My Birthday Surprise!

So Friday afternoon the weather got really ugly. I got the kids all bathed dressed with socks shoes and jackets on. Having lived through the Tornado of 89 in Huntsville I do not play around with Storms. Mother nature really does destroy in the blink of an eye. It was over and done with in a matter of hours, but it seemed like we were battling bad weather for hours and hours and hours that day. My hubby called to tell me that we were not going to be able to go away for my birthday surprise and that we are going to a bed and breakfast in Mentone, AL. I have to say I was very sceptical of the whole bed and breakfast thing. I have never been to one and to be honest never had a desire to. But I love alone time with my honey and I will go anywhere to that. ;o)

So Saturday we wake up and Bo calls my Mom and asks her to watch the kids over night. He is so sweet he took care of all the plans. We went into Guntersville to kill some time and ate at the New O'Charlies. Then we took the Kids up to Grant to spend the night with my parents while we went on our little romantic get away.

The name of the place Bo got us reservations to Mountain Laurel Inn. It is off in the middle of no where on the top of Mentone. Bo and I got to our bed and breakfast around 3:00 and checked in put our bags in our room and decided to hike to Desoto Falls. It would have been perfect had a I brought some tennis shoes or boots, but NO I am in my brand new Yellow Box Flip Misty got me for my birthday! But we hiked to the water fall.

We had a good time being Bo and Lisa we had a wonderful time talking about where we feel like we are headed and about situations with the house. I got to hear Bo's thoughts on the move and I got to share mine. We have decided to look for land and a house and if that leaves us here in Jackson County so be it. My husband has always told me that he wished he was a farmer. I know you guys are laughing but his hearts desire is to have some land as well as a home. So one day when our kids are all grown they can build around us if that wish to. ;o( I was thinking get the heck out of here so I can finally have your daddy all to myself. (Wink Wink) So now our search has shifted from a subdivision to land.

Bo and I went to eat a little restraunt up in the mountains it was perfect. I have the bestest husband in the world. I had no idea what a Bed and Bfast was but I am so glad I went! What a perfect 30th birthday. I got to spend it with my bestest friends and then the weekend with the bestest of best! THANK YOU HONEY!

Happy BirshDay

I woke up to my girls being so sweet kissing on me and telling me Happy Birthday I love you mommy don't worry you are not old. Now when you get 50 you will be old. How sweet are my kids. Well I was waiting on the traditional phone call from my Mom and well it never came then around ten'ish I got an email from her more like a posted note. ha ha My Dad never called and I did not hear from half my friends today. I have to say I lost it a few times having a pity party I seriously cried. SUCH A DORK I KNOW! Bo brought the kids home early to have birthday party with me. My girls and husband had made me a Suzy Q and gotten me a really cute Vera Bradley Beach Bag with two matching towels and a L coffee Mug.

I had a great little party with my kids and husband. The baby sitter showed up and Bo told me to get dressed we had reservations at 6:30. So I got dressed and we headed to Huntsville we ended up going to Mikato's. I kinda figured my parents were going to be there when I saw my sister's big expo and I thought I saw my Mom's car, but was not expecting to see all my friends. I walked in and saw one of my best friends Sella and her husband Tim



. I of course did my usual when I am surprised. STOP IT then I looked over and saw another one of my best friends Misty and her husband Heath



and yet again another stop it you bunch of liars and there was my Mom, Dad, Sisters, and brother in-laws.






I was so surprised to see them. Then the late comer's Alliloo and JT



brought the rear up. I was a little sad cause my friend Lindsay and her husband David could not make it they had her Mom's wedding shower (that is so much more important) and Thursday's are my cousin Mistee's husband late night at work so they could not make it either. Kelly and Jamie had a house full of sick babies so they could not come either. I missed you guys being there. It was really a big surprise to see all of my friends and my family there and I really enjoyed my dinner. I LOVE YOU GUYS SO SO MUCH! My favorite part of the night was when the manager came to sing Happy Birthday to me and he wanted a group shot picture of all of us and was trying to get us all to squeeze into the shot but instead of using his pointer finger to motion us where to go he used the birdy if ya know what I mean I laughed so hard I thought Allison and I were going to wet our pants. Then instead of singing Happy Birthday to you It went more like Happy Birshday two eww bahahaha. I have to say something about my cake. Actually I am going to let the picture tell you the story. Can anyone else see what I saw when I first glanced at it? Does it not look like it says a bad word? ha ha







haha It was a fun night. I did not get the cruise but I did get to spend my 30th birthday with my family and some of my best friends and I would take that over a boat any old day!






