BLAH!!!

Ugh today my illness got even worse. I ended up going to the doctor and I have a sinus infection and a slight case of strept. With such a busy weekend coming up I hope it improves quickly. I cam home and crashed right out for a couple hours. Feeling a tad bit better now, but hopefully I will get a good nights sleep.

I really need to get on the ball and plan this vacation in October. I seem to fall off the vacation band wagon the past couple years. I think this time we will not take nearly as much luggage as we took before. We always tend to overpack and take 20 more outfits than necessary. Plus on the cruise I think we lived in our swimsuits.

The girls had fun today torturing poor little Toby. That dog is getting more love than he bargained for. Allison asked me if when our dogs died if we could get a puppy. So now she is wishing our dogs dead. Puppies are like babies, cute for a bit then you have to clean up after them.

Well hopefully tomorrow is a better day. The weekend is just around the corner and it is jammed packed.

Rainy days are here again....

Another rainy day, ugh I cannot wait until the rain goes away and these May flowers can sprout up. We have an addition to my parents side of the family. Toby Bauer (I picked the middle name) is the new adorable puppy that is in the family. I need to get a picture of him. He is one of the most adorable puppies I have ever seen. He is super sweet too. He was so cute running in the grass on monday attacking the dandelions. He is going to be a big boy though you can definatly tell that!!! It is nice that they are going to have a big dog in the family again. Since Blizzard died it has been awhile since a big dog has been in the family (with the exception of big boy Bowie of course).

Swine Flu has officially hit Indiana and I am officially obsessed. The good news is our fall cruise is not stopping anywhere near Mexico. The bad news is I think by October I do not think it matters. I am going to continue to plan our vacation as scheduled but things can change.

Beautiful weekend!!!

Wow what a busy, beautiful weekend. Saturday Devon took the girls to a park for some hiking and playtime while I worked. I spent hours at Lowes trying to get some assistance carrying our new Bistro out to the car. We got our new lights out by the front door and a fountain. Yes the Nelsons are turning FANCY!!!! I have begun painting the sunroom but have decided it will take years since painting brick is the worlds biggest pain in the butt. We invited the family over for a cookout which was nice. Devon made some hotdogs and hamburgers. Of course we had to light up the firepit to make Smores.

Sunday was a day of hiking at Turkey Run. We got there around 10 am and did not get home till about 5 pm. It was a great day and very low traffic. The girls loved being able to run in the streams in their new water shoes. I think we might attempt a canoe ride later this year.

So another work week ahead!!! And then a super busy weekend next weekend.

Warmth is here

Today the sun was out and it was beautiful!!! This weekend is supposed to be wonderful. I believe the plans for us are to mow the lawn, paint the sunroom and take up some hiking in Turkey Run. It will be super fun.

Getting back in the groove...

So Easter came and went just as I predicted. I was the big winner in the Arkanoff easter egg smackdown with a whopping $36 won. WOOT!!!

We had the big pre Earth Day festivities last weekend with the girl scout troop that went pretty well. I did however get a sun burn so that sucked. It was a beautiful day. Danya and I hung out over Saturday night and had a great evening together. Sunday was moms b-day dinner full of food and ice cream.

I did take Allison and Zoe out for a day of beauty at the spa. We all got a pedicure and they got their nails painted. They were so cute sitting there all still while they got little flowers painted on their tiny fingers. Now I need to attempt to master the art of flowers on the nails since that is their new obsession.

We have canceled our Turkey Run trip mothers day weekend. Devon has to work and with family dinner we would not get to spend much time up there. I think that we might try to head there one day this weekend though.

We have been trying to get our summer plans together. The girls will be attending a day camp for 1 week. And more than likely they will be doing summer dance classes. I am toying with Allison going to the Indiana School of Ballet but their classes are during the week at 4:30 which is near impossible for us to get to with us both working. Other than that we are definatly going to make it to the Dunes this summer. For the past 3 years we have talked about it and this year we are making it happen!!!

No exciting summer concerts are scheduled yet this summer unless you are old or a teenager so we will be saving some money there.

Tomorrow is portfolio night at school, so expect an update then.

Busy weekend....

So this is the weekend where so many will pretend to be religious. What the Nelson family will be participating in is the following....

Friday night is a pool b-day party for one of the girls friends. That will be a fun filled night of me trying to drag them out of the pool with crying and whining of them insisting the party is not over.

Saturday- I will struggle in waking them up to go to the Easter Egg hunt, AKA candy fest 2009. I am sure it will be cold and more than likely rainy. This is waht we all do as parents. We will get there the kids will ask 1 million times if it is time to go yet then the horn will finally sound. They will run out and in 3 seconds all the candy and eggs will be scooped up by all the darling Brownsburg children. We will then struggle getting them into the car and listen to the crys of the egg hunt not really being over so soon. I might then go home and start drinking because it will be noon more than likely.

Sunday- I will once again struggle with waking up the girls, but first I will remember that the Easter Bunny forgot to put the baskets together. I will run around the house trying to remember where we hid everything. Devon and I will get in a fight about where we hid all the goodies. Eventually we will find half of the items we bought. The girls will then wake up and we will have to rush to make it to our exciting Easter Brunch at the Holiday Inn Pyramids. We will get there only to have the girls wonder why we can not swim in the water park. We will eat quickly because throughout dinner we will be asked 900 times when we will be doing the Easter Egg hunt at my parents. Once again the lovely Indiana weather will blow so the easter outfits for the girls will not be appropriate they will get ill and freeze.

I am looking forward to singing on some rockband and having mamosas!!! The day will come to a close and the girls will look at me and say we did not do anything all weekend.

WHAT!!!!!

So this is spring???

Yeah this is spring??? It is so cold outside. Freezing as a matter of fact. Hopefully it warms up in time for the Easter Egg hunt this weekend. These are the times you really wonder why you live in this part of the world. I guess the low cost of housing??? Who knows.

Just thought I would wish everyone a happy spring LOL. Not one exciting thing to report here. I have been considering highlights in my hair. Yes I know huge jump for me. I caught a photo of me from 2 years ago and think I can sport that hot look again.

So Busy...

We have been so busy lately... Not much to report. Spring Break was LAME. It was cold here. We are going on our family vacation in October doing a 4 day cruise with 4 days at Disney so we will save our excitement for then. Of course I have started my obsessive planning for that.

Went dress shopping with Brandy and found a really cute black one that fit me pretty well. Other than that we just had a fun girls night out and that is about it.