Just another day!

Today is my 27Th Birthday and it's just another day for me. But I was looking at a friend's blog and she had a list of 27 things that she would like to complete by her next birthday. I thought, that's a GREAT idea, so here is my list (thanks Laurie-Ann):

1. Get back to my pre-pregnant weight. It's been four years since my last one and I'm not having more so there is no more excuses!!
2. Fluently speak Spanish. (I know it's funny to some who were in Spanish class with me but I am doing better this time around)
3. Have REGULAR monthly dates with my husband.
4. Do more family activities that are FREE!!
5. Take the kids to the shore! Sad, but they have never seen the ocean.
6. See Randy and Yuko in Japan. This might be a hard one to do, but I'm going to try!
7. Go on a vacation with Jake and NO KIDS!
8. See Erin and the girls more this year.
9. Go to NJ a least one more time this year.
10. Do a 5 mile hike on the Appalachian trail.
11. Read a series that isn't classified as teen/youth. It's time to put down Harry Potter and Twilight.
12. Get caught up on my scrapbook. This may take me all year.
13. Get the yard cleaned up.
14. Build a shed with Jake to get the tools out of the house!
15. Actually stick to our budget.
16. Finish my closet so we can finish our bedroom.
17. Get back to school, so I can complete my degree.
18. Get all my photos scanned into the computer and on jump drives.
19. Bring Erin and the girls down to VA for a few days.
20. Actually use my reusable shopping bags.
21. Being more involved in recycling.
22. Getting the kids to actually keep their rooms clean for more than a day. This will probably be a tough one.
23. Plant a garden and keep it.
24. Refinish our dresser. Sad, but it's still the same when I was a kid.
25. Take more pictures of the kids and the beautiful nature around us.
26. Keep in better contact with old friends, so I don't go another ten years before talking to them.
27. COMPLETE THIS LIST!!!!

I really hope that I can challenge myself enough to do all I want to do. Believe me, it's going to be a task!!

So Many Trips In One Week!!!

So this week, I went to Mom's, Richmond, and New Jersey. Out of 10 days, I spent 3 nights at home!! But what a GREAT time. The kids had a great time at Nana's and I got to spend some alone time with Jake. I also got to see some old friends I haven't seen in a really long time. And to top it all of, I got to see my nieces who just turned 2!!! My poor sister! But here are some of the photos from the trip.

What a CUTE boy!!

Kayla On the swings.

Kayla, JT, Valerie, and Stephanie (Erin's twins)

New Members of the Fat Girl Club:

It was so nice to see everyone again and all the new members to their families. Jacki and Joey brought Ava (left), Lisa had Jaxson with her (center), and Eric shared his new daughter Enya with Jessie (right). Thank you guys so much for getting together on such short notice and remember the next reunion is at my house.

I love and miss you all.

NO KIDS THIS WEEK!!

I know I should probably have pictures of the kids on here from Easter but we went to mom's and I forgot my camera, and I left the kids there for the week!!! Mom and I have been planning on going to NJ this weekend so it worked out great for Jake and I. They did have a good Easter and have had a lot of fun at Nana's with all the animals. Hope did have one misfortune where she had a rotten egg explode in her face and boy what a smell!!!! I will be a better person and take a ton of photos this weekend.

Hope everyone had a great Easter!

My Little Monkies!!

This morning, I told Kayla to go in her room and get dressed. This is the wonderful outfit that she picked out. Doesn't she look great?!? If you can't tell she even has different socks on. She really wanted to wear her Minnie Mouse shoes, but she can't wear those out. I really think that it would have added to the ensemble. LOL.

JT on the other hand wanted to go fly a kite this afternoon. It was really windy today so getting the kite up was easy. We were able to get the string out all the way and JT did a great job keeping it up. The only down side was that the ground was still wet from all the rain this week. Hopefully it will be nice tomorrow so we can go hiking on the Appalachian Trail.