Happy Monday!

Hope you both have a nice week!

Derek is on his last week of classes. He graduates on Saturday!!!! YIPPEE!!!! After 2 long years, he'll finally be done. I can't even describe how excited he is. It seems like forever ago too.

Anywho, just want to wish you both the best, Todd I hope you're over your cold!

Mother's Day Weekend!!!

I hope you have fun celebrating Todd's birthday... AND MOTHER'S DAY!!!! What a fun weekend for you both! I just wanted to start the weekend off early, and wish you a happy mother's day! I hope you got my card.. . don't open it until TOMORROW THOUGH!

Derek and I really enjoyed seeing you both, and finally meeting little Ellie! Sarah and Todd, you both are wonderful parents.

pics of the deck

I took a couple quick pics of our new deck. its a little dark, I took them at 8:30ish... not the best light for photos.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOODLES!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODD! I hope your day rocks. I know you said you didn't feel well... and I hope you feel better soon. Since I couldn't be there I wanted to send you a note through the computer... and then this little monkey hopped on my back and wanted to wish you a happy birthday too! Since he was just SOOO CUTE I couldn't say no... and Derek loves monkeys! :-D

SO AGAIN... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Deck is 50% complete

I should have taken some pictures of our halfway done deck. They have finished the floor, but there currently aren't any railings or steps. That means I have to take davey on walks because he can't jump up onto the deck without steps...
I'll post some pictures when its done.

The 5th of May... who's gonna party?

Happy Cinqo De Mayo! Hope you two have some fun Ellie party w/ tacos for tonight. Derek is making Chicken Chowder... i forgot about taco/burrito day. Had I remembered, I would have made my world famous chicken enchilladas. Hmm, I might make them this weekend, or when our company is coming to visit.

Derek's parents are coming out, for a week, for Derek's graduation. Even though he's not walking or anything, it is still a moment that deserves some recognition. And Nigel and his girlfriend Erin are coming out to visit memorial day weekend. There is a wedding on Sunday, they are going to, so it will be a fun and busy trip. Of course the weekend after that, Matt Watts is going to be in Vegas with his girlfriend, and we've agreed to meet them up there for an afternoon. (It is a 6 hour drive, about as far as Chicago from St Louis) but should be a lot of fun. Plus I think Derek deserves a little more than a pat on the back as a graduation gift, and he does love Vegas. So May is going to be a BUSY MONTH! Thank goodness, nothing is going on until October! (Kristi's wedding.)

So, because of the impromptu trip to vegas, we aren't going to do any celebatory parties tonight. Also, this weekend, we'll have to lay pretty low also. Ah... getting old and responsible... soo much fun! Ha!

Monday morning!

I hope you both had a nice weekend, and are staying clear of the "swine flu" (sung to the bob seager song night moves). Yeah, i think the swine flu is funny. Everyone is freaking out about it here. Gotta love the media blowing all this out of porportion. Sure, swine flu is serious, in Mexico City. Sure 100 people died in Mexico City. Let me think, are their hospitals up to par with the USA's? Is their health care? Do the citizens of Mexico and residents of Mexico City have the same socio-economic status as the USA and ease of medicine? I'm gonna take a stab and say, NO. I'm also going to throw out that 40k people die of the regular flu a year, and we aren't closing schools for 2 weeks at a time for that. I just love the hysteria that is going around. Makes me laugh that everyone thinks this is a case of the outbreak monkey.

So anywho... sorry I ranted. How was your weekend? I hope it was awesome. Miss you both lots!!!

Fun Friday w/ Grandma!

That should be fun! I hope you and Sarah have a nice time tonight. I am sorry to read that Sarah got a flat tire! How frustrating and scary! I'm glad that she is okay, and that it was taken care of so easily. (But probably still an incredible pain!)

Just wanted to wish you both a happy weekend!