Bo told me we are going someone close by over night tomorrow night so I am guessing we are going to either Gatlinburg or we are going to Nashville or ha ha Lake Guntersville State Park! I CAN NOT STAND NOT Being apart of the planning. When there is going to be time spent away I like to plan for it. I mean I am all for a surprise but I want to be able to know what kinda clothes to pack and how much clothes to pack, what we are doing with the children and what kinda activity do you have planned for them ughhhh ! I just want him to tell me what the heck we are doing. I am so tired I hope everyone had a great 4-10-08 Blessings

This week so far

I am getting horrible about not updating this thing. Friday not a lot went on during the day. Silas and I just hung out but Friday night Bo and I had a night out without the kids. My in-laws took Bella with them and we took Kenzie and Silas up to my parents house in Grant. Then we headed to Huntsville to grab a quick cup of coffee cause Lord knows I will fall over at 9:00 so I got a double shot white choc mocha my favorite drink in the whole wide world. ;o) Well we went to meet my cousin and her husband to head to the VBC for the ECI fight night. OH MY WORD those dude's literally will beat each other till they say MERCY. I mean I saw broke noses, ribs, busted lips, gashes on the face and puke. IT WAS CRAZY but we had lots of fun hanging out with Mistee, Steve and meeting Carrie, Larry, Chad & some other guy don't remember his name. Horrible with names I know. We did not leave the VBC till 11:00 Bo and I went home and off to bed.

Saturday Bo and I woke up got ready and we went to breakfast just me and him for the first time in ages. Then we drove up to Grant to get the oldest and youngest from my parents house. Then we were off to his parents house for a day full of hanging out and celebrating birthday's with his side. Bo's sister and her son came into town from the Shoals. We grilled, talked, ate and sang happy birthday to me and Bella then hung out a little bit more then we went home I was exhausted my allergies are killing me these days.

Sunday we got up went to church service was amazing. I just have to say I love our church and I love our pastor's sensitivity to the spirit. It was just a powerful service and It has been such a long time since I have been able to sit in a service like that. WOW I just really love our church. After church we went to eat then to Sam's we had to get some stuff for the kids snacks and such. Then we went to New Market to meet our agent to look at a house. OH MY MERCY I feel in love with it at first sight. It is beautiful on the outside and on the inside the only thing I did not really LOVE about it was the fact that the living room was smaller than I imagined my dream home being in my head. OH MY WORD the yard is perfect cause its .48 so big enough for Bo and the house is perfect for me. Ughhh House hunting is so much harder than it sounds.

Monday I watched Cohen we hung out with Silas and cleaned out Not to much fun.
Today Cohen got here early was fine Alli came for her lunch break and while on her lunch break Kenzie's school called and said she was not feeling well so Bo went to pick her up and Alli decided to take Cohen home and take the rest of the day off:o( My cousin stopped By Dinky with his Dad it was nice to visit with My uncle it has been a while. Well Kenzie was not sick by no means she just had a sinus headache nothing a little pain reliever won't fix.

Tonight Silas crawled into my bathtub and got ahold of my razor and cut both his thumbs up pretty bad so bad I could not get one of them to stop for a good 8 min so Bo came home 15 min early to help me get it under control. It was scary for like 15 min.

So Thursday is my birthday and its not just any old birthday its my 30th birthday. To me there is not really another birthday that will be bigger. I have no idea why I feel this way I guess its cause I will not ever celebrate another birthday after this one. I plan on being 30 from this time on ha ha I have been telling my husband for months now I want to go on a cruise or go away with just him, but I don't guess we will be doing that because here it is the Tuesday before my big 30 and NOTHING. He has not said I have something planned I won't tell you what it is just pack a bag nothing. I have all these great day dreams about Bo and I on the beach or us cruising the ocean. Or having a big party with all of my friends and I don't guess I should do that because I know from past birthday's I always get my hopes up and I guess they are to big of dreams for any normal person to be able to fill. I just knew since I have made no bones about what I wanted that he would come through. UGHHHH OH WELL I guess whatever is whatever. I can't help but feel a little let down. Well I am going to go to bed after I get done watching my Lady Vols whoop Stanford's butt. ;o) I will write more later on this week after I find out what happened for my Big day. ;o( Blessings
Lisa

Latest Going's on!

