Fun in Florida...

Well, I am back! Got back in town late Thursday night after being in airplanes and airports for 12.5 hours!! Now that the house is somewhat back in order (I have accepted the fact that it will take much longer for the kids to listen to Mommy once again) I am quickly remembering how much FUN I did have in Florida, here are just a few....Sticking my toes in the ocean (it is weird now to think that just a week ago I was enjoying the beach). It is beautiful!Watching the unveiling of the field for Superbowl Sunday, pretty awesome! Watching the teams arrive to play (although you can't tell these are the Saints),Seeing the view of the Stadium on Game day,

Watching the jets fly overhead right before the game started,

Seeing the firework display at halftime,

Trying out the look of the Arizona Cardinals,

Meeting Larry Fitzgerald(don't let the shirt fool you, this guy is BUILT),

Most of all I miss the friends I reacquainted with and some new ones I met while I was there.

I had a great time, but now it is back to reality! Mac N Cheese, dirty diapers, cleaning, laundry, the list goes on and on.....and I love it!!!

Office with a view...

So here is a picture of what I get to look at every day out here in Florida from our office (AKA trailer in the parking lot). This was taken a few day ago when there was actually blue skies (and 80 degree weather). Yesterday was dark and a downpour all day!!! We got 8 inches of rain! It is suppose to keep raining...I thought this was the Sunshine state? Pro-Bowl is over, it was crazy busy. One event down and the big one still ahead!

Florida has crazy drivers!

So I have been here in Ft. Lauderdale for 3 days now, and have decided driving here is definitely not fun!! Day 1 got lost coming to the hotel from the airport took me 2 times as long to get here as it should have. Day 2, got chased off the road by a guy on a bullet bike who was pretending to shoot me with his fake gun! Day 3(today) got rear-ended at a red light by some old lady! So far I am not loving Florida!!! So sadly the first pictures I HAD to take here were for the insurance company. Ever said to yourself hate to be that guy? Well, it's a she and she is driving this beater.... So, if your in South Florida(don't be unless you are not over here in the ghetto), watch out for a lady driving this truck she doesn't stop at red lights!!!
P.S. I am fine, and hope to be able to blog about something fun soon!!

Saying Goodbye...

Well, Tomorrow I am off to Miami for almost three weeks to work at the Superbowl! I think I have finally finished packing (that is until I find something else lying around that Sadi secretly snuck out of my suitcase) again! Little stinker! The kids gave me a cute dance performance tonight to send me off and they made a paper chain with the amount of days I will be gone so they can rip one off each day until I come home. ..sweet. I know they are secretly excited that Daddy is going to be in charge and has promised them parties every day. I say good luck!! I will miss them(okay probably not right away), I will miss the funny things they say. Some examples from this week:

SADI: Got mad at me and said "you better watch it (while pointing her finger at me violently) Santa's watching you!" (Yeah I guess she still doesn't know what morning he will be showing up for again).

CHASE: While at the library (during story time) we were making a craft and the teacher asked if anyone had a question about what we were making, Chase raised his hand and with no confidence in me asked loudly "Is my Mom doing this right?"

KELSEY: The teenager who know everything and is always right said "Hey what's that guys name off the show Chuck called?" (Uhhh that would be Chuck!)

These are the things I will miss! And yes, if you are reading this Matt (that means you are super bored or the kids are running things) I will miss you, Love you guys!

Good Morning

So I have been trying to get Chase to sleep in, Sadi has been happy to sleep in until 8:00 ever since Kelsey was off for Christmas break. I am soo loving that. HOWEVER, Chase cannot seem to sleep in whether you let him stay up super late or put him to bed early. So I keep telling him we need to sleep in until 8:00. It was working for awhile he would come in and say it's time to get up and I would say it's not 8 yet go back to bed. Well smarty boy now knows all his numbers!! Soo what I felt to be way to early this morning when he climbed into bed with me and said hey Mom, it's 8 see it on the clock I knew it couldn't be true it was still dark. I roll over to see the clock reading 5:38! He did get the 8 just on the wrong end of the clock! I should have just got up then because the talking just continued until 8, I tried to reason with him that it was in fact only 5 but he just continued to talk, talk, talk! So here is my plan, I am now going to see if I can get him to read the clock in the kitchen in the morning, what do you think?
Ha, I still have a few tricks!

Armed and Ready

So I am officially ready now to start potty training Sadi....I think. She really hasn't shown that much interest so ready or not here we go! I think I have everything I need (ha ha we all know it seems to take more bribery than this but hey, it's a start). New Panties, cool pull-ups, sticker potty chart, potty wipes, and most important chocolate! Only missing the pony right? Wish us luck!

Happy New Year!

It's here! We had a fun...Late night last night and I am still recovering! Woke up with a sore throat and cough..yuck! We had lots of yummy food, played games, and read our new years predictions from last year..pretty funny! I started writing down our predictions for the new year a few years ago and type them up for us to read at the end of the next year. We also made predictions for the year 2010 and I am working on a time capsule for that! More to come on that! Hope you all had a fun night and a happy healthy 2010!!