Feb 7th-14th

Mond-Wedn-work!

Thursday-sleep

Friday-I went home to go to Logan's Valentines Party at school.  I got to Morgan County a little early so I went to see Granny!  I have the absolute best Granny in the world...I don't know what I would do without her and I enjoy getting to spend time with her.  Logan's party was cute!  Mom and I walked in and he looked surprised and said, "I didn't know ya'll were coming."  I think he was a little excited.  They played musical chairs, handed out their Valentines cards, and then had snacks!  After school we went to the house and started looking at stuff for Disney.  I was going to take him to Disney on Spring Break but Mom has convinced me not to.  It will be one of the most crowded times of the year and he's still a few inches short of being able to ride some of the rides.  So, we may just do something else!  That evening we played some Wii and just hung out.  I fell asleep early (I'm still having trouble switching around on my days off.)  Saturday we got up and Mom cooked breakfast.  Monday/Valentines day is mom's birthday.  I had gotten her a card and gave her some money and I had Logan sign the card and take it to her.  While he was doing that I got his card/candy ready for him and gave it to him when he came back.  He was appreciative of the $20 I put in it........however, mom never said anything about her card and she always says thanks.  So, I asked her if she got her card and she said "no."  Long story short, Logan wanted to keep the $ that was in her card.  Mom and I both had very long talks with him about being appreciative and thankful and being happy for other people when they get nice things.  It hard to explain to a 5 year old. 

Anyhow, on the way to Logan's game I went up to Granny's and took her a card and some candy for Valentines day.  Logan's game was in Norwood so I went to it.  He got a little more aggressive this game and I think he's starting to get into it more.  We found out he had another game later in the evening so I decided to hang around for it.  We went to eat at some place Richard likes in between.  It was called Double Dog's or something like that.  Food was good and they served Logan's food in a dog bowl.  He loved that!  Logan did pretty good his 2nd game too!  So proud of him!  I love that little turd.....I went straight home after his game.  I got there and Brandon and Christi were there.  They hung out a while and after they left I went to sleep.

We had decided earlier in the week that we were gonna celebrate Valentines Day on Sunday.  Sunday we got up and I was craving some blue cheese dressing from Nick's.  After I got ready, I came out and Alan had my Valentines present on the kitchen counter.  He got me a dozen red roses, a sander that I had asked for, a card, candy, and a..........PEARL ring.  I hadn't ever asked or even mentioned a pearl ring but he said he knew I love my pearl earrings, necklace, and bracelet and let me just say........I LOVE THE RING.  It's pretty and simple and completely me!  He did good!  I had given him his present early...a new pair of Rocky boots!  We went to lunch at Nick's and it was wonderful!  I had Cajun chicken Alfredo, salad, and a chocolate molten cake!  After lunch, we went to look at cars and then went home.  We were planning on riding the bike but I decided I was tired and I thought it would be to cold for me so I napped and Alan took a ride.  After he got back we went to his ma's to eat, Jamie came over for a bit, and after he left we went to town and The Social Network.  I wasn't very impressed!

It was the perfect Valentines Weekend.  I spent time with most of the wonderful people in my life...my mom, Logan, Granny, and Alan!  I couldn't have asked for anything better!  And I also squeezed in a little bit of time with Miss Maddy....she's presh!

Christmas

We had Christmas at the house on the 18th.  It was a lot of fun.  Logan had his 2nd basketball game that morning so Alan and I got up early to go to it.  He's still kinda clueless about what's going on at this point so it's really funny to watch him play.

Jamie, Tennille, and Maddy came over a little early so I could take Maddy's 6 month pictures.  I can't believe she is already 6 months old...here's a few of my favorites...

We had finger foods to eat and then opened gifts.  Logan was so excited.  He got some games for the Wii, clothes, a remote control car (that can go on snow, ice, water, land, etc.,) an iron man mask, some board games, and his big gift was a new basketball goal.  It was nice

to get to spend time with everyone.

