Ok, so I haven't blogged in quite some time...so sorry. I have a good excuse. It was my birthday week! Around our house we celebrate birthdays for the week not just the day! My week this year was awesome. My amazing hubby planned to have my mom come up for a few days to keep the boys while we had a little getaway. I went on the road with Jase for a show in Ohio, then we drove over to Indianapolis to see my best friend Shelley from childhood. Shelley has been my best friend since birth literally (we were born two days apart)! Our mom's were great friends so our friendship was inevitable! She is the most loyal, caring, giving person that I know. She has taught me so much about being a great friend not only to her but to many others in my life. We have a blast together, and always tend to eat lots of Mexican food and laugh until our stomach hurts when we are together. Our husbands just sit back, watch, and get a good laugh. I love, love, love her and her precious family! She has passed me up and has three kiddos now. I'm not jealous at this point...just happy that I got to hold baby Maggie quite a bit while I was there!
Not to leave Jason out of this picture. We had a blast together too! We ate out, saw a movie, shopped (I haven't shopped that much since I had Jonah), and had a couple of hours at the spa. It was wonderful to have some great alone time with him, and we didn't even talk about the kids the whole time! I am truly amazed more and more every day by how much he loves me and truly desires to take care of me!
When we got back home we were greeted with two very happy boys. They had a blast with their Nana! The next morning was my actual birthday. I got to sleep in, and wake up to a beautifully painted picture from the boys and a cake with candles ready to blow out. It was great, and so much fun to see the boys excited about my birthday! Later that evening we had cake with some of our best friends in town, the Lentz's and the Anderson's. It is so great having us all back together again (the Lentz's moved away for a couple of years). The kids had a blast! All in all it was such a great week!!! Thanks to my wonderful man for making this birthday and every birthday so special! I love you!!!
tooth while strolling downtown Franklin try 
Ant is not a children's book...it is very real!!! If you have never seen one in person, this is what it looks like. What??? Doesn't it look like something out of an African rain forest or something! I saw one a few weeks ago at a friends pool, and was so thankful that I didn't have any at my house. Well, I do now! After seeing one yesterday, I immediately called the people that spray our home for bugs to ask them about it. Apparently these scary looking things can pack quite a punch. They are known as the "cow killer". Now they don't really kill cows, it just hurts really bad if you get stung by one. They are part of the bee/wasp family, but only the male flies and only the female stings. They also live in the ground so they are hard to get rid of. Just great!!! Why find out so much about these huge red ants? Because I don't want one getting on my kids while they are playing in the yard! I can only imagine the drama that would surround that! So, be careful out there. If you get close enough to one, you can hear a weird hissing noise. Strange, very strange!
