Spring Break with Aunt Lillie

Last week was Nash's spring break and I got

to spend a couple of days with him.  Boy did we

have fun and boy was I tried afterwards.

On Tuesday we went to story time at the library

then met up with some friends at Chick-fil-A

and played really hard on the playground, 

then off to rent a movie and get some candy.

All ready for a day of fun

Playing in the doggy bed

Jumping on Aunt Lillie's bed-

shhh don't tell mommy

So then on Thursday we headed off to Pump it up

I had never been there and neither had Nash.

It was awesome, he was so excited.

I even went down the slide with him a few times

Climbing is such hard work

He had such a great time and was so

red faced and sweaty by the end

Grumpy and tried- time to go

Then we went home to make a yummy pizza.

Spreading the sauce

We added veggies to make it a little more healthy-haha

And then TONS of cheese, the best part

After lunch we decided to make homemade play dough

I'd never done that before either, it wasn't all that

easy but we figured it out.  Nash was a great helper

He was so cute, he decided to make a play dough

pizza with all the same stuff we put on our real pizza

It was so fun hanging out with him, he's a great kid

But I was glad to give him back to his parents,

I was exhausted !!!

A Birthday Surprise

In February I went out to Utah for my best friend Cali's

birthday.  She didn't know I was coming.

She had no idea about anything I had planned

for her big 40th birthday.

I got into town on Friday night and stayed

with my good friend Dawan who used to

live in Athens.  Then the next morning I got 

ready for the surprise.  I had planned with

Cali's sisters that they would come pick

her up for breakfast at 10 am that morning,

so I wanted to get there a few minutes early

that way she's be up and ready and not sleeping

or not be home.  So as I drove over to her house

I kept getting more and more excited, my

heart was beating so hard. I couldn't wait

to see her and see her surprised reaction. 

I got up to her front door and knocked and then

quickly covered up the peephole -just in case she looked

through it.  So she opened the door and instead

of just saying "Surprise"     I yelled it in her face

"SURPRISE"  

She was totally shocked, first trying to figure out who

was yelling at her and then if it really was me

standing on her front porch !

It was a great surprise, she was so happy to see me 

as I was happy to see her.

Her sisters and mom got there soon after that

and we all went to eat a yummy breakfast

then headed down town to the 

City Creek shopping center.

We had a lot of fun shopping and just hanging out.

The rest of the week was spent eating at all my favorite

places and a few new ones, getting pedi's, going to

movies and taking a painting class.

Also spending time with her family and of

course eating birthday cake and cookies !

It was a wonderful week and a fun birthday

for her.  I can't wait to see how she's gonna

top this surprise for me when I turn 40  hehe