico. It was such a blast! We met so many fabulous people that we had such a great time with. There was so much to do. Sun, Relax, sleeping in (a little) Spa, Fitness Center! No cooking, cleaning, whining!

Water Park for kids ( Big Kids ) The resort had it's own water park, Golf course, ISLAND! You could do any thing you wanted, diving, massaging, sleeping, playing, water/sand volleyball, we even went Kayaking one night! What an amazing place, It was so much fun! The weather was amazing! Beautiful!

This is what Bry looked like after our wipeout on one of the slides, apparently our heads knock a bit, he did not realize it until i was laughing so hard that his lens was missing. He could not figure out why it was all of a sudden a little brighter that before! (That is crazy Barb in the back ground getting the photo) we Love Crazy Barb!

Here we are getting ready for our Kayaking 101, as you can see we were paying close attention to the instructor! Poor Brandon stepped on a sea Urchin the day before and we were still wondering how he was gonna row, but he did! amazingly he did everything and more! You would have almost never know that his heal was full of 20 spines from the little black creature! I guess that hwat you get for swimming from one islad to another without shoes on! What a RA-TARD! Bryan's Boss is standing behind me in the yellow shorts (Bill and his wife Julie) they are fabulous people. Truly enjoyed their company and getting to know them.

The kayaking was into a bio-illuminecent? Bay. (Not sure if that is spelled correctly) anyhoo -what a blast, how amazing that was. This was my first time Kayaking, i had so much fun. It was a little creepy being pitch black thru the canal but well worth the trip. Once we were in the bay all the micro organisms glowed when they came in contact with anything. Absolutely Beautiful! Here's to Brandon and Walter, the only other 2 dare devils that went with us out of 12! The other bummed out! Missed out too!