Easter Humor

This makes me smile.

My mom usually sends me cards for every holiday that rolls around...this is the cover of one of my all time favorites. I laughed so hard the first time I saw it, that she's found it and given it to me on multiple occasions. There's not much better than a corny greeting card. I love them!

It's been too long...

since I posted anything!

It seems that 'life' has taken over during the past few months. Paige has cheered her little heart out during football and basketball season, and Michael has worked his tail off coaching. So, being the good wife and mom that I am (hehe), I've kept the bleachers warm at all of their events!

One fun thing that happened recently was getting to see Bon Jovi in concert! It was my first trip to Las Vegas, and I learned that it wasn't a city for cheapies like me. It was a blast, though.

We've had a lot of busy-ness going on this weekend, too. Razorback baseball, sleep overs, shopping...you know, all the regular family-fun stuff. We're all slightly sunburned and exhausted tonight, but we had a blast together!

On another note, Michael and I have finally decided to take some pretty big steps forward to help us add to our family (prayers would be greatly appreciated). So I'm probably going to use this space as a stress-reliever every now and again...feel free to not read if you so choose, it won't hurt my feelings one little bit!

Happy Anniversary!!!

To my hubby, Michael!!
Wow, how 4 years have flown by...
Love him (and my sweet Paige) so much!

Oh Happy Day!!

Guess who is coming home today?!? Yippee!!!

Paige left for her summer visit to her dad's house on June 28th. I'm so thankful that she loves spending time with her daddy and gets to do fun things with her family there, but its been a long, long month without her!

Sam and I (and Michael, too) are ready for her to be home for good!

Home Sweet Home, for the rest of the summer...

Talk about a busy summer! We've been going, going, going...travelling with with family and work. I'm so thankful for all of the places we've been able to travel to, but there really is no place like home!

Here are some pics of a few places we've seen this summer:

The summer started off with Michael's trip to Tempe, Arizona...

To watch the Hogs...

And the Diamondbacks.

A couple days later we flew off with Michael's entire family to Moon Palace in Cancun, Mexico.

While we were there we visited Tulum,

caught a LOT of sun, and did some other fun things.

One day after flying back from Cancun, I went to Washington DC with 3 cutie pie ladies from work...

and we crammed in as many sights as we could in one week after working all day!

A couple of weeks after I came home from DC, Michael and I both flew out to New Haven, CT (with work again, of course). We went to NYC for the day, and got to see the Yankees play!!

Time Square.

And Yale University in New Haven.

I don't have pictures from New Orleans yet, but we just got back from there last night. I'm still stuffed from all the yummy food we ate! I'm hoping the next 2 weeks will be full of relaxation and family time...in our own home.

Summer is finally here...whew

I was beginning to wonder if I'd ever see summer break! Although its already cram packed with trips for work and a family vacation, I am so thankful that its finally here.

Outdoor Adventures on a Sunday Afternoon...

Today we've had some extreme outdoor adventures. It started when Michael chopped down a tree that hit a bird's nest and knocked out two babies as it fell. The baby birds were so tiny they didn't even have feathers...so, of course we attempted to be rescue-rangers and put the nest and baby birds back in the tree (while wearing gloves in the hopes that Mama bird would come back).

But things quickly took a turn...we went from rescuers to murderers!

Paige and I were walking through the landscaping trying to decide where to plants some things. I thought I heard something move under the landscaping fabric by my foot, but just to make sure I stomped in that area again, and that's when I saw a snake coil up about 3 inches away from my flip-flopped foot. Yep, I was terrified to say the least. So me, being the great mom that I am, pushed Paige out of the landscaping--I'm not talking about a gentle nudge to get her out of the way, I'm talking about a two-handed football-style shove--and started yelling at her to go get Michael. Things quickly progressed from bad to worse when Michael showed up with a flat-ended shovel as our first line of defense again this monster. He walked up and handed ME the shovel. I politely handed it back and asked him to kill the snake, which set into motion the chain of events that looked like a snake-slaying circus act in our front yard...

Michael tried his best to chop the snake's head off with the dull shovel, but he hit the wrong end, simply trapping it by its tail. Boy did that make the snake mad. It started thrashing around under the landscaping fabric...scary! Michael and I were both at a loss for what to do, so we came up with the idea that I'd go get the pick and hack it in half near its head. I returned with the pick and tried to figure out my best plan of attack. I've never been particularly good at aiming at things (my darts never come close to hitting the dart board, I usually miss the entire ball while playing pool, hitting a baseball is a major feat for me, etc), so naturally, I missed the snake during the attempted decapitation. However, I did chop a hole in the landscape fabric. The snake's head shot through the hole like a cobra, and it started striking at me with a vengance...which set Paige off screaming like a maniac, "Mama, get back, get back!!" Now I was really flustered! I was shaking like a leaf and could barely hold the pick, and there was no way Michael could let go of the shovel to help me (since he had the snake pinned down by the tail). In my head I was planning what to do when I got struck by this snake (1. Find a way to kill it without making my blood pump any faster than it already was. 2. Put the snake in a bag. 3. Get to the hospital FAST. 4. Give the snake to the doctor, and tell the him I needed anti-venom...yes, I thought it was poisonous, and yes, at the moment I actually believed that Siloam Springs Memorial would have the ability to make anti-venom). Thankfully, Michael was thinking with some sense, and he told me to hold the snake's head down with the pick turned sideways so he could chop it up. I followed his directions as closely as I could while trebling uncontrollably. And whew, it worked! Disaster averted. Mission accomplished, the snake was dead. We immediately ran in the house and looked the snake up on the internet. It wasn't the deadly pit viper that I feared, it was harmless Orange-striped Ribbonsnake.

I was so flustered from the whole event that I couldn't do anymore yard work. Laundry seems like a safer alternative... :)