look what we bought!

Yep, a recliner! Jared went to sit in our recliner Sunday night after our nap and somehow it had gotten broken? not quite sure what happened, but it did! Jared was ready to go LAST.NIGHT to get one picked out. I wanted a little color and he wanted heat.... so we both got what we wanted plus a little extra.... a massager:)

Sneak Peek.....

Just a little sneak peek as to what my trip looked like.......

This was the sunrise early one morning. It was absolutely beautiful, but not near as beautiful as the sunset!!!!

I have a lot of pictures to share and little stories.

So when I get a little bit of time at home, I will start blogging about our trip.

I will tell you this much, it was a wonderful trip and we are already planning another one!

103 Pounds of nothing but stuff!

Well, the time is almost here! We are leaving at 4:30 tomorrow morning for Kansas City! Our flight leaves at 10:55.

I have all our suitcases packed, except for the last minutes items. I thought I better get them weighed in, so I wouldn't have to pay any extra. So here are the finals.....

Suitcase #1: 38.4 pounds

Suitcase #2: 23.4 pounds

Suitcase #3: 18.8 pounds

Suitcase #4: 22.4 pounds

Suitcases #3 and 4 could be combined, but I want to make sure and have a suitcase for nothing but souvenirs on the way home. so they are packed "lightly".

Last night I got all of the kids stuff packed for their overnight stays at Grandma and Grampsie's, Grandma and Da's and Uncle Yancey's. I delivered all of their bags this morning.

I got us checked in and our boarding passes printed about 25 minutes ago. So we are ready to board the plane.

I still have a few last minute things to do but nothing major! I am getting soooooo excited that I can't keep from smiling today.

Keep us in your prayers for safe travels and pray that Jared takes the news very well that he will not be wearing his "lace up" boots! Also, pray for sanity for the grandparents and Uncle Yancey! Please also pray that my kids are well behaved and are safe in whatever and wherever they go.

I will miss you guys! See ya next week!!!

Braylon's Ready!

The boys have been super jealous of us going on our trip. So I have been telling them that if Jared loves the cruise that we will go in a couple of years so all of us can go. So on Sunday Braylon wanted to go hunting with his dad so I told him to get dressed and I would go meet his dad so he could go hunting. 30 minutes later he was still not dressed. I finally went in to help him and he didn't want to wear the camo pants I got out for him. He wanted jeans! Well there were no jeans in his drawers. I thought this was weird considering he has like 10 pairs and I knew the laundry was caught up for the most part. So when I went looking and got back in his room there he was putting on his jeans. I said "where did you find those?" and his repsonse was "in my suitcase!" He had packed his suitcase one night last week. I asked him why he had his suitcase packed and he responded with "I wanted my clothes ready so if Daddy likes the cruise, we can go." Poor little guy doesn't understand that it is a long time away! He had 5 pairs of jeans packed, some socks and underwear and his swimming trunks. No wonder I couldn't find any of his jeans!

Crazy kid~!~

Rules, Rules, Rules

As I sit here and sort through all the rules that Southwest Airlines has and Carnival Cruise Lines has, it is making me kind of crazy.

I knew things had changed, but to actually sit down and read exactly what you can and can't have or do, could make a person nuts.

I know it is going to take a lot of stuff to make a suitcase go over 50 pounds and I also know that the dimensions our suitcase can't exceed, really is probably big!

So why am I worrying about it???? Probably b/c I can't find a stinkin' tape measure around this house full of boys to measure my suitcases, just so I can sleep better! GRRRR.

Then I want to see about excursions.....

i would like to swim with the dolphins,
i would LOVE to snorkle,
i want to lay on a white sandy beach and see the crystal clear, beautiful ocean at my feet
i want to shop,
i want to do it all!!!!

I am pretty sure that I am going to snorkle. Not sure if I can talk Jared into it or not, but I am going to work on him. Guess I will just have to do it by myself!

I have most of our clothes "together" in the closest.
I have our shoes in a bag.
I have my jewelry together.
But other than that, I haven't done anything!
I can't wait until next weekend to get everything out and start packing:)

I am going to miss our boys like crazy, but I seriously can't wait to just get away and relax!

I'm Clothed and Accessorized

If you know me at all you know:

... i hate to shop, especially for myself

... i am a pretty plain jane

... i like solid colors

... i don't accessorize

But guess what...... I have broken out of that sterotype as of yesterday!

