St. Patrick's Day

Ok, I hope you all had a great St. Patricks day and remembered to wear green! Gavin sure did! We celebrated by enjoying some lucky charms and a "shamrock shake" green milk for our afternoon snack.

Snap Shots of the Past Month!

Ok, I have been horrible about updating the blog lately, mainly because Courtney is now HOME!!! He is no longer traveling during the week, so I tend to be little busier spending time with my husband in the evenings! The best part is that the job he is working on is only 5 minutes from the house.....so he even gets to come home for lunch sometimes! YAY!!! We could not be any happier right now!

Ok, so to recap the last month I'm going to give you some snap shots to fill you all in.

Two peas in a pod these days!

Gavin loves his new John Deere "Gator" that he got from Grandma and Grandpa D when they came to visit!

My super cool dude....I mean who doesn't wear sunglasses when coloring?

Father like son? Pat and Rose came to visit and of course we had to play cards until 2am! 

A girls night with my besties! I'm so lucky to have such amazing friends like Nicole and Jessi! 

P.S. Nicole and I both have great taste....we wore the same shirt on accident. lol

A few weekends ago we headed to Arkansas for our friends Phil and Emily's couples baby shower. They will expecting the arrival of baby Elli in the next few weeks. We had a blast that night catching up with our Arkansas friends.

Before we left town we meet uncle Curt at Denny's for breakfast.

Gavin is still rear facing in the car....but for the trip to AR we let him face forward and he LOVED it! Such a big boy now.

This was to cute to not share....all that "watching" cars wore him out!

This is our new kitchen table....Craigslist find for $160! I'm in love with it!

Last weekend we had visitors in town. My good friend Trisha from high school came to visit with her family. We had a great time showing them around KC and letting all the kids hang out. These pictures were taken at a train restaurant in KC, which the kids loved.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I hope you are enjoying the day with your sweetheart or sweethearts! Gavin and I started our morning off with a special "heart" filled breakfast...which he loved! Then, I thought it might be fun to do a Valentines Day photo shoot.....well Gavin on the other hand did not.  It is getting harder and harder to get him to corporate for pictures these days!

The "Oh So Fun" Valentine Photo Shoot:

I finally did get him to smile....

Tonight however, I will be celebrating Valentine's Day with my other sweetheart right here at home with some sushi, homemade raspberry cheesecake, and of course a good bottle of wine! ;) 

Valentine's Day at Music Class

This morning we went to music class and it was a special class this week because we got to celebrate Valentines Day. Gavin really seems to enjoy music class and running around with all the other kids. Ms. Jen the teacher gave everyone their own valentine sack and then all the kids went around and give each other valentines. Gavin and I made special valentine treat bags filled with "puppy chow" to give all the kids. Gavin seemed to really enjoy emptying out his treat bag. It was a fun morning and we enjoyed seeing our friend Isaac too!

Here are the valentines we took to music class.... "You Totally Rock" and "I'm Wild About You"

As we were leaving class Ms. Jen gave all the kids "valentine oeros" so naturally Gavin shoved the whole cookie in his mouth! 

Jamaican Me Crazy 2014!!!

So, how lucky am I that I was asked to go to Jamaica!!! Well, my mom just turned 50 and a bunch of her high school friends all planned a trip to Ocho Rios in Jamaica to celebrate their 50th. With my step-dad Steve not being the biggest traveler, my mom asked me to join their crazy group! Crazy is just that, there were 17 of us total (me being the youngest...ha) and we had a blast! We left Jan. 25th and just got back last Thursday. The hardest part about the trip was definitely leaving my boys. The rest of the group stayed for 7 days in Jamaica, but my mom and I only stayed for 5 days. A week away from Gavin and Court is just TOOO LONG! I knew Gavin was in great hands though, as he had his dad for the week plus Dudie and Papa came to visit for a few days to help out. Ok, so here is a recap of our "Jamaican Me Crazy Trip"

To start our trip off right...mom and I enjoyed a few cocktails on the plan! It was a crazy view seeing all the water below us! I definitely paid attention to the flight attendant's emergency landing instructions for this flight!

Landed safe and sound and started enjoying Airport "Margaritaville" right away!

Resort: We stayed at the Jewels Dunn's River Spa and Resort in Ocho Rios. It was beautiful!! Here is our view from the room

Here is another view from one of our group member's room. 

Sunday: Ok, our first "full" day we spent the morning on the beach enjoying some cocktails, free back messages on the beach, and some sun. However, it did get cloudy and start to rain in the afternoon. So, we spent the rest of the day playing beach volleyball and drinking at the bar! We then all meet up in the evening for dinner at the Moonstone Italian restaurant...followed by a little karaoke! :)

Carl was one of the barterers there at the resort and he made the BEST citrus drink....I looked for him everyday to make me his "carl special" drink 

Monday: We spent the day on an all day excursion: snorkeling, tackling the "Dunn's River Waterfall", and enjoying a booze cruise. It was a full day of fun, but a long day to say the least! We started every morning off at the same table enjoying some coffee and great views. 

The Dunn's River Falls was amazing....we climbed up this HUGE waterfall! It was dangerous, wet, slippery, and super fun! They enough took our picture for us!

Ok, so the booze cruise got a little crazy....a lot of dancing and a lot of drinking! We had too much fun!

And to be honest....I'm not sure why I kept flashing the "peace sign"

Tuesday: Well, since it rained and was cloudy Sunday, and we were gone all day Monday... we decided to make it a beach day! We also got to see a beautiful peacock try to win over his lady! I guess it is mating season for peacocks. That night we enjoyed dinner on the beach with everyone along with some great resort entertainment. 

Ok, so I had 5 different desserts. I couldn't decide, so I had then all! :)

Wednesday: With this being our last full day we decided to have another beach day. I tried to make a "saying" in the sand, but it did not work the best with the tide. No, it does not stand for Monday....it says "Mon" Courtney thought I was trying to spell out monday....lol! The lines out of the head are for dread locks, in case you were wondering. lol. That night we all went out for dinner at the Jade (a Japanese steak house restaurant). Of course we had to have sake bombs! 

This is Jeff one of the group members who is my dad's best friend from high school....so I had to get a picture of us two to send to my dad. It is crazy to think that Jeff was there when I was born and now I'm sipping cocktails with him on the beach.

A picture of the group...what a wild and crazy bunch of 50 year olds!

During the trip I made some friends of my own that were not "50" (no offense mom and to the group) However, my group tended to go to bed earlier than I. So, I meet some pretty cool people from Minnesota, Ohio, and New York!  

Thursday: Our final day and leaving for the airport. I'm not going to lie I could not wait to get home to Courtney and Gavin!

Of course there had to be a Pandora store in the Charlotte Airport....so mom had to get a bead to represent the trip. She then surprised me on the plane with a bead for my bracelet! Gota love Pandora!!!! Thanks mom, love my bead!

Home Sweet Home....I didn't know who to kiss first!