My new obsession.....

PINTEREST!!!! I shudder to think of the hours I've spent on that site since discovering it 2 weeks ago!!! It's truly addicting and the reason why I've not done much of anything. With the discovery of pinterest.com also comes the discovery of actually looking at other peoples blogs....and let me tell you, there are a lot of blogs out there. Pinterest really plays to my type A, it lets me organize lists, and keeps all my online ideas neat, tidy, and all in one place.

Other than that.... last week was great and this weekend is equally as awesome!  Baylee had a big report to do for school, Baylee and Cooper both had field day, and Harper finished up daycare. She will be spending the next year with daddy at home until she is ready to start pre-k.  I can't wait for the big kids to be out of school for the summer. They can stay up late with dad and all sleep in in the morning. I had to go to Naples with my boss for the night, had a big presentation to give on Wednesday, and I did great, if I do say so myself. It was a pretty productive trip, I enjoyed getting to know my CFO better and felt like I really bonded with her.

Trying to do as little as possible this long weekend! We are in supper saver mode for our vacations this summer, we want to be able to really enjoy them and spoil the kids (well, spoil them more than usual). I realized that with the 2 trips I will be on vacation for 24 days! Awesome, don't think I've ever been out of work that long unless there was a new baby attached to it :)

Quick Beach Trip

So Friday at about 2:40 we decided to make a quick trip to Daytona Beach for the night, we booked a room (lastminutetravel.com GREAT deal), packed a bag and picked the kids up from school at 3:15. Then we were on our way! The hotel, Plaza Ocean Club, was nice. The pool was just steps from the beach. We ate at Sloppy Joe's Friday night,  the food was good and the kids meals came with take home light up cups that the kids LOVED! After dinner we walked around a bit, then walked on the beach back to the hotel. It was a hot, humid night so we jumped in the pool for a while. After swimming the kids put on their pj's and we went out and drove around and got ice cream. When we checked in we got up graded to an awesome room with a large balcony with a great view. It was nice to set out there and just enjoy the ocean and talk once the kids fell asleep.

In the morning we hit the beach, we spent a lot of time between there and the pool. Once the kids had their fill of swimming we checked out and went to lunch. We stopped at a surf shop and had some guys from Volcom there, they where giving out free hats. Actually you got to pick out what you wanted (different Volcom stickers) and they pressed them on the hat for you, so all three kids got hats, the guys also gave them frisbees and gave Baylee a cool pair of socks. After lunch we drove to the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse. It was the first lighthouse I'd ever been to and I really enjoyed it. I highly recomend everyone check it out, and the price can't be beat ($5 for adults, $1.50 for kids). You get to go up into the light house, it's A LOT of steps...203 to be exact, we all made the trek, even Peanut. Along with the lighthouse you can tour the house of the principal keeper, the first assistant principal keeper and the second principal keeper. There's several other buildings you can tour as well, they've all been set up like little museums. They also have a neat little gift shop!

After all that fun and walking I'm exhausted! I'll need to spend tomorrow resting up so that I'm ready for the work week. Hoping to have a low key week this week. Baylee has a dentist appt on Monday, and all three kids have gymnastics on Monday. I have to go to Naples for work on Tuesday and spend the night,  I dread it :( but I know Adam is more than capable of holding down the fort here!

view from the balcony

view from the other side of the balcony:

Cooper thanks he's soo cool:

Cooper's popcorn shrimp meal:

Daytona Beach Pier:

Adam caught a jellyfish:

Cooper's free Volcom hat:

Ponce Inlet Lighthouse:

Harper's new friend:

It's Friday, Friday....

What a fun little tune... Another work and school week has come and gone. Luckily for me things at work just keep getting better and better... I've hired two awesome employees and they sure are making life a lot easier! The kids had a good week at school. Baylee went to get her molds made for her braces...can't wait for her to get those, my little drama queen will surely be a handful then. Harper had a rough week at school, she had to go in timeout and was not very happy about it, it's hard growing up and having to follow rules but my sweet Peanut will get the hang of it. Today they had tropical birds visit the school but she was really scared of them. Cooper had a pretty good week, tomorrow is flag football and will be his last game of the season unless they win. I think it is super cute when he calls his little sister Harps instead of Harper or Peanut like everyone else, it's sweet that he has his on special nickname for her.

Flag football and cheerleading uniform fittings tomorrow... family game night tomorrow night!!

Getting Excited About Summer...

So this weekend we've spent a lot of time talking about all of our exciting summer plans....there's vacations to West Palm Beach, Gatlinburg, and VA, football and cheerleading camps, a possible move to Harmony, VBS, beach days, zoo trips, staying up late and just hanging out. The month of May will surely move slowly...

Friday evening I watched the Royal Wedding with the girls, in the middle of it Harper said "mommy I want to be a princess, will you go WalMart and get me a dress to match her's?" Silly girl, mommy hates to go to WalMart...even if you could get Sarah Burton dresses there.

Cooper had an awesome game yesterday at flag football, so he got to pick where we ate lunch. He picked CiCi's pizza....seriously? I guess that's better than Mc Donald's.

Adam has been a coupon King again this week. He has gotten over $300  worth of groceries from Publix for only about $20. And what are we doing with all that saved money? Investing in fine artwork..... :)

Thursday night we went to M.A.E. for the kids art show. We where able to buy their showcased artwork for $10 a picture. So for just a mere $20 we were able to bring home these 2 fine pieces of art...

                                               Beach with a Volcano and Wave by Baylee

Bear by Cooper