Well we finally made it. This past fall Missy and I were talking about how Ellen turns 60 this year. Yes, I know, she will always be a spring chick to all of us, but sure enough, she is there. So Missy and I thought, we are the greatest daughters in the world. How better to show our mother that than to take her on a weekend getaway to Vegas, maybe hit a few strip clubs, you know the routine. Well we decided to go and see Mama Mia. It worked out really well too. Ellen, Missy, Tammy, Christy, and I all made the trip. We were so sad that Nat couldn't come, but it was to expensive to fly in from No. Cali. Anywho it was a very fun trip filled with shopping, eating, reading, and of course the show.

Here is a pic of us at our own private booth at PF Chang's. It was pretty yummy, as I'm sure you all know.

A few highlights of the trip include the MASSIVE storm that we had to leave early friday morning to escape, dinner the cheesecake factory, shopping at some new (at least new to me) outlets down there, dinner at PF Changs, some young buck at Ballagio trying to strip for us, and Spice Girls concert being at the same hotel and on the same night as our show. Very exciting, I know. Well overall it was a fun trip, and the show is fantastic!

Cute kids

So I watched Andra's kids today. I've watched them a couple of times while she goes to school. It's a peice of cake really, they're easy going kids and they just play with my kids the whole time, plus Abby thinks she is the babysitter. Anywho, most of you haven't seen Andra's kids for a while, if ever with Truman, so I though I'd share these pics with you. Abby was at preschool so she didn't get in the pics.

Cooper and Sole really just play and hang out most of the time. Truman just follows them around doing random things. It's pretty cute

You might be thinking, or maybe not, why isn't Shelby in the picture with Truman? Well each time I tried to get that he would attack her. In a cute way though. He just really wanted to hug her, or lay on top of her, or swap binkis with her, whatever. Who cares if it's RSV season right?

Any who, just thought I'd share the friendly moment:D

12' snowman

Thank heavens for husbands who are like, or are, little boys in a man's body. Today with all the snow the kids were ecstatic to build a snowman with Rob. He needed to work this morning so when he got home the kids were jumping off the walls. They had already gone out for the usual 10 minutes of playtime that they do every morning after it snows. It takes 15 minutes to get all there gear on, they last 10 outside, then they get sent to the bathroom to "derobe" and throw there wet stuff in the tub. Needless to say, when he got home at noon he was right back outside, almost immediately. Heres the play-by-play.

Yeah, the ball on bottom is huge and the second ball that he made was just as big, luckily he didn't throw his back out or get a hernia trying to lift it. So he chopped it in half and went peice by peice.

...yeah that didn't work, so he then proceded to make it into what he likes to call a rameumptom (check you local Topical Guide for that one), the kids thought it was great.

After that they just started packing snow on and I kept taking picture after picture until finally he told me to put the camera away because it wasn't even close to being done. At this point it was over 6' tall.

Shelby and I played on the floor for a while, but she sure liked to watch them play, she wanted to be out with them!

At one point I looked out the window and saw this...

and this...

Finally this!!!

Oh, no,but then this.

And now this is in my front yard. They love it anyway!