Well there has been so much going on and yet I just could not will myself to write it out. Last week I kept Cohen from Wed-Friday he is such a sweet soul just like his precious Mommy. That little man likes to eat and if Alli don't look out he is going to eat her in to the poor house. ha ha Seriously she said that He likes to eat every hour or 1 1/2. I was like sister we can stretch that one out so I got him to at least 2 or 2 1/2. He gave me a great gift on my last day that boy tore a diaper up and while changing him he just kept on a coming. I am a season veteran at diaper changing and I at one point almost panicked cause it just kept on a coming. EWWW I know but It was just one of the things that stuck out in my mind from last week.


On Thursday we had the survey done and to be vague It was not good news and until we get the situation settled I can not really talk about it. We proved we are not on the crazy cat lady's property and I have to say that was the highlight of that day. Getting to tell her in my most polite and direct voice that is our property line and that this was her one and only warning If I caught her on my side of that stake that I would press trespassing charges and she did not like that none to much. I cracked up when they told her we were not built on her property.

On Friday night some friends of ours came over. It has been since before Christmas since we got to hang out. We had a BYOB night and no it was not a drunk fest it was Bring your own Burger ha ha. I just could not cook I was exhausted so we had a fast food night. We sat ate, talked and of course played Wii. We really enjoyed having them over they are great friends of ours and have missed hanging out. We are so blessed to have these friendships they for sure are sharpening and Bo and I love them.

Saturday Bo had to go to work so me and the kids hung out till Daddy got home. After he got home we just let the kids run crazy through the house. Bo and I were lazy we just laid in the bed the whole day until around 6:00 then we got up packed some clothes then went to my cousin Mistee's house we had a great time. While on our way down there Silas got car sick and threw up all over his brand new car seat and his only pair of shoes we brought. I always pick at my cousin for her shopping addiction and her expensive taste in food. BUT I will admit when I am wrong and I was WRONG. We got PF Changs take out and I have to say that the food was wonderful I LOVED the Chicken Lettuce Wraps HOLY COW melt in your mouth. So Mistee you are right on the food tip. Mistee and I goofed off with the kids outside dancing around being crazy doing the cha cha slide and cupid shuffle. Then Watched our husbands play the Wii and then watched a little Dr. Phil I am not his biggest fan as anyone can tell you but he was so on point on this show I was screaming at the stupid Mom's that said they wanted to quit there job's as a MOTHER! Lord I think all Mom's have a thought in there head saying I just wish I could run away but we don't dwell on it. It's called a bad day or bad week. Sheeesh The first two Mom's had real life issues with disabled children but the last Mom was just being selfish and wanting to go hooch it up. I was so hacked off yelling at the TV finally at 2:00 am I said I can't watch this anymore and shut the DVR off. I left my cousin and her husband fast asleep on the couch. Ha Ha

Sunday morning we got up and went downstairs and put Silas shoes back in the dryer cause they were still soaking wet and after two rounds in the dryer they were still to wet for him to wear. :-( Then while Steve was making Bfast Bo realized he had not cleaned the car seat out and it has sat over night with "SICKNESS" in it so he scrubbed it and well soaked the seat. So Bo and I decided that going to church was just not going to happen we had already gotten up late and then Silas not having shoes and him having to sit in a soaked car seat having wet clothes was not going to work. So we sat around played Wii and then got up got shower's and went to the Flea Market ummm NOT cool as I remember it when I was a kid. Then we went to the mall to eat then off to the VBC for the craft show. We got Silas a car seat cover so that if he gets sick again we won't have to wait a few hours for it to dry. ;o) Kenzie got some clothes for her bitty baby Bella got Ear Rings and Bo got some stuff for his grill. We had a great time and was a wonderful break from our lives over here in Scottsboro dealing with the house stuff.

Monday Night we met my family for my niece Addison's Birthday We always have a great time when we get together. Addison is our miracle baby every single year on her Birthday I always find myself in a state of Praise and Worship. On this day 8 years ago I saw the greatness of God. I saw wonder woman in control of everything get knocked to her knee's, I saw my unshakable Sister's world crumble and then I saw the father pick her right back up dust her off and carry her. I saw the breath of Jesus come right into the room. He breathed his breath of life into a dead baby girl. On that day every year I find myself praising God for the fact Doctor's can be wrong and that she is a living breathing walking miracle who loves the father (and her clothes, earrings, and boys) ;o) Addison I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH DIVA GIRL!

Tuesday-Thursday Has been much of nothing. I have been cleaning out drawers and chasing a crazy 20 month old who is into EVERYTHING. Well I best stop writing this and get busy on the laundry. I woke up this morning with a sore throat, stuffy nose and I don't feel like doing much of anything but gotta do it other wise it won't get done and nobody likes to live in filth. Well I hope everyone has had a great week. Blessings