7 Years

Shawn and I celebrated our anniversary last week.  And of course we pulled out all the stops and went to a movie the day before and then had left overs on our anniversary and had some mini molten cakes for dessert.  I know we should probably slow down and take a break from all the fun.  Its ok we're boring and we know it.  It was just nice to spend some time together.  Honestly a quiet night at home is a great time for us!  Happy Anniversary Shawn! I love you!

Christmas 2011

Well I didn't make it to 100 posts last year but I'm about to put up a few so maybe I'll be able to do it this year.  We had a great Christmas this year.  Shawn was off which was fabulous but we also had all the Funks with us which made it even better.  I only got pictures of Christmas morning but I at least wanted to give a few highlights of what we did.
1.Family pictures, made me realize I really need a haircut, and some new make up.
2. Gingerbread houses a blast as usual.
3. A few trips to the Adventure Science Center.
4. A trip to the Hermitage.  I missed out on most of it since all my kids wanted to do was run around in the grass or tromp through the flower beds.
5. Family dinner at Maggiano's then dessert at our house.  We managed to hide most of the mess from the house in our bedroom in just enough time.
We had a great time with all our Funk relatives and are so grateful everyone was willing to come see us for Christmas.

Waking the kids up to go downstairs.

Graham needed a little convincing. 

The ritual picture at the top of the stairs.

Giving some love.

Caroline was very patient and let us take a picture first, they boys were not as patient.

Devin was so excited about Cars 2 he couldn't even stop for a picture.

Boys

My boys have been full on boys today.  One minute I want to pull my hair out and the next I can't stop laughing and sometimes I want to do both at the same time.  Here are just a few of the things they have done today so you have an idea of how crazy they are.
1.At Kroger Graham stuck is bare foot in Devin's face and knocked his glasses off and they fell under the shelving so I got to get down on all fours and pull them out of the nastiness that is under grocery store shelves.
2. At Staples Devin and Graham decided I was a pole and ran around me in circles until one of them fell over.
3. At Walgreens Graham laid down on his stomach and spun around on the floor like a top.  Eww!
4. Also at Walgreens Devin saw Graham pick up some candy or something and said, "Forget about it Graham." The lady next to me even started laughing at this one.
5. At the post office Devin found the lock on the automatic door and attempted to lock us all in there.  Thankfully he was unsuccessful.
6. On the way home from Target Graham took off his shoe and sock and started kissing his toes because they hurt.
And that was just today!  Thinking back on the day I can't stop laughing and realize I really shouldn't take the kids on so many errands but there is not much I can do when Shawn is on call.  I just hope these boys ease up on the craziness at they get older or I'm going to be gray by next year!

Ahh Memories

My little sister had a sweet baby boy today and I couldn't help but think back to when I had Devin.  To me our deliveries seemed somewhat similar.
Her second baby was a boy just like mine.
She also has a little girl like me.
Her baby boy was only 2 ounces bigger than Devin.
She had the world's best ob/gyn deliver her like me.
Well that's it.  Congratulations to Shady and Brandon and thanks for bringing back some of my favorite memories.  Boys are awesome, you are going to have so much fun!  I can't wait to meet him!

Christmas Break

We started Christmas break off with a bang today.  Caroline had a half day at school so afterwards we had a few kids over and baked gingerbread cookies.  Then after all the friends went home I decided to go ahead and do some caroling tonight since we may not be able to do our usual Christmas Eve caroling this year.  So we visited a few friends and then went to the new Chick-fil-a for dinner.  The kids were in heaven and after I had my chicken club I was doing just fine too.  Ok so maybe it was a a pretty boring day for most people but to my kids it was the best day ever! Christmas is going to be awesome this year, I can't wait!

Chatter Box

Sometimes I wish I could wear ear plugs during the day.  My children LOVE to talk.  Particularly Caroline right now.  I don't think she can go 30 seconds without hearing the sound of her voice.  Maybe she's always been this way and I've just gotten used to how quiet the boys are when she's at school.  Needless to say its a rude awakening when the weekend comes and she's home all day.  Its gotten so bad that I've had to tell her, "You not allowed to talk until you put on clothes, or brush your teeth, or pick up your shoes."  She gets so carried away talking she completely forgets what I asked her to do.  Its really kind of funny but at the same time it would be great if I didn't have to remind her 10000 times to do something.  Then again life would be way too easy if that happened and I've decided life isn't supposed to be easy and that's ok.