My Sister

My sister and best friend, Anita, is going to be here tomorrow, and I am so excited. We'll spend half a week together. Since she lives in California we don't get to hang out very often. We always have the best time chillin. Our kids just play really well and leave us alone for the most part. We love it. In honor of her arrival, these are two of my favorite pictures ever (taken a year ago).

Wii Boxing

This just makes me smile...

My Baby's Four!

It is so crazy to see your children grow right before your eyes. I can't believe Danny is four years old. I feel like I just saw him and held him for the first time. He was such a cute and good little baby. These four years have flown. I know I will blink my eyes, and he'll be going to school. I've always been anxious for my boys to be big, strong, smart, mature, etc. Now it's happening way too fast!



Here it is. How'd I do? I couldn't find a little red and blue Spiderman, but Danny thought the black, bad Spiderman was cooler anyway.


I took a photo of each of the cousins at dinner. What cute kids! But of course Danny has to show his wild side! He's such a nutter.


Opening presents



Enjoying cake and ice cream

Birthday Cakes

Jacob and I were shopping tonight for Danny's birthday that's coming up this weekend. We picked out some presents (Jacob tried to get me to buy him the Star Wars Republic Gunship he is "dying to have") and then moved on to the cake mixes. Danny has only been asking for a Spiderman cake for the last 6 months, so I have thought about and have a pretty good idea on how to make this a reality.

Jacob must question my ability. He said, "Mom...how are you going to make a Spiderman birthday cake? You're only 28."

FAVORITE THINGS

I thought I would list a few of my favorite things in the world. I of course love many things, but these are among the best of the best (in no particular order).

1. Hot Fudge Brownie Shakes. There is nothing better to splurge on. Logan's Charlies or Caspers have the best ones. Brownies and ice cream are favorites, but when they are together...watch out!
2. Clinque Lucky Penny Eye Shadow. It's the best color ever! I wear it everyday. Except on days I don't leave the house. In those cases I don't wear makeup at all.
3. Victoria's Secret Very Sexy P-U Bra. What did I do without this?! A girl like me needs all the help she can get :) Thanks, Victoria.
4. Hot Pink Nano. Love it! And it's pink.
5. Logitech ipod Speakers. A must-have with any ipod. I can listen to music everywhere. Cleaning, in the kitchen, outside in the summer, anywhere I want.
6. "Glitzed" Lia Sophia Ring. My favorite piece of fun jewelry. It's black, super sparkly, and it looks so cool!
7. Under Armour Black Workout Shirt. My favorite thing to wear to the gym. I used to be afraid to wear anything tight, but now I like to. I gotta feel like I look good when I work out - it motivates me to work harder. Thanks, Em!
   
8. Diet Cherry Pepsi. I'll admit it...I am an addict.
9. Chilis' Big Mouth Burger. No onions. It's my favorite thing to eat at a restaurant. I love a good restaurant burger, and this one's the best! (with a side salad, of course!)
10. My "This Planet Rocks" Tee. I sleep in this cause it's my fav!

Your turn! Blog about your favorite things and let me know so I can check it out.

Counting Calories

Since I have gone to work my workout routines have been suffering. I have gained a whopping 2 pounds (freaking out about it because I better not gain more), and I should be counting my calories, but I'm not. We thought we should use a little tax return and get a treadmill for our house. But Jon talked to our accountant today, and we actually OWE money this year! What's up with that! With my business I made enough money with not enough tax deductions, and I owe self-employment tax! That's bites!

I guess I'll keep trying to go to the gym when I can and throw my dream body out the window. Just in case you all want to see what I wish I looked like:
I'll take a picture of myself when I look like that...which will be uh, never.

Science Fair

Jacob did a project for the school Science Fair this year. We thought it would be his first exposure to a science project and how fun one can be. We chose to do a density project. It turned out pretty cool. We did the experiment on the weekend, and he really had fun with it. He did all the pouring and testing. Then I helped with the presentation poster (of course), but I had him write out a lot of it himself.

The night of the fair he did not want to go, but it was too late. We had done it, made a poster, and we were going. Well, you can tell by some of these photos hoe excited he was about being there. Really all he could think about was going home and playing Wii before bed.





Oh well. It was a worthy effort to get him excited about science. At least he got a coupon for a free scope of Aggie ice cream (which I'll probably steal) and a participation ribbon because they didn't give prizes!