Jon's 30th Birthday!

HAPPY 30TH JON!

Yea!!! My husband is officially in his 30's - like me! That feels so nice!

Friday was Jon's birthday. I tried really hard to give him a surprise party but it didn't really work out for me, for a number of reasons. I think he was kind-of surprise at where the party was. But we had a really great time anyway!

Me and Jon after the "surprise".

Jon and Pete
Birthday Toast. I LOVE my mom's face in this one. Jon and Phil. Thanks for being there Phil - it meant so much to both of us! We miss you!!!

Me, Jon, Phil and Susie - so like old times!!
Bobby and Jon
Susie and Penny

Aimee, Amy, Katie & Mary

The cake - before.
Our friends Bobby and Angie had this great idea that Jon should take a bite out of his cake. While he was taking a bite Bobby leans over to me and says "push his face into it"

Okay!

My sister thought that Jon looked really annoyed about it so she decided to grab some cake and smash it on MY face! Look at my friends and my mom in the background. Oh yeah, real funny! My face was so sticky and sugary. Good thing the cake was good, I guess. Thanks Aim! :)

Jon, I love you so much. You are truly my very best friend. You are a fabulous husband and the most amazing father. I remember my vows on our wedding day. I said that I was so glad that God gave me you because it couldn't be anyone but you! I still believe that today and I always will. I am so blessed to have you. I love you Jonnie Stevens!

Thanks Little Bill's Dad!

One little loop

What do you do?
Wrap the lace around

And pull it through.

It's official...Simon can tie his shoes!

This picture is actually the very first time he got it right.

He's still perfecting it but it's good timing now that flip flops are out.

I'm so proud of you buddy!

Throwback Thursday

I found this picture in our garage the other day (along with others that I will never put on my blog!)

It's my sister Aimee and I at my bachelorette party in 2000. Oh yeah.....party girls out on the town! Young and skinny with no children or stretch marks. Those were the days! : )

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Crazy Benny

Ben decided to wash his feet in the sink the other day - WITH HIS PANTS ON!!! I can't remember if that was before or after Talon put an entire roll of toilet paper and 2 toothbrushes in the toilet. Oh the joys. I have to laugh or I'll cry! Really, I'm laughing. I promise. Cracking up!!! : )

Slimey Stats - Day 11

Here's the scoop on our little friend Slimey...

He burrowed under the grass and was busy rounding out a little area for himself that first week. Every day more was done and he changed almost before our eyes. He was once a pretty big (probably almost 2 inches long) bright green caterpillar and now he is less than an inch long and totally brown. We can actually see wings forming under the brown shiny "skin". Unbelieveable!!!

It's so exciting! There won't be much more to show or tell - until he starts to emerge. I need to research when that might be...

Dinner with the Fam!

As some of you may have already read at my sister's blog - we had dinner with my dad AND mom on Wednesday night. It was such a nice, relaxing evening. The food was great! The kids played so nice together - thanks to the balls of dough the restaurant gave them and the play-doh we brought with us! We really have a fun time when we get together. We missed the sister's in law and Dana - and the Floridians of course! But seriously, I have the funniest brothers ever. (And brothers-in law too, now that I think about it...)

Anyway, here are a few pics from the night. You can see the rest at Aim's blog if you want to.

Grandma & Talon. Talon was such a happy boy and so easy going, that's why there's a ton of pictures of him. And Auntie has a crush, I think. :)

Grandpa & Talon.

Thanks for a great night Dad! It was great to be with you!














Silly Simon and Crazy Chloe :)




















Uncle Lenny's debut on my blog. (I think I'm the only one who thinks they look alike, but I'm sorry...they do!)















My own little family. Not a bad pic considering Ben wanted to just play with the Play-doh. But hey, he's smiling at least!

Talon the Great! He sat with that cup for ages.












Such a fun night! : ) Aim - have we turned a corner again!?

Aimee's Giveaway!

I should not would not want to win...but I do! And it's a totally random drawing so being that I'm Aimee's sister doesn't give me an advantage whatsoever!


That said....go check out Aimee's blog for your chance to win some MomSpit. Yummy! Seriously though it sounds pretty cool.

Slimey Stats - Day 5

Okay, so this is the most amazing thing since a child came out of my own body!

Our little Slimey is in fact creating his cocoon but there's a little more to it...

He's creating the cocoon on the side of the jar. So that means we can still see him (or her). How cool is that?

This is so exciting!

Yeah, I'm a Mom...

Is it wrong that I have been

eating Flavor Blasted Goldfish

out of a bucket because

that's where Talon dumped the whole bag?

I couldn't just throw them away...

they're way too good!

A Cocoon of My Own

A rare moment for Mommy.

Yes, I am taking a nap! In my bed! Alone!

I didn't want to mess up the blankets because I had already made my bed so I found a sheet. It just so happened to be a fitted one so I had to "cocoon" myself. :)

So very nice though. Thanks J...love you!

Hey, after the basement project could we get some paint on our walls?? :)