Getting our numbers on!
What a "fun" vacation we had!!! For my 30th, Craig got us a condo in S. Padre for a week! We had this great trip planned...a week on the beach with the kids and my parents with nothing to do but relax and play! Sounds fun...right??? Well, the trip began with us arriving on the island on Monday. My parents couldn't make it until Tuesday as they were literally flooded in to ! Craig and I took the kids to dinner at the local Pizza Hut where we proceeded to make a giant spectacle of ourselves with Matt and Luke vomiting not once, but three times all over the restaurant, the table, themselves and us! It was quite the sight...Craig muttering obscene things under his breath with the phrase "Vacation over, we're going home" every other line and myself laughing hysterically as a result of the 1 hour of sleep I'd had the night before and the sheer hilarity of the situation!!! As we reached the car, Brian topped off dinner with "I peed my chair"! We believe that we are officially banned from the South padre Pizza Hut for life if the health department doesn't shut them down first!!! The puking fun didn't stop there...Matt and Luke continued for the next day, while myself and Brian joined the flu bandwagon the following morning. My parents arrived ready to help Craig tackle the situation and with that...Craig and my Dad were the next targets! Once the flu hit my Mom, vacation was officially on the not so fun list! By Friday we were all feeling human again and able to salvage some of the trip. We ended the vacation actually saying "That was a fun trip" which goes to show...you can still have fun when EVERYONE has things coming out of both ends!!!
What a weekend!!! We started with my parents and DJ arriving late Friday night. Saturday morning (bright and early) we headed downtown for the boys first ever marathon:) They both were participating in the Armadillo Run, which was a one mile run for kids around the lake downtown:) It was an unusually cold (30 degrees with the windchill) morning but we sucked it up and had a blast! Uncle DJ was Brian's partner and Daddy was Matt's. I am so proud of Brian and Matt!!! They completed their mile in under 14 minutes with Matt coming in about 10 seconds ahead of Brian (looking over his shoulder the entire way!!!) Papa and I were cheering them in with the cameras and hearts full of pride:)
Saturday afternoon my Mom and I ran some last minute party errands and needless to say, ended up coming home with a beast of a dog for my Mom!!! Dauber is a 120 pound giant! He is a Great Pyrenees and his back stands as tall as my kitchen table. He is about four and the sweetest thing ever! All of our girls (the dogs) love him! Our hour of running erannds turned into a full day event due to Dauber but he was worth every minute:)
Suunday was the BIG party! Aunt Kel and Uncle Chris drove up for the day to celebrate and help out! Aunt Kerry and Uncle Jeremy couldn't make it but thrilled the boys when they sent another round of presents for the big event!!! Brian and Matt were so excited for their first ever "real party with their classmates"! We had it at this massive playground in our neighborhood, rented a monster truck jumping castle, had our popcorn machine and pizzas and had a ball! Matt literally squealed with delight each time he opened a present and the cupcakes with black staining frosting were the hit of the party! We are all sunburned and tired after an exhausting weekend but had so much fun it was wroth it:)
Well, we have made use of our Six Flags passes having now been there twice already! The kids have so much fun there! Brian officially rode his first Big Boy coasters and LOVES them!!! Matt declared that he will do it when he's four...we'll see how that goes! Luke had so much fun strolling throught the park and wanting to ride everything his big brothers were riding! This past weekend Six Flags opened Wiggle World (much to Luke's delight) and we spent a good part of our day riding the Wiggly rides and dancing with the Wiggly friends at the Wiggles show;) Brian and Matt used to be huge Wiggles fans and Criag and I thought those days were done but we have another loyal follower of the Wiggles and the funny part is... Brian and Matt seem to still enjoy them (even if it's not cool anymore!)
In other news... we have two basketball players in the house! Brian and Matt are playing in the YMCA Itty Bitty Basketball League and are suprisingly good! I guess Daddy's genes are rubbing off on them:) Craig is their coach and Lukey and I love watching their games each Saturday morning. We are busy planning the boys first "real" birthday party for the end of March... stay tuned for pictures from the Monster Jam themed bash on March 29th!