Three Day Weekend

Every weekend should be 3 days and every work week be 4 days. I got to spend so much more time with my husband and family, all together.

Marty spent one night in Orlando with some college friends. I went to a co-worker's wedding the same evening. It was fun to get dressed up, as I haven't done that in a while, but I sure did miss having sweet husband by my side.

We went swimming and ate dinner with Mimi and Papa on Sunday evening.

Monday - Memorial Day - we headed to the in-laws house to celebrate Marty and his 2 sister's birthdays. And also to get together and be reflective of the ones who have given their lives for our freedom.



Marty is not trying to stop the picture from being taken, but rather
waving at the camera to get Bubby's attention.


Sweet Arianna sitting by her cousins on the seawall,
overlooking the beautiful water.



Hard to tell, but I'm the one tubing. Thanks Joey and Dani for bringing the boat!

Arianna kept talking about riding the boat the entire time. We gave her the chance to ride. Her life jacket already snapped on. Once on the boat (still in shallow water), she looked around and then got scared. She never rode it, but still insisted the entire time afterwards.

I'm sure she will have many more chances. We live in Florida. With two sets of grandparents that live on the water.

And I'm pretty sure my husband won't make it another 5 years without a boat of his own. Or it's quite possible that all of his begging/pleading will work and break me down before then.

Unusual Randoms

We've had some crazy weather the past few days. It's been raining for 2 days straight. From January to last weekend, it may have rained 5 inches. So, believe me, we needed the rain. We're just not used to it. Unless it comes with huge wind gusts in the form of a hurricane.

Sunday was Marty's 30th something birthday. He didn't have to work, so we got to enjoy the day together and that even involved a celebratory pool party and cookout.




Arianna hogged this bag of chips the whole time. That's because we don't ususally let her have any She was just taking advantage of the situation. Smart girl.



This was Bubby's first time using floaties in the pool. Either, he didn't understand how to allow them to hold him up, or the floaties just weren't capable of holding him up.

Last night, my dear husband and I got to go to the Rays game for free. Until I bought one Diet Yuck Pepsi for FIVE dollars. But it is nice to have a dome as the baseball stadium, so even if it has been raining non-stopped for 2 days, you can still enjoy the game. Oh yeah, the Rays won too.

Hair

I'm thinking about changing my hairstyle. I want to have some sassy-ness but not too much. I want it to be different, but not too much.

I've logged onto taaz.com to try out some different styles. Look below to see if you think any of these look good. Judge the style only, not the color, as the color would stay the same as in option #4.


Option 1


Option 2


Option 3



Option 4, Regular ole me


Leave a comment and tell me which one you like or if you have any other suggestions. :) Thanks!!!

Mother's Day and More

I had a fantastic Mother's Day. Ate brunch with my in-laws and dinner with my parents.

Thank you mother and mother-in-law for always being there to support our family and show me the best example of being a mother.

Marty gave me these beautiful flowers. He picked out the individual flowers and had them arranged.

My kids are so wonderful and loving, I truly enjoy trying to be the best Mom I can be! Thank you Arianna and Bernie for putting up with me (and all the pictures I take)!

Fun and Photo Saturday

We met Mimi and Papa at the mall today for a great Chick-fil-A lunch. They were spoiled with their usual ritual of ice cream, but today Mimi gave them an entirely new Chick-fil-A treat. Balloons!

And because I'm #1 Mom, I regrettably gladly put a hole in the balloons once bedtime came. At least I admit my great parenting techniques.

We headed to the park after naptime, but not before I had to pry the balloons out of their hands.


"This is great, my sister can't touch me!"
-Relaxing Bernie


"I asked you to push me HIGHER!!!"
-Demanding Arianna


"See Mom, I can slide this way too!"
-Daredevil Bernie


"You can run, but you can't hide!"
-Having the time of her life, Arianna


"If this one is going on the blog, I might as well give you a pose"
-Aspiring model, Arianna

Rare Friday Night Off

Marty has begged for over a year not to have to work Sundays. He finally convinced them to let him have them off, except for a few occassions when the restaurant is known to be busy for special events, etc. This weekend a huge art festival was in the downtown area, which creates a very busy weekend for Parkshore Grill (be sure to click on 'our events' then 'our gallery' and look at picture 33 of 59 of the slideshow. It's a real special treat!) , and in turn creates a Sunday work day for Marty.

His boss is now so respectful of Marty's requested time off, that he gave him Friday night off, knowing he'd be working at least 12 straight hours Saturday and Sunday (he's still working as I write this at 9pm Sunday evening and he's been there since 9:30 this morning).

Since Marty knew that he'd be home when I get in on Friday, he set up a little surprise for me.

You see, my parents volunteered to watch the kids while we could go out to eat. Just the two of us. But, I knew about this. I asked Marty to bathe the kids before I got home so 1) it'd be done and 2) my parents wouldn't have to mess with it. I walked in at 5:30 from work (parents coming at 6) and the first thing Marty says to me, is start the bath water and I'll undress them. I kept my cool even though I wanted to go crazy and ask why the kids weren't bathed yet. But I didn't, because I know that anything could go wrong around here with 2 toddlers and nothing could get done as planned.

So, I walk in the bathroom and there is.....




......An entirely new bathroom set! Much more kid friendly for a kids bathroom than the previous palm tree theme.

And look at the adorable crab toothbrush holder and octopus soap dispenser.



My weekend has never started so wonderfully!

Thanks babe, you are so thoughtful and truly care about our quality time with one another!

For the Easter Weekend

The weekend started with a half day of work for me. Any weekend that begins that way will be a good one. And of course with Easter, this one was a good one!

We decorated some eggs with my parents, we went to our church's first ever Good Friday service (props to Dad for singing in the awesome choir special), I met up with one of my best friend's that was in town, and I was thrilled to have nursery duty for Sunday morning worship with at least 10 snot nosed kids that weren't mine (enter sarcasm). Oh yeah, and the kids had 2 easter egg hunts and got plenty of candy.


Sharing the stool, but not the cookie

Decorating eggs with Mimi

In the meantime, I took plenty of pictures with kids and baskets. Eggs and kids. Grass and candy. And kids and candy.



And don't worry. No terrifying poses with the easter bunny at the mall this year.

*You may click on the collage for enlargement.