busy busy busy

Life just doesn't stop! We have been on the run NON-STOP! I am so over it! Ben has been at a Nascar race in Taladega all weekend... yes the home of Ricky Bobby. He gets home late tonight! He has turned into quite the race fan! :) Makes me laugh. He deserved a weekend away and had a fun time... but I know he missed Matthew and I a lot :) Do you blame him?!

We had a jam-packed weekend without him though! It was a weekend of re-connecting! On Friday we hit up the zoo for the 2nd time that week with some of my old Target friends and their kids. (We also went on Tuesday with another Target friend Megan and her son Josh!) But Lisa, Cindy and I worked together on the Home Decor/Domestics team. We have been trying to get together monthly and we have always have a great time catching up! Friday night I baby sat Grace and Griffin while M & M were at the Spring Fling (school fundraiser) with my parents. Saturday morning was more re-connecting! Matthew and I had coffee with some old Galyan's friends!! Holly and Mary and I worked together at the Woodbury store in the apparel area back when I was a young 20 year old! YIKES! it has been awhile! Mary lives in OH and Holly lives in Cottage Grove. We had some so much fun reminiscing about the good ol' days of happy hours and people! Matthew had fun with one of Holly's little boys, Sam. They were so cute and so good while we sat and chatted for 2 hours! So patient! :) Matthew went home and napped and then we met Mer and Benny for dinner and a little shoe shopping! He was soooo crabby, so we didn't last too long with them. Sunday we went to church, had breakfast with my parents and brother and then I had a baby shower for my friend Jess (she is married to Ben's BFF Carey) with my sweet mother in law. Jess is due on June 1st! I am soooo excited for her to have her baby! I need a baby fix!! I also won a SWEET door prize at the shower, a huge pot of pansies! Then Sunday night Griffin came to hang with us again while everyone went to Grace's gymnastics banquet! And I crashed at about 9:00! Soooo tired! I was actually happy to go to work today and relax!! Ben should be home soon! We missed him a lot and can't wait to get back into our routine of normal life! I will leave you with some pics... I didn't have my camera for most of the weekend :( Too busy for taking pictures!


1st trip of the week to the zoo... Josh and Matthew. They are the same size but Matthew is about 18 months older... my little peanut!

2nd trip to the zoo...

Lisa's little Brennah... happiest baby EVER! She is so adorable and sweet!

Matthew and Izzy on the huge pig... so gross! But they are pretty cute!

Easter 2009

We had a fabulous Easter... it was really mellow! My sister-in-law Mary and I did a little egg hunt for the 3 kids. My sister and her family were in Milwaukee and Mike and the boys were in DC watching the Frozen Four so it was a small crowd. The egg hunt was a hit... Matthew love it! And he loved his Easter Basket just as much! :) Too much candy, though, in my opinion. I have done a great job helping Matthew eat it all!! :) We also got to color Easter eggs twice! So fun!

Here is Matthew with his first round of coloring eggs....

And waking up at the CRACK OF DAWN to find that basket! Check out the gorgeous sunrise in the background! 6:15am!

And here are the kids with their loot after the egg hunt!

Crabby McCrabberton

It's been awhile since I have posted... we have been so busy with the latest edition to our family... Crabby McCrabberton! Yes that's right, we got a hermit crab! My mom thought it would be fun to have one so she got one for herself and Matthew. It is pretty funny! He adds lots of entertainment to our lives! Matthew love it! They are about the only kind of pet I can tolerate... hypo-allergenic, they stay in their cage and you only have to feed them every 4-5 days and they don't make a mess! You can see some photos below! I would highly recommend them to anyone with kids who is not a real animal lover :)

Last weekend, Ben and Matthew went with Grandpa Bob to the Auto Show and bought me a new toy for the summer (see below)... not too sure if the car seat will fit in it or not!? Haha! I wish! They had a great time and all the models LOVED my husband because of his cute son! :) Apparently Matthew is a chick magnet!

We are excited for a busy weekend... Tonight we are hitting up the Fish Fry at our church with my family and all the kids... I'm sure it will be complete chaos! And tomorrow we are hoping to go see the farm babies at the zoo and we are going to the Timberwolves game on Sunday! Should be a fun one!! I will leave you with some photos!

My mom and Matthew posing with Crabby... he is sitting on the "tree" that my mom is holding. He has a fancy painted shell, silver swirls!

Crabby is climbing the tree... if you look close you can see his legs :)
We got a dusting of snow so Matthew had to go shovel for us... nice work! He wanted his picture taken... what a ham! Yes he is in his jammies! :)

Last but not least... here they are with my new car!! YAY! Not really my choice of a color but beggers can't be choosers! :) Heehee!