Oh, my goodness...

You'd think with it being SPRING BREAK and all, I'd get a little blogging done around here. I sat down about two hours ago with great intentions of catching up.

Well...Pinterest got the best of me tonight.

So, with it going on midnight, I'm FINALLY going to get around to jotting a couple things down. I'm actually tired & seriously just shut the i-Pad down, but quickly wanted to get this funny down before I hit the hay...

I LOVE my munchkins & they keep me a gigglin' like a school girl....

Jason & I took the older two to see The Croods in 3D this afternoon. (More on that tomorrow)

The 3D goggles were a hit...to say the least.

Trey's actually sleeping in his right now..I'm headed into that room of his to slip them off in a second.

But, below is what unfolded a few hours ago before the kiddos hit the sack....

The kiddos were laying on the bed with me as we talked about the movie for the 5th time. Along with talking, the kiddos were drawing on some fun little notepads PaPa Ken had given them...

Trey proceeds to tell me that "when you write in a diary, you shouldn't ever write on the front pages. Instead write on the middle pages, so no one can ever read your secrets." He quickly moves into drawing movie scenes....

Tay poses for a quick shot of her new little gem of a forehead carpet burn (or two), with a huge grin on her face....

We pause for a quick game of tickle torture and then scamper off to bed....

As I'm tucking Ty in, she tells me she needs a few more moments of lamp time so she "can write in the middle pages of her diarrhea..."

I seriously LOVE them!!!

Happy Friday night...or should I say Saturday morning!?!

Blending right in....

Can you find her?!?!

Too funny!

I snapped this pic today while we were enjoying a little shopping at Old Navy.

Had a blast with you, Ty!! You crack me up!!!

XXX's & OOO's

Polar Bear?!?!

I LITERALLY have been waiting all day to sit down write this blog....

To many of you, this won't make sense, and you won't find it nearly as awesome as I do, but to those of you I was LUCKY enough to get the OPPORTUNITY to play college softball with at SIU-C....you will TOTALLY understand and SMILE!!

I definitely LAUGHED out loud in the card aisle at our local grocery store yesterday morning. I was searching for a birthday card for my grandfather, who is celebrating his 80th birthday tomorrow, and came across this.....

Two oldies about ankle bone deep in water....(and, no this wasn't the card I chose for Grandfather!!!)

Here's a close-up just in case the previous pic wasn't zoomed in quit enough.

The card obviously represents a variety of "facts of life,"....possibly including the idea that our sense of hearing fades as the years roll by, or maybe the fact that men always have you know what on their minds....

BUT, to me...this card doesn't represent either of those, but instead a snapshot in time of my good old SIU days and the WONDERFUL, LIFE-LONG FRIENDS I was able to spend a majority of my time with. I FOREVER will laugh out loud when I come across a Polar Bear....and, there are many types of Polar Bears, including the one my 5 year old said the other day as he jumped out of the mini and headed into school.....

"Wow, Mom! That was a JAR FRUMP!"

I laughed (with) him and secretly inside made a little wish that hopefully one day he'll be lucky enough to cross paths with people that will forever touch his life. Friendship, laughter, and unconditional love really are things that no amount of money can ever buy.

To all my SIU girls....

I will forever LOVE you all and absolutely CHERISH the times we had together....I know we don't get to see each other often, but I want you to know that not one day goes by that I'm not reminded of just how lucky we all were to have developed the friendships we have!!!

So, to the lady who stared at me and actually gave me a funny look...I had a WONDERFUL reason for laughing out loud (BY MYSELF) in the middle of the card aisle at 7:00 AM!!!

Life. Is. Good.