busy busy

it has been one busy week around this place. a good one though. i weighed in this morning and have lost another 2.5 lbs so we're just keeping on keeping on!! that's encouraging as always. and i had to get gas today and paid a ridiculous $41.00 to fill up my jeep liberty. RIDICULOUS!! it just angers me every time. i don't know exactly what needs to change but something as far as gas prices goes has got to be done!! i haven't seen much of my boys this week unfortunately...got home late from topeka clinicals on wednesday and then last night i had to work the annual "working women's night out" event. it's a deal where lots of businesses have booths and give away lots of free prizes and samples to working women. the favorite thing...the free beer!! saw a lot of people that i haven't seen in a while so that was nice actually, and i got to get paid, while drinking free beer!! i didn't want to fight parking so i had my friend tammi take me to the auditorium after class and jess had agreed to pick me up so she did and we went and had another drink! i hadn't seen that girl this week so it was nice to spend just that little bit of time with her! we have a big shopping trip coming up tomorrow though! her dad and step-mom cricket are in town so jess, heather, cricket, and i are going to go shopping for greece clothes!! should be a great girl-time day!! i'm looking forward to it! i'm working today from 3-6 so i will have the evening to spend time with chris and caden and i'm excited about that as well!! oh yea....i almost forgot this...getting caden dressed this morning and i found this little tick on my baby's shoulder!! yuck!! i really don't like those things and it was stuck pretty good but caden was a very big boy about letting me get him off of there!! i didn't see anymore, but when chris comes home from fishing or whatever, and finds a tick, i make him go and do a whole body search because they just freak me out!!! so, i didn't find anymore on caden but i'll be checking him over and over now for days i'm sure since i'm just a freak like that!!! anyway--have a good day!

Easter Sunday

what a great day we had today. nice to see our family from out of town and what a beautiful day for an easter egg hunt! caden loved that the easter bunny brought him candy and little toys for today and he's becoming such a pro at finding hidden treasures! mommy loves dressing him up like such a cool little man!! as my friend jamie says "he's such a little pimp"! not sure how much i like that saying!! we had a great day playing and visiting with our family that we only see about once a year, although we're sad to have missed great-grandma irene's surprise birthday party in sedan! we were thinking about you though great-grandma and happy 80th birthday tomorrow!!! we love you! we forgot to have someone take our family picture so we took a couple of caden with mommy and with daddy just before nap time. i love this kid so much!! even though we had a great time doing easter bunny things, today is about jesus dying on the cross to save us from our sins, and i am forever grateful for this sacrifice. without it, my life would not be as it is and certainly i would not know all the blessings i receive every single day. i am thankful.

Fishing Trip

we went on a family fishing trip last evening with the nice weather. we almost caught a fish on caden's pole with the first cast! he shortly lost interest though and he and i spent most of the time on the playground while daddy fished. it was a lovely evening!! Too bad the warm weather isn't hanging around for very long. Can't wait for another trip!

Another Day

The weekend is coming to a close, and already i am dreading returning to school, especially since it's going to be 82 degrees and partly sunny here tomorrow!! i love spring but hate to be indoors when it's nice. today is a beautiful day also....in fact, it would have been a great day for a birthday party at the park!!! oh well....we've spent some time playing with our new toys today and as soon as caden wakes up from his nap, we're going to meet daddy to go fishing at uncle randy's with his new fishing pole. i'm supposed to be studying but i have been playing with my newest pictures toy. it's a program that lets you make photo video's and put them to music. it's great and i love playing with it! bog says it makes her cry though! it does me too, but it's the coolest thing. so i have spent part of this afternoon downloading more appropriate music than i choose for my mp3 player...for some reason, chris doesn't think that shakira's "hips don't lie" song is a good choice for sweet little boy pictures! not real sure what the problem is but i found some great "family" songs so i'll be covered for a while! it's been a great weekend and i'm sad to see it end!! we also went over and met jess's new little guy, "huck". he's a cutie and fits right on caden's lap! he would kiss caden and caden would say "he likes me". then caden decided that it was time for huck to go night-night in his cage and stuffed all this toys in there too...we could hardly find the little huck man!! not so sure he still likes caden!! just kidding....they were awful cute together and i'm certain that crazy lena lou will adjust and start mothering him in her crazy lena kind of way!! look out huck...she's a lot bigger than you!! they'll grow to be good friends (as long as huck grows fast!!!) gonna have a busy week coming up with easter just around the corner. so, that's it for the weekend i think. take care!