 

Logan lovin' on Maddy

Wearing his new TN hat Sissy and Michael got him

 Alan's gift..from Nicole and Michael

 Maddy opening her present

 Mom playing on her new computer

Logan and Michael wrestling 

I love my family and I love spending time with them.  Every time we have a family get together I always leave thinking the next one can't come soon enough.

Sunday-I really can't remember what we did or where we went.

Monday-we went to see GARTH BROOKS...I am going to do a  separate post on that.

Tuesday and Wednesday night I worked...

Thursday morning when I got off work me and Brittany went to Judy's and got a pedicure.  I was so nice/relaxing.  After that we went and got our lab results from the hospital for our wellness program.  Everything looked fine and I will just have to maintain everything for the next year.  I spent the rest of Thursday resting and getting things ready for the weekend.  Alan and I watched a movie that night and I actually stayed awake for all of it.

Friday around 3 we went to his Ma's to see her and Alan gave her her present.  She is going on a cruise and he got her a camera so she could take pictures.  I think she was pretty excited about it.  She said she hadn't had a camera since she was 16 years old.

After we left there we went to my Granny's to have game night.  This is the 1st year we have done this so everything didn't go as smooth as planned but we still had fun.  It was me, Alan, Ashley, Brad, Tess, and Ryan.  We played minute to win it, mad gab, and imagine if.  Granny even played a few games with us.  We stayed at her house until 10 pm and then went to Nicole and Michaels and then to John Thomas' for a while.  Alan and I spent the night with Nicole and Michael.

We got up around 8am on Christmas morning to get to the house before Logan woke up.  We knew he was getting a new 4 wheeler for Christmas so Nicole and I decided to do a  scavenger hunt for him.  Once he woke up we went downstairs and he started opening presents.  He didn't really have anything big under the tree b/c he had already gotten a basketball goal and he was getting a 4 wheeler.  He opened presents and then we gave him his stocking (which is where we put his 1st clue to his scavenger hunt.)  He went thru his stocking and never even noticed the envelope.  After we asked him what was in it he opened it and read it to us.  We had him looking all over the house (in shoes, the freezer, under his bed, on the back of his door, and in the Christmas tree.)  His last 2 clues where outside.  One was all the way at the mailbox and the other was on the tractor.

His new 4 wheeler was parked behind the building and he was so excited when he saw it.  He immediately wanted to ride it so they started it up and let him ride.  After a few minutes he was cold and we went inside to eat breakfast.

Logan had no clue but he was getting one other big thing for Christmas but it hadn't been delivered yet.  Jamie and Tennille had to bring it.  It was a mini RZR.  We took him outside to see it once Jamie brought it over.  I think he was kinda shocked and wasn't sure it was his at 1st because he was like...ok, can I ride my 4 wheeler?

Once we explained that it was his and that it was made little for him he was excited about it and had to take us all for a ride on it....

We spend some time with Jamie, Tennille, and Maddy and then it was time to go to Granny's for dinner.  We had our usual stuff and it was wonderful...like always.  I don't know what we'd do without Granny's dumplin's at Christmas!

Alan left Granny's before I did so he could go see his ma.  After I made it home we went down to his dad's to visit him.  They exchanged gifts and then we watched a movie with him.  By this time we were all worn out so we headed home.

On Sunday we bundled up and headed back to the house.  I had left all of my makeup at the house and it had snowed.  I wanted to take Logan sledding like we did last year.  So we made it up there, put on lots of clothes and then headed out sledding.  Richard rode his 4 wheeler and Nicole and Michael came on the RZR.  This was the 1st year we let Logan go down by himself and he loved it.  We didn't sled too long though because there was a lot of traffic.  Once we got to the house we warmed up by the fire and then Alan and I headed back home.

Alan and I didn't really exchange gifts this year.  I got him a new bow and he payed for part of my computer and got me some clothes/boots that I had picked out so we've both had our gifts for a few weeks now.  I really liked that we pretty much picked out what we wanted but I didn't like that we didn't really have a Christmas together (just the 2 of us) and there were no surprises for either of us.  I guess next year we will have to do a mixture of both...

And....my mom has all the pictures from Christmas so I will have to post them once I get them...