Hello all.

I am trying to stay up on this blog, but I have a good excuse for this past week.  My surgery!  All went well and I feel 100% back to myself.  A big thank you to all of you who wished me well.  So now that all that mess is passed me it is time to focus on VACATION!!!

We are going to Florida to visit my parents and we are taking Jake to Disney World.  I think Bob and I are more excited about going to Disney World than Jake is! HA!  I have been trying to show Jake what it is all about, but he has no idea.  I also have been introducing him to some of the Disney Characters that he is not aware of like Cinderella, Snow White, Pinocchio... I want him to recognize them when we go there.  Jake can not wait.  We have a calender set up so that Jake can keep track of how many days until we arrive to Grandma and Grandpa's house.  He loves marking it each morning.  He is planning his visit too.  Keeps telling me that we have to go to the beach and swim in Grandpa's pool.  Sounds great to me. 

Only problem is I am suppose to stay out of the pool/ocean for 6 weeks.  That is going to be hard.  Not so sure I can do it.  Might take the chance and risk an infection, it will have been three weeks since the surgery and I don't have any actual cuts or stitches so I am just going to have to think on this some more.  Would you follow doctors orders if you were me?

Lucky you, at least the few of you who still check the blog out once in a while.

Speaking of Jake he crashed and burned yesterday on his bike.  Thank God we are not doing pictures anytime soon:

Ciao for now!

I just saw that I had three messages in my message box.  Thinking it would be from some friends I was excited to go look and see who it was.  They were from other bloggers asking me if I thought they were hot and to rate them.

 I hope that everyone had a beautiful Easter day.  We had a picture perfect day.  God has been good to us and for that I am very thankful.  I will share some pictures at the end of the post of our day but first I want to tell you about Bob's birthday celebration.

Bob's birthday isn't until the 18th but I wanted to do something fun for him so I decided to take him to Dallas for the night to see Ron White, a comedian. We went with our good friends Amy and Marshall.  We left early Friday morning.  Heather watched Jake for the night.  He had a blast and I am so greatful to her and Brad for watching him. Bob had no idea what we were doing for the evening, or so I thought.  We got up to Dallas and relaxed for a while at the hotel and then got ready to go out to eat dinner.  When we walked out of the hotel to get into the car there was this limo sitting up front and Amy jokingly says  "Here's your car for the night Bob."  We all laughed and Marshall walks up to the driver and says "Brian, I am Marshall Wilson."and shakes his hand.  My first thought was Geez...he knows everyone.  But then Amy and Bob and I look at each other in shock when we realized that Marshall got us a limo for the night!  Not one of us knew, not even Amy.  That surprise totally made the night.  It is good to have friends in high places! HA!

 

 So we go to eat at this great restaurant... Pappadeaux.  Excellent food.  I had Talapia stuffed with a mixture of crab and mushrooms...incredible.  Bob had steak.  Everyone was pleased with their meals. So we still think that Bob has no idea we are going to see Ron White.  We had the waitor bring Bob a beer and the tickets, and tell him that it was from Ron White. Well while I was at the bathroom Bob tells Amy that he knows but he wasn't going to tell me.  I return to the table and the waitor brings the beer and screws up and says this is from Paul White.  He realized he screwed it up and we are all laughing.  Amy says that is like saying Stevie Vandross and the waiter, not getting it, says you mean Luther Vandrose...DUH!  So then Bob informed me he knew.  I was mad, he went and started searching the internet to find out what was playing in Dallas that night that he would want to see...he figured it out weeks ago.  He is a pest, no more surprises for him!

After dinner we went to the show.  It was awesome.  I have not laughed that hard in a long time.  But boy am I getting old, loud hecklers were getting on my nerves, drunks were getting on my nerves, and my body sure is not use to staying up until almost 2AM... and then waking up at 7, especially when I did not have to do that! UGH!  But we had such a good time and are so greatful that Amy and Marshall went with us.  It is nice to have such good friends.

I also need to say that Dallas is a great city.  Lots to do, so opposite of Abilene.  We went and saw this statue, The Mustanges of Las Colinas.  It is the largest equestrian statue in the world.  Kelly this is for you...

  

Today for Easter Jake had fun looking for his Easter basket.  The bunny left a trail of jellybeans and chocolate all over the house leading to the basket.  He also hid eggs all over.  Jake loved looking for them.  Then Marshall and Amy and Heather and Brad and all the kids came over for a late lunch.  We had a really nice time hanging out, eating good food, and enjoying the beautiful weather.  God is Good!
    

     

Coloring eggs on Saturday night

   

Can you believe that it is the last day of March?  I feel like we just took down the Christmas tree a few weeks ago.  So far 2009 is flying by.  April has some good things in store for us.  Bob's birthday is coming up.  I have a big surprise birthday present for him.  We will be going to Dallas for it.  That is all I can say for now, since he reads this. But I will let you know once it takes place.  Easter is coming up...haven't made plans for that day yet bt I know the Easter bunny has been getting som.  e baskets ready for our house.  Jake will have his first t-ball game take place this month.  So far he seems to really be enjoying the practice.  Some of these parents are hard core baseball fanatics.  We started practice last week and already one person wanted to know why we did not start the week earlier.  Um...these are 3 to 5 year olds and our first game is not until April 18th.  Plus we are practicing 2 days a week.  I think that is plenty.  These kids will be burned out before we even play a game.  The season lasts until the end of June....that is long!  Hope we stick with it.

Have to share a sweet moment with you...
Last night Jake wanted to go to Diary Queen to get an ice cream cone, I did not feel like having ice cream (Shocker, I know), so I told him no not tonight.  He asked why and I told him because I did not have any money.  He looked at me all sweet and said, " Mom, we can go and get ice cream, I have money and will pay for your ice cream."  What a sweetie to offer to treat his mom to ice cream.  Maybe I will let him buy tonight.
 
Well that's about it for now.  Got to go and buy some food for this week.  Enjoy the end of March.