Springtime

Every year the kids get pictures taken at school in the spring. You never know what they might turn out like. Below is a glimpse of the outcome.

Long story short

Lets see how we can narrow this story down. Friday evening I get a phone call from my oldest daughter Lex in Ohio. She wanted to know if I had received anything. I was a little in the dark, so wasn't sure what to say, but No I had not. She preceded to tell me she had sent flowers and they were to be delivered to me at work by 5pm.
So , I got the picture of what was happening and they preceded to call 1-800 Flowers where they had ordered from. WE got the picture that they were to be delivered Saturday. Well of course noone is at the office on Saturdays, so we posted a note with Rod's cell phone # to call and waited.
No call came in. So No mother's day gift arrived. Monday was the next opportunity and they still never arrived by 2pm. So they called again and were told a local florist would be called and would have a delivery by 5pm Monday. Still no flowers showed.
Tuesday, about 11:30 am my flowers arrived in a box, and half dead. Below you'll see that picture.





My half dead Mother's day flowers


These finally arrived Tuesday about 4pm . Much Better.



Lets just say , Rod made a nice phone call to customer service and the flowers were to be free. And we are to receive a coupon for 20% off the next order. Let's just say there won't be any future purchases from this dis-satisfied customer.

Mother's Day

Jessica Made a coupon book with coupons I can cut out to use for items she will do for me. (most are things I make her do on a regular basis anyhow). She also made a pen with a flower on it in a cup with beans to hold it up.


Zachary made me a purse out of the styrofoam stuff you buy. The decor on the front is cute. He also had a poster(sticking out of the purse) with mother spelled out and what each letter stood for. Quite precious!



Andrea drew a picture of her & I together, also another picture with a flower , and a pinch pot made out of clay.


Brittany picked out a very nice card and is with Meagan and my favorite flower a Lilac. Love to smell those things.




Each present was very precious. Their efforts mean more than anything they could buy. They get so excited when they come home from school and were just dieing all weekend to give it to me. Andrea asked repeatedly if it was Mother's day yet.
I enjoyed each gift tremendously!

Birthday party!

As promised(a little late) pictures from Andrea's birthday. Nothing special, but kids are always excited to get gifts. She's a special little girl and hopefully she had a nice birthday.




With her cake


With Mom & Dad


Opening gifts

Happy 7th Birthday Andrea!!

On May 2nd 2001, Andrea Renay entered into our family. Our little blondie has been quite a joy. She is very loving, but she also holds her own amongst her brother and sisters. Andrea is independent and tries to do everything on her own. She loves fixing hair, and after dinner most every night she wants to comb or style your hair. We end up with some pretty wild doo's sometimes. In the pictures below you will see one of the times grandma let her do her hair before she was to go to the beauty shop.
Unfortunately my laptop has chose to crash, and so most of my pictures are on it, and not backed up by my own stupidity, so I only had a few to pull from the desktop. You can see the changes over time.
Party pictures will follow when I get the opportunity to download to the desktop.

Our mini trip

Although we only went South to Ft. Lauderdale/ Hollywood area about an hour and a half south of home, we still had a nice relaxing time. We stayed at the Crowne Plaza on the intracoastal waterway. It was a very nice place. Really not alot of restraunts around to eat at. After driving all over Saturday night we ended up at a local pizza place. Turned out to be a pretty good little place. We did some shopping and just relaxing. A much needed getaway. Since we are in the office 5 days a week 8-9 hrs a day, there isn't much time to spend doing much else but taking care of the kids and the homefront. Below are a few pictures.




Our view from the balcony

We ordered room service Sunday morning

Our yummy looking food

Rod ready to dig into his breakfast

Me about to enjoy my yummy breakfast on the balcony

The intacoastal was right behind us at the pool. So we got to enjoy watching all the boats go by

We Spent part of Sunday afternoon by this nice pool relaxing

Happy Anniversary!!!

Today Rod & I celebrate 18 yrs. of marriage. I must say those years have went by quickly. I am happy to say that we have enjoyed every day together. Rod is my very best friend, and I can't imagine doing anything without him. We have laughed together, cried together and had alot of fun together. Although as most marriages have their ups and downs I must say ours has usually been up. We never fight. Might get a little irritated at each other occasionally , but we never say a cross word to each other. Although we have had a few bumps in the road(lost a house to fire in 97 and whatever else arose from that) I must say life has been pretty good together. I hope the next 18 yrs are just as good or better.
We spent a few days away this weekend to refresh ourselves and have some quiet time. Although We have missed the kids dearly. I look forward to returning home relaxed and refreshed to start the madhouse all over again.
I Love you Rod! May we have many more years together!