Enlighten me, please!

Can someone please tell me why kids refuse to sleep in when there is no school? Every school day is a challenge...first, just getting the kids up and out of bed is not easy, but also dressed, fed and out the door for school...that starts early due to too many snow days! Why, when there is no school, do they decide to wake up BEFORE 7am??? I'm looking forward to this day of fighting, whining and being their servant for the day...NOT! I'm going to be especially strict and boring today, so that maybe on Monday they will be excited to get up and go to school!
Have a great weekend!

Wine Tasting at the Snowden's

Wanted to share pics from the Snowden's wine tasting. We had a sophisticated night of wine tasting and intellectual conversation! (wink, wink) You had to be there to hear some of the "non-wine tasting" conversations! Really, our friend are always a lot of fun to get together with, even if we do have a hard time keeping the guys under control! Mandy and Curtis did an awesome job hosting. They had 6 different selections of wine and food selected to complement each wine. Even Josh, who doesn't ever drink wine, admitted that he enjoyed it and actually found a wine he liked! However, I noticed that not even five minutes after the wine tasting was over, he already had a Margarita in his hand! Thanks for a great evening Mandy and Curtis! You totally outdid yourselves!

Not quite Hello Kitty!

Tonight is the Amanda Arnold Carnival. A friend of mine made an adorable Hello Kitty cake for the cakewalk (hence the title), but the boys and I took the "semi-homemade" approach. We bought a frosted cake from Dillons and decorated it with licorice and mini M&Ms. I just wanted to sprinkle it with little M&Ms, but Jackson insisted on a pattern, of course. Anyway, it ended up being me that decorated it while Jackson gave directions. All in all, it was fun.

Watch out David Beckham!

Ok...so David Beckham probably won't be intimidated by my little 4 year old!:) Carson started soccer last night, so I thought I'd share some pics! He thinks he pretty big stuff now! He has a couple of little friends that play as well, so I think it was nice for him to see a familiar face out there. Of course, it was absolutely freezing last night, but Carson hung in there and had a blast! I guess it wouldn't be Spring Soccer Season without a little drizzle and 40 degree temps!

Los Angeles Confidential

I just got back from KC today, where I got together with some friends from college. We were celebrating the upcoming nuptials of our crazy friend Lara Morgenson. Lara was able to take time out of her busy schedule of rubbing elbows with celebrities in L.A., to come back to KS and hang out for an evening. I guess we thought we were in college again, as we closed down 3 differet bars!!! As one would close, we'd head to another. What's up with these places closing at 10pm??? Midnight??? We finally found a bar that stayed open until 2am. However, the waitress literally had to take our drinks and ask us to leave...not that nicely, though!:) Just wanted to share the link to her magazine (Los Angeles Confidential), where she is Executive Editor. You go girl!
www.la-confidential-magazine.com

MARCH MADNESS!!!

Thanks to some very good friends of ours, Josh and Jackson were able to score some tickets to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Omaha! They had a great time, even if the Cats lost!



MCDONALD'S MADNESS!!!!

How random!!! Josh and Jackson stopped by the McDonald's in Beatrice, NE and the K-State player's bus was there! It pulled in right behind Josh, so they went inside to check things out...Jackson got his picture taken with Clent Stewart. I don't think Jackson was quite as impressed as Josh, though. Beasley didn't make it off the bus, neither did my favorite...Jacob Pollen. Sure wish I could have been there! Do you think they would have let me on the bus for a few pics?

After a trip to Colorado, a night with Gramma and Poppy, a weekend in KC and a day trip to Omaha to watch the Cats, (all of that in 10 days!!!!) Jackson was wiped out!

FUN WITH FAMILY!!!

My sister Julie came to Kansas, from Ohio, for Spring Break! We made a "girls weekend" of it...kind of. We all had our kids, but we managed to get some adult time (thanks to my niece Ashley who was my nanny for the weekend!)! Thank you Ashley..we appreciate it!:) Thanks to Steph and Mike, too, for the accommodations!

Check out all the awesome Silpada jewelry!!! Julie (in the middle) just started selling it and we got to play dress up all weekend! It's amazing how nice jewelry can turn jeans and a t-shirt into an awesome outfit! I wonder how that works with sweats!?!?!?!


Ashley and the boys...oh, can't forget Sophie, Ashley's new puppy! The boys LOVE her!

Carson got some cuddle time with Aunt Julie! It's very rare that Carson will cuddle with anyone other than Josh or me, so Julie was lovin' it! They love their aunts...because the totally spoil them!!!:)

Sophers!!! I think this has got the be one of the cutest puppies on earth!