Relaxed, Rejuvenated and

...hardly ready to go back to work tomorrow.

The vacation to tropical weather was splendid and much needed, but we're happy to be home and able to curl up in our own bed tonight.



I'll be back with more pictures tomorrow. Right now, though, I need to tackle the heaping mounds of laundry.

Later Taters!

Bon Voyage!

Last Thursday Tom entered his final year of being in his 20s.

Tomorrow we set sail on a 7-day cruise to celebrate his 29th Birthday!

I mean, really. Who doesn't want to escape the frigid temperatures, snow storms and blizzards that have attacked the entire U.S.? I'll gladly spend a week in the Caribbean.

I'll be back in a week and hopefully I'll be overwhelmed with tons of pictures from Montego Bay, the Cayman Islands, and Cozumel.

Later Taters!

Wet & Wild

While Daddy is away, the children will play. In the tub, that is.

Tom's in Salt Lake City for the remainder of the week for work. So, that leaves me in charge of bath time...and everything else too.

Here is the progression of pictures through his bath:

"Cheese!"

"Ok, Mom. Just one more. Cheese."

"Cheeeeeese. Can't you see I'm busy playing!"

I think he was tired of the camera after a while. Ha Ha!

SNOW!

It's coming down as I type. The metorologists predict 1-3 inches for our area. We'll see. I doubt we get that much though.

Our fingers are crossed that we get a "snow day" tomorrow and get to stay home.

2011 Resolution

What's your New Year's Resolution?


I'm trying to drink more water. I never realized there were so many benefits to gulping down water. Here's a link that discusses just a few of the benefits:
http://www.health-benefit-of-water.com/benefit-of-drinking-water.html and there are so many more.

I'm only 6 days in, and I already feel like I have more energy. Now, if only I could kick my Dr Pepper habit...

Happy New Year!

Over the weekend we traveled to Grenada, Mississippi to visit with my family, the same crew that came to stay with us over Thanksgiving. For New Year's Eve, we rode out the multiple storms that came through at my parents house. Talk about a slumber party. All 13 of us spent the night at my parents 3 bedroom, 2 bath house. The night ended with my mom yelling out, "Goodnight, John-boy". The following morning may have been out of chronological order, but who says you have to celebrate Christmas before New Year's? We started the new year off with opening Christmas presents since we thought we'd made the kids wait long enough. For lunch we were back on the right schedule. We gobbled up the traditional New Year's lunch: ham, black eyed peas, cornbread, and cabbage. And by Saturday afternoon we were celebrating our third event- Karen's 40th Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Big Sis!

I'll be back soon with pictures. My computer is ancient and doesn't recognize the memory card for my new camera. Fortunately, Tom's computer will read the memory cards, but his computer rarely picks up the wireless signal long enough for me to upload anything. Next Tuesday, we're getting a new service provider, so hopefully things will be a little easier at least until I cave in and buy a new computer.

Christmas Day

There was a very joyful two-year-old boy in our house today! Here are some of the photos...


This is Shake 'N' Go Lightning McQueen number 3 for Micah, and it's still one of his favorites.

Cars, Cars, and more Cars.

...And the much anticipated 4-wheeler riding outside

There's the Honeycutt tongue. It always pops out during extreme concentration.

My happy little man on his shiny new ride.