Michelle and I went shopping to get clothes for our cruise. We had a great day and I got lots of new stuff.

Shopping is way more fun when you have money to spend, you have a reason to buy clothes and when you are 23 pounds lighter.

Sorry to bore you with all the pictures but, I do know some of you will appreciate all my new clothes especially when you see what I bought!

~These were all my bags when I got home~

~Dress #1, my fun dress for Valentine's Night~
Jared is going to wear black pants and a red shirt that night

~Check it out! A necklace, earrings, a bracelet(on the top part of my little purse), a purse and RED shoes!~ Love it!

~Dress #2, Probably Friday nights dress. Got this dress for $7.99 at the Gap! ~
~Check it out again... bracelet, necklace, earrings and purse!~

~This is what Jared will be wearing on Sat night, he just doesn't know it yet:)
it will match my outfit~


~Dress #3, Saturday nights dress. This dress looks fantastic on!~

~Once again, my accessories. The necklace and earrings have the color of Jared's shirt in them~

~Shirt ($1.97 @ Gap) & Khaki Bermuda shorts~

~Love this shirt with the chocolate colored capris. Notice the bracelet.... it also matches the above shirt~

~The shirt that I kicked myself for not buying the first time. But got a second chance:)~

~Love this shirt too. A little dressy,but super cute to wear with denim capris.~

~yellow shirt WITH a scarf~

~my plain jane shirt,but I dressed it up with a scarf!~

~another plain jane~

did you really think I would go all day and not get myself a plain jane shirt??

~this is another shirt that looks sexy with denim jeans and high heels! yes, I did just say "high heels"~

~my super awesome 'jacket in a packet'! I thought this would be handy to have to put in my purse when we were at the ports in case it started to rain. it folds up in the pocket and makes a little bag~

~new beach towels (didn't think I really wanted to take a shrek one), my $5 Tommy Hilfiger flip flops, water camera for snorkeling, and my purse!~

~Jared's new belt, a shirt and new swimming trunks~

~Jared's shirt and khaki shorts~

~notice the print, it is fish. right up Jared's alley~

~palm tree printed shirt and chocolate brown shorts~

And there you have it folks, most of the clothes that we will be taking with us.

I still have some things I need to get before we leave in a couple of weeks. I got some new luggage tags. I am not in love with them, but I didn't think I need to splurge after buying all of these clothes on something as silly as luggage tags!

15 days and counting baby!!!!

I'm Addicted to.........

The new Super Mario Brothers game on the Wii!!!

These guys are my new friends! Mario and Luigi!

I am a little more partial to Luigi though. Him and I have gotten pretty close in the last few weeks.When I saw that this new game had come out for the Wii, I wanted it immediately. I looked, and looked, and looked and every place was sold out. So I whined and threw a little fit:) Then I find out that Andrea has it, soooooo we went over there for supper one night (work night) and Andrea and I played some Mario until 2:00 in the morning. I was addicted from the start! Then finally I was able to get my own copy. New Year's Eve we went to the Buford's and Matt and I stayed up until 3 in the morning playing. Needless to say, I got Matt hooked.

When we first got the Wii we told the kids that they weren't going to play it ALL the time that they were still going to go outside and play and such. Well then here I am addicted, looking at the tv almost every night trying to conquer this stinkin' game! I even hollered at Braxton the other day when he was outside playing and asked him if he wanted to come in and play Mario. Is that considered contradicting myself??

So some of the things I have learned while trying to conquer Mario...

1) The Bowser is not your friend!

2) Princess Peach is who you are after

3) There are lots and lots of worlds

4) You need to get all 3 of the Big coins in order to get world 9 to open up

5) You get a calloused thumb from hours of playing it

6) You tend to have a temper when someone else makes you die

7) It is a lot like the old Super Mario Brothers that I used to play on my Nintendo

8) A is for Bubble

9) The more you play the better you get

10) That not only am I a

but I am also a Super Mario brother addict!

So I am sorry if you are a loyal follower of my blog. I haven't been ignoring you. I have been hanging out with Mario and Luigi. We have gotten to World 9 so once we go back and get all the big coins in all the worlds that we have already been in and I get World 9 conquered, I will be back.