V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N

I am officially out of my funk because we FINALLY booked our vacation! We are going to CANADA-Mont Tremblant actually and it looks beautiful! I have always been a beach resort loving-warm weather-lots of sunshine-type of vacationer...hence the reason we have been to Hawaii 3 times, Cancun, Las Vegas, and the Caribbean for our vacations since we have been married. We have always said we would go back to Hawaii for our 5 year anniversary but I rebelled on that idea when we started looking and decided I needed the taste of the mountains. Since we would be going in the heat of the summer, I thought the cooler temps sounded too great so I researched every lodge from Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Seattle, Vancouver, Michigan, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Toronto. And I finally found just what I was looking for just north of Montreal in Mont Tremblant, Canada. It is a cute little ski village and we are staying just outside the village in a cool lodge on the lake. We got a great deal (which of course makes Brad the accountant happy) and I feel like I am already starting to count down the days. They have golf which you can see on the photo and a spa and it looks so relaxing and wonderful...I can't wait!
On another note...Brad is now a member of the old man's club. He turned 30 on Friday! He celebrated by taking a guys trip with some of his college buddies. (I celebrated with a 90 minute massage) They had a great time and he even got a new nickname, Pops. We are officially together "grandparents" - MeMe and Pops! Who would've ever thought we would both end up with those names. At least Reid puts a spanish twist on things and calls me "Tia MeMe"!
We celebrated another 30th birthday tonight with some college friends...Happy Birthday Justin. We had a great time playing WhirlyBall and eating at Campisis. I am TERRIBLE offensively but made some great collisions with my bumper car so I guess I provided some adequate defense. After Brad kept scoring on the other team I just decided to start running into him the whole time. It worked great until Master Whirlyball, Jeff showed up and just squashed us all. (He has obviously played Whirlyball a few times in his life)
I finally got a new cell phone! I decided it was time when I couldn't hear the other person talking-very annoying. I love my new phone-very cute (red) and super sleek, but unfortunately it doesn't have a flashlight-the #1 feature of my other phone. I know it sounds CrAzY but I used that flashlight every single day and it will be sorely missed! I also transitioned to a flip phone-never have been a fan but we'll see how that turns out. Everyone else in my contact list will love it b/c my purse will stop calling them!
I guess that wraps it up for now. This week will be fun and busy-Monday Spin, Tuesday babysitting some of our favorite kiddos (non-related), Wednesday-Financial Peace, Thursday & Friday are nothing YET-or that I can remember right now, and Saturday is of course 2 baby showers! Oh, and hopefully Lindsey will have her baby this week, too. Whew-it is going to be a busy week!!! Have a great one!

Friday Nights and Sunday Afternoons

All our boys on the couch watching the Masters













Golf even puts the babies to sleep...







So this is what we do on Friday nights...especially when it is Masters weekend/Easter weekend. The boys sit and watch TV and all the Masters highlights and the girls are in the kitchen making bunny cakes! It was a lot of fun though. Mal was so sweet to go and share her bunny candy with the boys but then told Brad he shouldn't have any because candy causes cavities! I got such a laugh out of that one.

Here are some pictures from the Arboretum a few weeks ago too. It was a gorgeous day and everyone was there...it took us 30 minutes just to get into the parking lot. It was well worth it though - the flowers were amazing! Brad and I got a lot of landscaping ideas that day and drove straight to our favorite nursery to buy more shrubs and flowers...funny though how our yard doesn't look quite like the arboretum...






























The kids were so silly that day. Between trying to hold the boys and watching the dance-off contest, they really wore themselves out. Reid screamed all the way to the car and Mal fell asleep as we were pulling out of the parking lot. The boys were fine as usual and Abby kept cracking me up in the car afterwards at Sonic saying how "bored" she was waiting for her slush.

An Aunt's Proudest Moment...Abby Rae DDS!

Last week Abby had to dress up as a "Community Helper" for school. I was so excited to hear that she wanted to be a DENTIST! (I actually REALLY encouraged her to be a "hygienist" but I think it is a little difficult for 5 yr olds to grasp the difference...they think we are all dentists!)
Anyways, my sister bought her some scrubs and I got her geared up with supplies like a mirror and mask and lots of toothbrushes for her classmates. She looked so cute! This is all too funny to me because she basically gets wimpy at the dentist office and Dr. Sivie had to put her in a head lock to pull her tooth...but after the whole thing is over she thinks it is the coolest thing ever. Glad she wasn't traumatized!
Hope everyone had a great weekend! I'll post pictures soon-we went to the Arboretum today with the rest of the world-what a beautiful madhouse! I LOVE SPRING-TIME!! We bought lots of shrubs to fill in the rest of our backyard and our awesome landscaper, Collin, is going to come and plant them this week. We just might have Easter lunch at our house in the backyard with all the family...who knows...that is a whole other subject in itself!
Have a great week!